In The Absence of Light: Gesture, Humor and Resistance in The Black Aesthetic
@ Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Thursday, September 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 29th
You’re invited to the official opening of the newest exhibition at the Stony Island Arts Bank, In the Absence of Light.
In partnership with EXPO CHICAGO, Art in America, and the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Rebuild Foundation is proud to present the exhibition In The Absence of Light: Gesture, Humor and Resistance in The Black Aesthetic at Stony Island Arts Bank.
Organized by Theaster Gates, in collaboration with Beth Rudin DeWoody and Laura Dvorkin, this exhibition seeks to bring together artistic practices that not only reveal some sense of interiority, but by their very nature, reflect distance through laughter, painting gesture and isolation.
Rebuild Foundation partnered with the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection’s substantial contemporary African diaspora collection to share works by over 20 of today’s most important practitioners within the contemporary art world. The exhibition is anchored by works by Glenn Ligon, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Henry Taylor. For four months, the Stony Island Arts Bank will host these seminal artists along with artist talks, curated walk throughs, public discussions and film series.
The exhibition will be on view from September 19, 2019 through December 29, 2019.
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Tags: Beth Rudin DeWoody, Chicago, In The Absence of Light: Gesture Humor and Resistance in The Black Aesthetic, Laura Dvorkin, South Shore, Stony Island Arts Bank, Theaster Gates
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