Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

Who should be the next creative director of Chanel?

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

Which black fashion icon's style do you admire the most?

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

Balenciaga's boldest creations were in black, reflecting his reputation for being more as a sculptor of textiles than a "designer": youtube.com/shorts/Ky9eS9kSIiw

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

When Nick Cave saw the Roundhouse at the DuSable, where the exhibition would be mounted, it reminded him of the "The Color Is" sequence in The Wiz, hence the name of the exhibition: youtube.com/shorts/XsYypqjVFg0

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

Why blackface is still part of Dutch holidays, as you can see from this photo that I took on Saturday on Dapperstraat in Amsterdam. The persistence of the practice makes the "Facing Blackness" exhibition at The Black Archives all the more relevant: youtube.com/shorts/ZdJ6TJ4EFl8

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

On August 7, 1930, two black men Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were lynched in Marion, IN. Smith was the great uncle of artist Samuel Levi Jones. "Popular Tree," his contribution to my exhibition "Past Is Present," has helped him process the generational trauma of these murders.: youtube.com/shorts/WTMkPVsStdY

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

I was invited to speak at the book launch for Tailors and Wearers, a Rotterdam-based collective that explores the Afro-Surinamese dress practice koto. Many of the stylish attendees came in head-to-toe koto fashion: youtube.com/shorts/O4t_mYv2T4s

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

The photograph by Marcus Morris was the basis for his contribution to my exhibition. It is a reference to a quote by famed Vogue editor in chief Diana Vreeland who famously quipped: "Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal." youtube.com/shorts/tracRd5c6fo

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

Kerry James Marshall upends Western artistic traditions, like the surrealist game of exquisite corpse, while paying homage to them: youtube.com/shorts/TN_vO7LHQRo

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Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom

Hear artist LaShawnda Crowe Storm discuss her artwork "redLines," which was used a 426-foot quilted tablerunner at this event: youtube.com/shorts/yxt9qU4iAE4

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