“Salvation: A State of Being” is a digital signage installation exploring the Black imagination at @bam_brooklyn thanks to @larryosseimensah, featuring gallery artist Adama Delphine Fawundu and 6 other visionary black artists. Photo by @debwillisphoto.
Inspired by author bell hooks and the legacy of Martin Luther King on view at @bam_brooklyn sign on the corner of Lafayette and Flatbush, Jan 14-21.
Visual Art: "Salvation: A State of Being"
Artwork by Adama Delphine Fawundu, Genevieve Gaignard, Jamel Shabazz, Frank Stewart, Roscoè B. Thické III, Deborah Willis, and Joshua Woods.
Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah
The BAM signage screen (corner of Flatbush Ave & Lafayette Ave.)
Jan 14-21, 2022
Run time: Looped continuously
FREE
"Salvation: A State of Being" is a public art group exhibition exploring Black artistry as a form of visual activism against the dehumanization of Black people and as a means to expand and challenge Black imagination. The digital billboard-based exhibition includes selected works by seven Black visionary photographers- Adama Delphine Fawundu, Genevieve Gaignard, Jamel Shabazz, Frank Stewart, Roscoè B. Thické III, Deborah Willis, and Joshua Woods. Spearheaded by BAM Guest Curator-at-Large Larry Ossei-Mensah the project aims to spark civic discourse in Brooklyn around Dr. King's legacy and encourage viewers to reflect on the questions: What is Love? What is next in the journey towards liberation? When curating the exhibition, Ossei-Mensah was inspired by the words of iconic feminist and author bell hooks, "Love does not bring an end to difficulties, it gives us the strength to cope with difficulties in a constructive way" (Salvation: Black People and Love).
Adama Delphine Fawundu in “Salvation: A State of Being”
@ BAM curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah
January 17, 2022
