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Dawit L. Petros, Hadenbes, 2005, Chromogenic print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist/Bradley Ertaskiran.
Samuel Fosso, ‘70s Lifestyle, 1975–78, Gelatin silver print. © Samuel Fosso, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of JM.PATRAS/PARIS.
Tayo Yannick Anton, Untitled, 2009-2014, From the series Yes Yes Y’all, Digital print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
Jorian Charlton, Untitled, 2021, Digital print on rag paper, mounted to alupane, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
Jamel Shabazz, Best Friends, Brooklyn, New York, 1981, Chromogenic print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
James Barnor, Drum Cover Girl Erlin Ibreck, Kilburn, London, 1966. From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic(Aperture, 2021). Courtesy the artist.
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Devin in Red Socks, 2016, Archival pigment print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic(Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York.
Arielle Bobb-Willis, Union City, New Jersey, 2018, Archival pigment print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic(Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
Dawit L. Petros, Hadenbes, 2005, Chromogenic print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist/Bradley Ertaskiran.
Samuel Fosso, ‘70s Lifestyle, 1975–78, Gelatin silver print. © Samuel Fosso, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of JM.PATRAS/PARIS.
Tayo Yannick Anton, Untitled, 2009-2014, From the series Yes Yes Y’all, Digital print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
Jorian Charlton, Untitled, 2021, Digital print on rag paper, mounted to alupane, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
Jamel Shabazz, Best Friends, Brooklyn, New York, 1981, Chromogenic print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
James Barnor, Drum Cover Girl Erlin Ibreck, Kilburn, London, 1966. From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic(Aperture, 2021). Courtesy the artist.
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Devin in Red Socks, 2016, Archival pigment print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic(Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist and Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York.
Arielle Bobb-Willis, Union City, New Jersey, 2018, Archival pigment print, From As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic(Aperture, 2021). Courtesy of the artist.
Featured
As We Rise: Photography From The Black Atlantic
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic presented at The Polygon Gallery is a Featured Exhibition for the 2023 Festival. The exhibition will be on view from February 24 to May 21, 2023.
Curated by The Polygon Gallery’s Elliott Ramsey, As We Rise presents highlights from the Wedge Collection as featured in the recently published book by Aperture. This international touring exhibition will include more than 100 photographs from African diasporic culture from both sides of the Atlantic.
“The Wedge Collection brings together rare images, iconic photographs, and new works that reach across continents and over decades,” says Ramsey. “From the 1930s’ Harlem Renaissance, through post–colonial Bamako, to contemporary Toronto, As We Rise celebrates the polyphony of Black life — and the nuanced approaches of Black photographers in representing these scenes of love, leisure, and resistance.”
Participating artists include: Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, Tayo Yannick Anton, Liz Johnson Artur, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton, June Clark, Michèle Pearson Clarke, Renee Cox, Erika DeFreitas, Jabulani Dhlamini, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Courtney D. Garvin, Jérôme Havre, Barkley L. Hendricks, Leslie Hewitt, Ayana V. Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Aaron Jones, Anique Jordan, Seydou Keïta, Lebohang Kganye, Luther Konadu, Deana Lawson, Zun Lee, Oumar Ly, João Mendes, Jalani Morgan, Dennis Morris, Aïda Muluneh, Eustáquio Neves, Jamal Nxedlana, Lakin Ogunbanwo, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Bidemi Oloyede, Horace Ové, Gordon Parks, Dawit L. Petros, Charlie Phillips, Afonso Pimenta, Ruddy Roye, Athi-Patra Ruga, Abdourahmane Sakaly, Jamel Shabazz, Abdo Shanan, Malick Sidibé, Xaviera Simmons, Ming Smith, Paul Anthony Smith, Sanlé Sory, Eve Tagny, Texas Isaiah, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, James Van Der Zee, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Ruby Washington, Ricky Weaver, Carrie Mae Weems, Kehinde Wiley.
This exhibition was first presented at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto in fall 2022 and will travel to the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts in June 2023.
As We Rise is organized by Aperture, New York.
