MoMA show will feature Prof. Barnes' designs
Assistant
Professor Germane Barnes will explore the expansive identity of blackness
within the built environment as part of an exhibit opening in spring 2021 at the
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
The exhibit,
featuring 10 black architects-designers, was planned before the resurgence of
the Black Lives Matter movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience
in protest against police brutality and all racially motivated violence against
black people. It is much more relevant since the killing of George Floyd and
the renewed fight for equity and equality.
“MoMA has
the oldest (museum) architecture department in the country. It is supposed to
be modern and less old guard than other museums. “(But) it’s my understanding
that there are fewer than five works in their permanent collection from black
artists & architects,” said Prof. Barnes, who also is Principal at Studio
Barnes Design Firm in Miami. “That is both alarming and serious. This show
is certainly a step in the right direction, but there needs to be continued
efforts in this vein.”
Prof. Barnes
has explored black culture themes in exhibits in Miami looking at the
traditional use of the front porch and the dining table. He said all those
ideas will be wrapped into his portion of the 10-artist show at MoMA.
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