I am in my hometown of Brooklyn, New York and today I went to the Brooklyn Museum. It has been a favorite place for me from my elementary school days. I saw three powerful exhibitions:
#1. "Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes 1913-1919." She was certainly a feminist who helped to transform the news story. She also spent a number of years in Paris, France.
#2. "The Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago. In this large triangular table, there were 39 place settings for some of the most notable women in history including: Eleanor d'Aquitaine, Hildegarde, and Sojourner Truth. One can only imagine the dinner conversation that would take place.
#3. "Question Bridge: Black Males": a transmedia art project that seeks to represent and redefine Black male identity in America. Through video mediated question and answer exchange, diverse members of this "demographic" bridge economic, political, geographic, and generational divisions. I hope that all people can encounter this exhibition.
The walk through these exhibitions was sobering and powerful. Dealing with race, gender, and power, these exhibitions helped to remind me of the past and the work that still needs to take place for the future.
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