Bayeté Ross Smith: Passing
Posted on | January 25, 2010 | No Comments
Bayeté Ross Smith: Passing
January 28th – March 5th
25 Broadway, Seventh Floor
Opening: Thursday, January 28th, 6:00 until 9:00
PowerHouse Projects and the City College Center for Worker Education are pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition for photographer Bayeté Ross Smith.
In Mr. Ross Smith’s show, the artist takes the historic African-American cultural practice of the show’s title and expands it to a global context. By repeating the same few people’s images alongside varying personal data on simulated travel documents from multiple countries, Ross Smith challenges viewers to examine their presuppositions about race, nationality and gender. In the process, he seeks to reveal how globalism has exploded these notions.
Ross Smith’s work has recently appeared in Posing Beauty: African American Images from 1890 to the Present at New York University’s Gulf + Western Gallery concurrent with the publication of the book by the same name authored by Deborah Willis.
Ross Smith is represented by the Patricia Sweetow Gallery, in San Francisco, CA
Bayeté Ross Smith: Passing is organized by New York based writer and curator Kalia Brooks.
For more information, please visit www.powerhouseprojects.com or contact info@powerhouseprojects.com
Opening reception: Thursday, January 28th from 6:00 until 9:00pm
25 Broadway, 7th floor
Visitors please phone 212-925-6625 for admittance to The Halls.
The Halls at Bowling Green is a curatorial incubator serving the student body and downtown community with contemporary art exhibitions.
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