The Black Ain’t Project

The Black Ain't Project
Installation #1: Embodiment

by Allison Janae Hamilton
Curator: Lehna Martine Huie

chashama 461 Gallery
461 West 126th Street
New York, NY 10027

February 26 - March 3, 2012
Gallery Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 12-5pm or by appointment (email al@aljanaehamilton.com)

Opening Reception:  Sunday, February 26, 6:00-10:00 pm
Co-Hosted by Bklyn Boihood and The Groundfloor Collective

The Black Ain't Project investigates a breadth of black aesthetic expressions, particularly those that challenge normative ideas of blackness.  The project's first exhibition examines the black body and its possibilities for queering traditional tropes of black embodiment.  Dress, posture, surgical processes, body modification, explorations of nakedness, aging, the celebration of scars, and other themes are explored as Installation #1 considers the body's role in aesthetic statement-making.

This exhibit is made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Artist's bio:
Allison Janae Hamilton is a visual artist from Miami, Florida currently based in New York City.  Evoking the aesthetics of Afrofuturism, her artwork attends to the concept of "alien" blackness and pushes the boundaries of black identity through photography, film, painting, costume, and installation.  Additionally, she is a doctoral student at New York University, where her dissertation research follows similar themes.

Artist website: www.aljanaehamilton.com