Clotilde Jimenez, Devin N. Morris, Isaiah Winters, Zoë Charlton, SHAN Wallace, and Genevieve Gaignard
Curated by Teri Henderson
This exhibition explores the revelatory power of the Black collage aesthetic, an artistic tradition rooted simultaneously in the past and the future. For the artists featured, the physical gesture of placing one layer upon another—the act of collaging—is an inherent and powerful metaphor for the diasporic experience. It is a process of assembling histories, cultures, and identities. Black Collage: Aesthetic Legacies illustrates the manifold ways this tradition has become a preeminent method of cultural production for Black artists in the 21st century. The exhibition argues that collage is not merely a medium, but a vital methodology for navigating memory, reclaiming narratives, and envisioning new worlds. The exhibition will be organized into four thematic sections, adapted from the core tenants of Teri Henderson's Black Collagists.
Section 1: The Vernacular of Collage
This introductory section will establish the shared visual language of the Black collage aesthetic. It will feature works that exemplify the foundational principles of layering, fragmentation, and assemblage.
Featured Artists: Clotilde Jimenez, Devin N. Morris
Section 2: Time Travel & Black Temporality
This section will explore how artists use collage to navigate history, memory, and Afrofuturist and Afrosurreal possibilities, showcasing art that disrupts linear timelines by blending past, present, and future.
Featured Artists: Isaiah Winters, Zoë Charlton
Section 3: Visual Rhythm: Collage and Music or The Musicality of Black Life
This area will investigate the deep connections between collage and Black musical traditions like Jazz, focusing on improvisation, rhythm, and sampling as shared artistic strategies. Also The Blues.
Featured Artist: SHAN Wallace
Section 4: The Politics of Style & Adornment
This section will examine the representation of fashion, beauty, and adornment as acts of cultural definition and resistance, highlighting works where style is central to the subject's identity and power.
Featured Artist: Genevieve Gaignard
Gallery 5
January 17, 2026— Aug 2, 2026
