Starting January 23, 2009, MoAD presents a group of 20 artists that go to the edge to break stereotypes of religion, race, and gender.
Their intentions are to question and challenge beliefs with art: Lorraine Bonner, Ed and Linda Calhoun, Christopher Carter, Lalla Essaydi, John Yoyogi Fortes, Chaz Guest, David Huffman, Clint Imboden, Stephanie Anne Johnson, Annette Lawrence, Kelly Marshall, Wardell Milan, Ramekon O’Arwisters, Adrienne Pao, Jefferson Pinder, Dario Posada, Danny Ramirez, Manuel Rios, Blue Wade, and David Yun.
“Decoding Identity: I Do it for My People”, 1/23/09 – 3/8/09
MoAD – Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street San Francisco, CA
(Image: “Xhosa Maiko”, Chaz Guest 2008)
This exhibition was so amazing. It completely blew my mind, better than most other exhibitions I've seen in San Francisco to date. Hopefully MoAD continues to produce this caliber of shows. That will make the whole place be what it should be.
Thanks Zen, I think it takes longer then we think to create a personality for a Museum. I remember when it first open, it seemed to have been born from the MOMA and The Whitney Museum in New York. San Francisco, feels different and the museum will eventually take on its own sensibility.