Wed 7/7 @ 6PM
Last week, the Transformer Station in Ohio City opened a new show that looks at the impact of time on historical revisionism.
New Histories, New Futures involves the work of three contemporary artists, two of them from northeast Ohio. Oberlin-based Johnny Coleman springboards from his research on a child slave who died in Oberlin on his journey north and was buried there. His large-scale, immersive installation is created from sculpture, projections and sound. Cleveland’s Antwoine Washington re-imagines stereotypes about Black fathers with portraits of his own family. And Queens, New York artist Kambui Olujimi’s North Star series of paintings and videos feature weightless, floating Black bodies “freed from the gravity of oppression.”
This week the three artists will host a virtual tour of the exhibit, along with curator Nadiah Rivera Fellah, and a conversation about the concepts behind their works and how contemporary artists in general deal with issues around stereotypes, historical revisionism and future possibilities.
Register for the free program here. The show runs through Sunday September 12. The Transformer Station is open for visitors Wednesday through Sunday @ 11am-5pm.
transformerstation.org/exhibition/new-histories-new-futures/