Virtual Tour: Esmaa Mohamoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat
Available online 24/7
Sat, Mar 20 - Sun, Aug 15, 2021
Available online 24/7
Sat, Mar 20 - Sun, Aug 15, 2021
Virtual - Free
Join us for a virtual tour as artist Esmaa Mohamoud and curator Matthew Kyba present the works in To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat. This exhibition is on at the AGH until August 15, 2021.
Taking inspiration from the African American writer Ralph Ellison, artist Esmaa Mohamoud explores the ways in which Black bodies at once appear―and yet are rendered metaphorically invisible―within the spaces they navigate. To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat aims to re-examine understandings of contemporary Blackness, questioning the definitions of Blackness as a colour and shade, and/or as a societal or cultural construction.
Curated by Matthew Kyba, Curator of Exhibitions at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat is organized and circulated by Museum London.
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Image: Esmaa Mohamoud, Glorious Bones, 2018-19, 46 repurposed football helmets, African wax prints, faux soil, metal. Installation view of Esmaa Mohamoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat, 2021. Photo: Julian Ross.
The Judgement of Paris c. 1640
Cornelis Van Poelenburgh (Dutch 1586-1667)
oil on copper plate, Anonymous Gift, 1973