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Bamazi Talle, Curator
August 23 – December 1, 2023
Public Reception: Thursday, September 14 from 4p – 6p
Curator’s remarks begin at 4:30p

InvitingÌýtheÌýAncestors is curator Bamazi Talle’s response to the question, “What does it mean to exhibit traditional African art in the twenty-first century?” Talle brings precise color and installation queues into dialogue with ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s traditional African art collection to communicate his views about theÌýimportance of acknowledging and connecting withÌýancestors through the objects, regardless of the location. As part ofÌýtheÌýOpening Doors to theÌýWorldÌý(ODW) programming, InvitingÌýtheÌýAncestorsÌýalsoÌýexploresÌýcontemporary critiques aboutÌýtheÌýhistory of colonization and its relationship to art collecting, as well asÌýtheÌýrole of exhibitions in de-colonizing education.Ìý

Bamazi Talle is an international contemporary painter based in Columbus, Ohio and Togo, West Africa. The exhibition features work from the David and Karina Rilling Collection.