“Black Eye”

Curator Nicola Vassell, former director at both Deitch Projects and Pace, presents BLACK EYE a wide-ranging exhibition, featuring paintings, photographs and collage by 26 emerging and established black artists. According to the project's Facebook page 'BLACK EYE is a 21st century black identity experience. It explores contemporary notions of gender, sexuality, transculturalism, and politics through the lens of the world’s leading black creatives. It is a multi-generational journey through the shifting dynamics of race over the last 20 years.’ With: Wangechi Mutu, Jacolby Satterwhite, Steve McQueen and Kerry James Marshall, Kudzanai Chiurai, LaToya Ruby Frazier, David Hammons, Duron Jackson, Simone Leigh, Tony Lewis, Jayson Musson, Rashaad Newsome, Christina Rosa, Xaviera Simmons, Gary Simmons, Hank Willis Thomas, Nari Ward, Kehinde Wiley, Toyin Odutola, Maria Magdalena Campos Pons and Deana Lawson. Address: 57 Walker Street, New York, NY 10013 http://blackeyeart.com