FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | [NEW YORK / CHICAGO - August 3, 2022] – Citing Black Geographies presents the work of fifteen artists whose practices examine “black space”—a term describing the topographies, zones, scenes, and structures that portend black cultural experience. Curated by Romi Crawford, a cultural theorist and professor of visual and critical studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Citing Black Geographies parses dichotomous and elusive notions of black space. The group exhibition includes works by: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) Dawoud Bey McArthur Binion Black Arts Movement School Modality Nick Cave Coco Fusco Theaster Gates Rashid Johnson Tony Lewis Staples Jr. Singers Tavares Strachan Jan Tichy Jina Valentine Carrie Mae Weems Amanda Williams Citing Black Geographies will be on view at GRAY Chicago (2044 W. Carroll Ave.) from September 9 through October 27, 2022, and GRAY New York (1018 Madison Ave.) from November 17 through December 23, 2022. Beckoning recognition and awareness of “signal black landscapes”—a term Crawford uses to describe spaces that evoke black cultural experience—the exhibition is conceived as an open-ended index of historical, speculative, and emergent instantiations of black space. “Space, some will say, is not intrinsically racially specific,” says Crawford. “And yet there are some locations and territories that read obviously and overtly as ‘black space’—zones that have some connectivity to black peoples’ lives, history, and culture. In this sense, black space is cultivated or fostered regularly and variously.” Read the full release via the link in bio. #citingblackgeographies #RomiCrawford #AmiriBaraka #LeRoiJones #DawoudBey @dawoudbey #McArthurBinion @modernancientbrown #BlackArtsMovementSchoolModality #NickCave @nickcaveart #CocoFusco @cocofusco #TheasterGates @theastergates #RashidJohnson @rashidjohnson #TonyLewis @_tony_lewis_ #StaplesJrSingers #LuakaBop @luakabop #TavaresStrachan @tavaresstrachan #JanTichy @j_tichy #JinaValentine #CarrieMaeWeems @CarrieMaeWeems #AmandaWilliams @awstudioart #graychicago #graynewyork