Grace Before Jones : Camera, Disco, Studio

26 Sep 2020-18 Apr 2021

Overview

A cross between fan-fiction, study and biography, Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio departs from the iconic singer’s career and her collaborations with artists, designers, photographers and musicians to question black image-making and gender binarism as well as both performance and the performance of life. Artists: ACT UP, Derrick Adams, Terry Adkins, Azzedine Alaïa, El Anatsui, Anthony Barboza, Roland Barthes, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Bernstein, Alexandra Bircken, Kim Coleman, Eldzier Cortor, Hans Feurer, Alan Fierstein, Lynn Goldsmiths, George Henry Longly, Peter Hujar, Tseng Kwong Chi, Antonio Lopez, Robert Mapplethorpe, Catherine McGann, Philippe Morillon, Kayode Ojo, Tina Paul, Paul Pfeiffer, Julia Phillips, Adrian Piper, Jimmy Robert, Martha Rosler, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Willi Smith, David Spada, Andy Warhol, Nicole Wermers, Charles White and others, with material from the Sigma Sound Studio Archives (Drexler University, Philadelphia).