our duty to fight
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 11th
“our duty to fight” is a call to join the rebellion being waged. Artworks created especially for the exhibition include objects and images by Chicago-based artists in collaboration with the families of Chicago-area residents killed by police; a digital projection-based work calling for interaction and reflection; and an artist-designed space for dialogue, learning, and healing. Highlighted throughout the exhibition are stories, images, and ephemera detailing the paths to recent intersectional movement victories in campaigns such as #traumacenternow, #reparationsnow, and #byeanita. “our duty to fight” holds a space for survivors and families bereft of justice under anti-Black state violence and offers a living testament to the struggles that have been at the core of visionary world-making in Chicago organizing. This exhibition is organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago.
New artworks by James T. Green, Cairá Lee Conner, and artists Jireh L. Drake, Itunuoluwa Ebijimi, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, La Keisha Leek and Bryant Cross, Zakkiyyah Najeebah, Sherwin Ovid, Ariel Perkins-Fenwick, Shelby Stone, Ethos Viets-VanLear, Rhonda Wheatley, Avery R. Young in collaboration with the families of Rekia Boyd, Dakota Bright, Dominique “Damo” Franklin Jr., Justus Howell, Ronald “Ronnieman” Johnson, Bettie Jones, Flint Farmer, Darius Pinex, Stephon Watts.
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Tags: and artists Jireh L. Drake, Ariel Perkins-Fenwick, Avery R. Young in collaboration with the families of Rekia Boyd, Bettie Jones, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Cairá Lee Conner, Dakota Bright, Darius Pinex, Dominique “Damo” Franklin Jr., Ethos Viets-VanLear, Exhibition, Flint Farmer, Gallery 400, Itunuoluwa Ebijimi, James T. Green, Justus Howell, La Keisha Leek and Bryant Cross, Makeba Kedem-DuBose, Rhonda Wheatley, Ronald “Ronnieman” Johnson, Shelby Stone, Sherwin Ovid, Stephon Watts, West Loop, Zakkiyyah Najeebah
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