Tomashi Jackson, Ecology of Fear (Gillum for Governor of Florida)(Freedom Riders bus bombed by KKK), 2020, archival prints on PVC marine vinyl, acrylic paint, American campaign materials, Greek ballot papers, Andrew Gillum campaign sign, paper bags, Greek canvas, and Pentelic marble dust mounted on a handcrafted select pine awning structure with brass hooks and grommets. Collection: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Tomashi Jackson included in:
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage
September 15 - December 31, 2023
Frist Art Museum
Nashville, TN
The first major museum exhibition devoted to the subject, Multiplicity presents over 80 major collage and collage-informed works that reflect the breadth and complexity of Black identity. Featuring an intergenerational group of 52 living artists, Multiplicity explores the varying ways collage is employed and how the technique suggests diverse conceptual concerns such as cultural hybridity, notions of beauty, gender fluidity, and historical memory. By assembling pieces of paper, photographs, fabric, and salvaged or repurposed materials, these artists create unified compositions that express the endless possibilities of Black-constructed narratives despite our fragmented society.
Artists in the exhibition include:
Nina Chanel Abney
Derrick Adams
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Radcliffe Bailey
Sanford Biggers
McArthur Binion
Brittney Boyd Bullock
Mark Bradford
Tay Butler
Zoë Charlton
Andrea Chung
Jamal Cyrus
M. Florine Démosthène
Derek Fordjour
Genevieve Gaignard
Lauren Halsey
Kahlil Robert Irving
Tomashi Jackson
Arthur Jafa
Rashid Johnson
Yashua Klos
YoYo Lander
Rick Lowe
Kerry James Marshall
Rod McGaha
Lester Julian Merriweather
Helina Metaferia
Wardell Milan
Joiri Minaya
Troy Montes Michie
Devin N. Morris
Wangechi Mutu
Narcissister
Rashaad Newsome
Lovie Olivia
Ebony G. Patterson
Howardena Pindell
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Deborah Roberts
Lanecia A. Rouse
Tschabalala Self
Vitus Shell
Devan Shimoyama
David Shrobe
Lorna Simpson
Nyugen E. Smith
Paul Anthony Smith
Shinique Smith
Mickalene Thomas
Kara Walker
Didier William
Kandis Williams