Multi-disciplinary artist Chris Friday presents an interactive installation in response to the book bans across the United States. By incorporating a vast array of materials by other creatives as well as physical copies of currently banned literature, Friday explores how artists of color overcome and work through attempts to silence conversations around race, gender, sexuality, and other topics deemed controversial.
Participating Artists:
Arsimmer McCoy, Carrington Ware, Charlisa Montrope, Claudens Louis, Diana Eusebio, Dimitry Chamy, Gentry George, Ian Ragmel, Jamie Hinckson, Jamila Rowser/Black Josei Press Jevon Brown, Joshua “Molo” Buron, Joshua Jean-Baptiste, King Friday, KT, Leslie Gomez Gonzalez, Mickey Platt Jr., Muzelle, Neil Ramsay, Raina Beigler, Reginald O’Neal, Rosa Naday Garmendia, Roscoe B. Thicke III, Steven Chen, Tori Scott
Image: Carrington Ware, Banned! An Interactive Lucy St. Project, 2023. Digital illustration. © Carrington Ware
Sponsors
This project was co-curated by Lance Fung and Caitlin Swindell and organized by the Lowe Art Museum; it was made possible by the Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation. Additional support was provided by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, Miami-Dade Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and the City of Coral Gables; Beaux Arts Miami; Lowe members; and Oolite Arts.
Books provided courtesy of Bookleggers, a nonprofit, community mobile library dedicated to permeating Miami with books.
