Opening Celebration for “The Presence of Color: Jeremy Okai Davis”

Join the Gantt Center for a celebration featuring the meaningful and incredible artwork of Jeremy Okai Davis!

Expect an evening of art, culture, and community at the opening celebration of Presence of Color: Jeremy Okai Davis.

Presence of Color explores racial biases ingrained in photographic technology and broadens the conversation by questioning the politics of seeing. Through a critical reimagining of Kodak’s mid-20th-century “Shirley” cards, reinterpretations of Black portraiture, and the inclusion of archival images from Jet and Hue magazines, Davis challenges the historical dominance of white ness in visual culture.

Discover Davis’s deeply meaningful art and learn about the inspiration behind his work in an artist talk with Dr. Tamara Holmes Brothers, Director of Program Outreach & Engagement for the North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.

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