Call and Response

May 21 – August 7, 2022
A detail of William Bradley Taylor's "After Daycare," a rough welded steel sculpture that shows a Black woman and her two young children sitting on a bench

Myths and Stereotypes

As a visual response to “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects,” this selection of works from the museum’s permanent collection considers the intersection of race and representation in the works of other African American artists. Some works invite the viewer to interrogate myths and stereotypes about Black identity while others acknowledge other narratives about personal and collective aspects of power. Included are works by Sheila Pree Bright, Elizabeth Catlett, Michael Ray Charles and Kevin Cole.

 

Curator
Shawnya L. Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art

Sponsors
The W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art