Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
BLUES centers on sound while it foregrounds listening as a generative and participatory practice to contend with contemporary issues involving blackness, migration, and displacement. It asks questions such as how can African American literature and theory translate into music and be put into circulation to be approached anew?
Still, as we have discussed on the blog, the works of artists Nicolas Premier and Jim C. Nedd add visuals produced in the imaginary and influenced by the music of Lamin Fofana. To make aspects of this exhibition accessible in the digital realm, Mishkin Gallery is interested in exploring the influences and discourses around the work in more depth. Today, we share with you what the exhibition looks like when installed through images, video, and audio clips. While this material does not attempt to replicate the experience of being in the gallery, we do hope to reopen again when the time and conditions are safe.
You can access an audio guide of the exhibition in an earlier post on our blog here.
Jim C. Nedd, Black Metamorphosis, 2018. Digital C-print. Courtesy of the artist.
Black Metamorphosis by Lamin Fofana
Lamin Fofana, Black Metamorphosis, 2019. Digital audio recording, 5’53″. Courtesy of the artist.
Nicolas Premier, Black Metamorphosis, 2019. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.
Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
Jim C. Nedd, Wendy Johana, Valledupar, 2018. Digital C-print. Courtesy of the artist.
Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
Jim C. Nedd, Alasdir, 2018. Digital C-print. Courtesy of the artist.
Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
Jim C. Nedd, Paula en la Mula, 2018. Digital C-print. Courtesy of the artist.
Jim C. Nedd, Omar en la Mula, 2018. Digital C-print. Courtesy of the artist.
Lamin Fofana: BLUES, installation view, Mishkin Gallery, 2020. Courtesy of Mishkin Gallery.
Jim C. Nedd, Raises del Caribe, 2018. Digital C-print. Courtesy of the artist.
Nicolas Premier, I ran from it and was still in it, 2020. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.
Darkwater by Lamin Fofana
Lamin Fofana, I ran from it and was still in it, 2020. Digital audio recording, 6′. Courtesy of the artist.