Recollection: The Past is Present

The exhibition’s visual and thematic referencing of the past while being rooted firmly in the present connects the art work of Amalia Amaki, Lillian Blades and Beverly Buchanan to the historical-tinged quilts by African American women in the exhibition. The use of textural materials, color, found objects, building shapes and cultural images balance delicacy and strength while evoking the individualized stories and shared histories of the diaspora of African Americans, Africa and the Caribbean.

All of the contemporary work dovetails and resonates with the African American quilts which will be on loan to CAM by the Mississippi Museum of Art from their newly acquired collection for this exhibition.