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Otherwise / Revival
04.09.21 – 07.31.21
Otherwise/Revival is a group exhibition that visualizes the impact of the historic Black church— specifically the Black Pentecostal movement—on contemporary artists. Inspiration for the exhibition is drawn from reflecting on the event of the Azusa Street Revival. On April 9, 1906, from a home on Bonnie Brae Street in downtown Los Angeles, Rev. William J. Seymour preached a sermon on the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues that would change the course of spiritual history. People from diverse races and economic classes congregated to hear Seymour’s sermons—sparking the Black Pentecostal movement.
Author and artist Ashon T. Crawley has written extensively on this movement. His concept of “otherwise possibilities” as a reverberation of the Black church experience informed the curatorial query and title of Otherwise/Revival. “Otherwise, as word—otherwise as possibilities, as phrase—announces the fact of infinite alternatives to what is.” For Crawley, the elements of the Black Pentecostal Church—the Hammond organ, emphatic breath, shouting, and glossolalia—create space for “otherwise possibility” to emerge.
The works in the exhibition respond to these “otherwise possibilities” embodied by the Black church. Sculptures, paintings, video, and performances celebrate the significance of music, praise, breath, and community. Exhibited artists reflect on their traditions, heritages, passions, and talents to cultivate a space where art thrives and expresses a unifying language for all.
– Jasmine McNeal and Cara Megan Lewis, Curators of Otherwise/Revival
McArthur Binion
Folayemi (Fo) Wilson of blkHaUS Studios
Norman Teague of Norman Teague Design Studios (NTDS)
Angela Bryant
Willie Cole
Ashon T. Crawley
Kenturah Davis
Mark Steven Greenfield
Lauren Halsey
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Letitia Huckaby
Sedrick Huckaby
Clementine Hunter
VinZula Kara
Caroline Kent
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Exhibition view at Bridge Projects, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
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Norfolk, 2012
drum, rope, and black metal keyboard stand, 67 x 29 x 15 inches, Courtesy of The Estate of Terry Adkins and Lévy Gorvy, New York
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Barbara, 2020
pigment print on fabric with embroidery, 70 x 40 inches
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Procession, 2015
acrylic on unstretched canvas, 108 x 72 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles