Lineage + Inheritance
March 13 to April 19, 2025
Art Produce Gallery
Curated by Kamaal Martin of Art, Power, Equity
In Partnership with UCSD's Black Studies Project
Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 13th 6pm-8pm
Artist Talk:
Sunday, April 13th 1pm-3pm
This exhibition is a trans-generational dialogue amongst four San Diego-based, African American visual artists: Mensah Bey, Domonique King, Andrea Rushing and Jean Cornwell. “Lineage + Inheritance” features new work from all four artists; Rushing working primarily with oil on canvas; Cornwell with a new body of hand-embellished acrylic prints on paper; Bey with paintings that feature acrylic on board; and King exploring the possibilities of wood, metal, yarn and textiles. Bey and King could each be described as "emerging" artists, while Rushing and Cornwell could be described as "established" artists with multiple decades of creative practice. Each piece frames a particular generational perspective on the context of our time and on the life and liberation of Black people. Together their work responds to the idea of a Black aesthetic grounded in community participation, artistic innovation, and liberation - an idea that artists, scholars, and activists have explored across various media during the long history of Black art practices in the wider Americas.
March 13 to April 19, 2025
Art Produce Gallery
Curated by Kamaal Martin of Art, Power, Equity
In Partnership with UCSD's Black Studies Project
Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 13th 6pm-8pm
Artist Talk:
Sunday, April 13th 1pm-3pm
This exhibition is a trans-generational dialogue amongst four San Diego-based, African American visual artists: Mensah Bey, Domonique King, Andrea Rushing and Jean Cornwell. “Lineage + Inheritance” features new work from all four artists; Rushing working primarily with oil on canvas; Cornwell with a new body of hand-embellished acrylic prints on paper; Bey with paintings that feature acrylic on board; and King exploring the possibilities of wood, metal, yarn and textiles. Bey and King could each be described as "emerging" artists, while Rushing and Cornwell could be described as "established" artists with multiple decades of creative practice. Each piece frames a particular generational perspective on the context of our time and on the life and liberation of Black people. Together their work responds to the idea of a Black aesthetic grounded in community participation, artistic innovation, and liberation - an idea that artists, scholars, and activists have explored across various media during the long history of Black art practices in the wider Americas.
About Art Power Equity (APE)
Art, Power, Equity (APE), founded by Kamaal Martin, is an arts-based social, cultural enterprise that supports underrepresented artists and promotes equitable arts-oriented development. Learn more HERE.
Art, Power, Equity (APE), founded by Kamaal Martin, is an arts-based social, cultural enterprise that supports underrepresented artists and promotes equitable arts-oriented development. Learn more HERE.
About the Black Studies Project
The Black Studies Project (BSP) is an interdisciplinary formation for collaborative research, intellectual exchange, and student engagement in the field of Black Studies. BSP provides a platform for supporting meaningful work among faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from across the UCSD campus, while building sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships with the broader San Diego community. BSP currently focuses on three areas of inquiry: intersectional analysis of race, class, gender, and sexuality; transnational and diasporic studies; and social justice movements. Public programming, research funding, and sponsored intellectual collaborations provide valuable opportunities for the study of black life, history, cultural production, and politics in the US and globally.
BSP has done collaborative projects with Art Produce since 2021, including supporting artist residencies and special events such as community book talks. Learn more about BSP HERE.
The Black Studies Project (BSP) is an interdisciplinary formation for collaborative research, intellectual exchange, and student engagement in the field of Black Studies. BSP provides a platform for supporting meaningful work among faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from across the UCSD campus, while building sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships with the broader San Diego community. BSP currently focuses on three areas of inquiry: intersectional analysis of race, class, gender, and sexuality; transnational and diasporic studies; and social justice movements. Public programming, research funding, and sponsored intellectual collaborations provide valuable opportunities for the study of black life, history, cultural production, and politics in the US and globally.
BSP has done collaborative projects with Art Produce since 2021, including supporting artist residencies and special events such as community book talks. Learn more about BSP HERE.
