Art Break at AAMP

August 18, 2022

In conversation with curator Zindzi Harley, we discussed memorializing the African diaspora in public space while connecting this to AAMP’s current exhibition titled “Derrick Adams: Sanctuary” on view from April 7 - August 28, 2022.

Adama Art Salon Discussion

April 5, 2020

ADAMA Art Salon hosts a conversation with curators Ingrid LaFleur, Larry Ossei Mensah, Janine Gaelle Deiudji and Danny Dunson. During this salon, we explore the role of the curator in championing contemporary African Diaspora art and culture.

Interview with Françoise Vergès at the Louvre Museum

Louvre December 20, 2017

While at the Louvre Museum, I had a cup of tea with scholar François Vergès, as she discussed how growing up on the Réunion Islands, off the coast of Madagascar,  shaped the way she looks at the world as well as guiding her research interests to uncover the many stories hidden within stories. These foundational experiences aided in the creation of her museum intervention titled “The Slave at the Louvre: An Invisible Humanity”, where, through the Louvre’s art collection, she engages the relationship between consumption and representation to show how slavery changed the social geography of France. We additionally discussed how contextualizing paintings such as Théodore Géricault’s, “The Raft of Medusa” helps give further insight into representations of Africans in works of art, as well as the illegal slave trade and French colonization. 

Additional resources: 

Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Number 38-39, November 2016, pp. 8-13 (Article)

Françoise Vergès Audio File

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Studio Visit with Alexis Peskine

December 21, 2017

Caught up with Alexis Peskine in his Paris studio to talk about issues of migration and identity, and how his artistic practice engages Blackness throughout the African Diaspora.

Backslash Gallery Tour of Fahamu Pecou Exhibition

BackSlash Gallery July 13, 2015

I visited the Blackslash Gallery in Paris France to check out painter and visual artist Fahamu Pecou's exhibition titled Black Magic. Gallerist Delphine Guillaud was kind enough to lead the tour and explain some of the works of art in detail.