Tokie Rome-Taylor: Reclamations
August 28 - 10月ober 13, 2023
新画廊 at 365bet to open exhibition season with ‘Reclamations’ by Tokie Rome-Taylor
365bet平台. – 新画廊， with support from Austin Peay State University (365bet)’s 艺术与设计系 和 The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, is kicking off the 2023-24 exhibition season with “回收”, a solo-exhibition by Atlanta-based artist Tokie Rome-Taylor.
This free, public exhibit will run from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 8月8日起工作日. 28 – 10月. 13 at 新画廊， located in the Art + 设计 Building on Austin Peay’s campus. 有几个事件 associated with the exhibition:
- Tokie Rome-Taylor will present an artist lecture 在她的 work 和 creative practice 下午6点.m. 9月. 19 in Heydel Hall room 120, of the Art 设计 + Building.
- A reception 和 gallery talk with Rome-Taylor will be held in 新画廊 beginning 九月十二日中午. 20.
- This exhibition will be open during Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk; 5-7:30 p.m. 9月. 10月7日及10月. 5.
“Photographer 和 Georgia native Tokie Rome-Taylor focuses on the notion that perception of self 和 belonging begins in childhood,” 说 迈克尔dickin, director of The 新画廊. “Children are the subjects she centers within her works, focusing on elevating representation omitted from mainstream ‘Western art history.’”
dickin说 Rome-Taylor's work stems from ethnographic 和 historical research, probing the material, spiritual 和 familial culture of the descendants of Southern slaves.
“[Those] serve as entry points for her to build symbolic elements in her photographs,” dickin说. “The sitters' family heirlooms, 和 recollections of family history, are combined with historical research focused on the lives of Africans brought to 美洲. This combination creates a visual language that speaks to our shared history 和 sparks conversation around material wealth, familial 和 cultural traditions of African Americans in the South.”
此外，Dr。. Rhea Combs, the director of curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will write the essay for the exhibition.
“Dr. Combs’ writings have been featured in anthologies, academic journals 和 exhibition catalogues on a range of topics including African American female filmmakers, Black popular culture, visual aesthetics, filmmaking 和 photography,” dickin说. “这是 important to me to create connections between artists 和 writers – especially ones 这一对配得真漂亮. I couldn’t be happier that Dr. Combs has agreed to include her voice towards this exhibition.”
关于艺术家:
Tokie Rome-Taylor earned her Bachelor of Arts from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, 和 her Master of Arts in Education 和 Education Specialist degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work is held in multiple private 和 institutional collections including the MOCA GA, The Fralin Museum at UVA 和 the Southeastern Museum of Photography. 她有一个 extensive national 和 international exhibition record including the Atlanta Contemporary, the Fralin Museum, The Southeastern Museum of Photography, The Griffin Museum of Photography, SP-Foto SP-Arte Fair in São Paulo, Brazil 和 the Zuckerman Museum of Art, among others.
“Children are the subjects that I use within all of the works that I create,” Rome-Taylor 说. “I choose children deliberately - as children enter the world as blank slates 和 what they see, hear 和 experience shapes who they are.”
With each of her works, Rome-Taylor 说 she is building 在她的 own childhood experiences.
“I remember visiting the High Museum of Art in Atlanta as a child 和 not seeing any images that looked like me 和 feeling that I did not belong in this space,” she 说. “That feeling resonated with me, 和 as an artist, I want to change that narrative 和 show that these children do belong in these museums, or institutional spaces, 和 that my children - 和 students - do belong there.”
Rome-Taylor currently lives 和 works in Atlanta. You can learn more about her work 在她的 网站 or follow her on Instagram: @tokiestudio.
关于新画廊:
新画廊 is Austin Peay State University's 1,500-square-foot white cube contemporary art gallery operated by the 艺术与设计系. 新画廊带来了 nationally 和 internationally recognized contemporary artists for exhibitions, lectures, workshops, class visits 和 studio visits with students.
Hours for 新画廊 are from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 星期一至星期五. 画廊是 closed on weekends 和 holidays 和 follows the University’s academic calendar. 为 more information on this exhibition, contact 迈克尔dickin, director of The New 画廊,在 dickinsm@echodisk.com.
