Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Sep 26, 2024 6-8pm
Location
Artspace
201 E Davie St
Details
Join Mark Anthony Brown Jr. and Creative Director Annah Lee as they discuss Mark's solo exhibition Sing About Me on view at Artspace Aug 16 - Sep 29.
About Mark Anthony Brown Jr. :
Mark Anthony Brown Jr. is a journeyman of sorts. He currently lives and works between Cincinnati, OH; Durham, NC; and Atlanta, GA. Mark has received a Bachelor of Science Technology from Bowling Green State University and a Master of Fine Art in Studio Art from UNC-Chapel Hill where he was a fellow in Museum Practice at The Ackland Art Museum.
Mark’s art practice is research driven and interdisciplinary; utilizing photography, sculpture, drawing and painting with interests in vernacular aesthetic practices and sensibilities, the manifestation of African cultural retentions in the diaspora, semiotics, and archival practices.
About Sing About Me:
Sing About Me is a project about the innate spiritual sensibilities of the African diaspora occupying the vernacular landscape. Brown re-contextualizes imagery rooted in multiple African traditions to examine contemporary urban Black culture, particularly memorials and rituals to honor the dead, as a means of unearthing this underlying African spirit.