The “Pink Elephant” show at the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MOCADA) in Brooklyn opened Thursday night and continued through the weekend with events and discussions about gentrification and it’s effects on culture, neighborhoods, and people.
This exhibition, guest curated by Dexter Wimberly, looks at urban planning, eminent domain, and real estate development and how they are affecting Brooklyn’s communities as well as how residents throughout the borough are responding.
We spoke with photographer and artist Guero about the show, and he thinks overall it is a pretty good and meaningful one, enough so that he also went to the artists’ discussion on Saturday.
Since it is reported that more than 65 Luxury buildings that are currently under development in Brooklyn are stalled or only partially occupied because of the economic crisis, wouldn’t it be great if some of those homes could benefit those people who have lost theirs?
In any event, we agree with Guero when he says, “I like the fact that the museum is using the exhibit to create dialogue on an important topic”.
See our previous post on Specter’s street art pieces for this show from January 21st.
See more of Guero’s pics HERE.
Artists in the exhibition include (alphabetically):
Josh Bricker(Installation), Valerie Caesar (Photography), Oasa DuVerney (Drawing), Zachary Fabri (Video), Rosamond S. King (Installation), Irondale Ensemble(Theater Performance), Nathan Kensinger (Photography), Jess Levey(Photography / Video Installation), Christina Massey (Painting), Musa (Sculpture), Tim Okamura (Painting), Kip Omolade (Painting), John Perry(Painting), Adele Pham (Video), Michael Premo / Rachel Falcone (Photography / Multimedia), Gabriel Reese (Painting), Marie Roberts (Painting), Ali Santana (Music Video), Monique Schubert (Mixed-media), Alexandria Smith (Painting), Sarah Nelson Wright (Installation).
Other Articles You May Like from BSA:
Our Weekly Interview with the Streets A new installment in Specter's series of portraits of New York's homeless individuals (photo Jaime Rojo) Specter (detail) (photo Jaime Rojo) ...
BSA is in Berlin this month to present a new show of 12 important Brooklyn Street Artists at the Urban Nation haus as part of Project M/7. PERSONS OF INTEREST brings to our sister city a diverse c...
"Vote for the one candidate who does not need this job," intoned one of the many speakers who are receiving a trust fund from DJ Trump this week at the RNC convention. That's convincing, isn't i...
It's not all going to the dogs, peeps - it just looks like it sometimes. We start this week with a ferocious one from Zimer, and follow it by a chihuahua that it could probably e...
Facing the Public Can Be a Huge Challenge for a Street Artist. Fauxreel has no problem looking you in the eye (and heart). Dan Bergeron, AKA Fauxreel, has been bringing realistic-looking people...