Dallas native Ja’Tovia Gary’s exhibition I Know It Was The Blood is part of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Concentrations series, now on view through Nov. 5.
is part of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Concentrations series, now on view through Nov. 5.
“Her work is rooted in place, time and family forming a rich portrait of the Black American South, but it also transcends,” said Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck, the museum’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and curator of this exhibition.Citational Ethic “This entire installation is about the violence of the interior,” Gary said. “Whether we’re talking about the violence of a country, the violence of a community, or the violence of a family, how do we counter that with care?”At the center of the exhibitiona sculpture commissioned by the Dallas Museum of Art that will become a part of the museum’s collection. The sculpture takes the form of an armillary sphere, an ancient device used across cultures to visualize the cosmos.
“It is covered with thousands of cotton balls. My family is from Texas and Arkansas, and they used to chop cotton in order to put themselves through school and feed their family. So, cotton is very loaded, but it is also something that is very beautiful,” Gary said. “Who are we in relation to our closest foundational relationships? Who would they say you are? Who are you in relationship to your mother and what has been passed down in blood?” Gary said. “And how can we counter the ancestral trauma with ancestral wisdom?”is flank by two of Gary's paintings, each featuring broken frames and neon elements.. The mixed-media works are a new medium for the artist.
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