Power Play
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Material Culture
It is defined as a medium's relationship to history, the artist, or a community. This informs the viewer of the breadth of thematic experimentation in the work. This can help the viewer to identify cultural or personal markers in the work that provide information for understanding the work.
Crochet, hand building in West African tradition, matrilineal knowledge
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NSFW+
Autonomy, the most googled thematic investigation into women’s artwork. Since Roe v Wade in its origin and most recent overturn, the choice of the woman has always been a debate
Sex, expression, bondage in terms of play and pain, nudity, life-giving forces, the elasticity of a woman’s body is not safe
Artist + Curator
Exhibition Statement
Power Play is a ceramics exhibition by NYC-based artist B Lin.
As an academically trained art historian and an informally taught artist, her work explored the nuances of Black Feminist texts, the practice of Black women artists, and the critique of white spaces in art and the state of the world in autonomy and women’s bodies.
Opening Night
Opening Night + Open Studios
110 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102 (FIFTH FLOOR)
7-9 PM
The event will be photographed for socials.
Wheel-chair accessible
Catalogs and works for sale the night of and after via website