Opening Reception | "hyperVISIBLE: Building Community in Diaspora through Contemporary Art"

About this event

Join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of hyperVISIBLE: Building Community in Diaspora through Contemporary Art with remarks by student curator Edwin Kim ’27.

hyperVISIBLE brings together nine artists whose identities reflect the breadth of diasporas in the United States. Spanning over fifty years and a variety of media, the selected works are bound by the central theme of hypervisibility—the heightened attention based on race, ethnicity, and place of origin experienced by many individuals living in diaspora. Hypervisibility places the burden of representation onto these individuals, effectively reducing dynamic identities and cultures into monoliths. By examining how each artist navigates this phenomenon in their personal and cultural contexts, hyperVISIBLE counters narratives of trauma and displacement and demonstrates how artists have encouraged the development of collective understanding and care through shared experiences.

This exhibition is curated by Edwin Kim ’27, with curatorial support from Cassandra Mesick Braun. Financial support is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Endowment Fund for Curricular Use of the Museum of Art Collections.

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Image: Farah Al Qasimi, Woman in Leopard Print, 2019, archival print on paper, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm). Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. Museum Purchase, Collectors’ Collaborative and the James Phinney Baxter Fund, 2020.26.1 © Farah Al Qasimi.