Where is the Care?

In an art world characterized by transactional relationships, it can sometimes feel as though the demand for care arises from a moment of crisis rather than from a commitment to systemic change. In the conversation “Where is the Care?”, Dejha Carrington and and artist, writer, and educator Damien Davis will explore the processes through which care is rendered, interrogating the barriers and pathways that lead to a more interconnected and compassionate art environment.

Damien Davis is a Brooklyn-based artist and curator, born in Crowley, Louisiana and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. His practice explores historical representations of Blackness, unpacking the visual language of different cultures and questioning how those societies code and decode representations of race through craft, design, and digital modes of production. Using digital tools to shape layers of natural and synthetic materials, Davis composes stories through a lexicon of graphic figures and shapes that move between personal memory and chapters of human history, using color as both aesthetic and metaphor to create space for confronting bias and dehumanization in contemporary society.

His work has appeared at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Arts and Design, The Whitney Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, as well as METHOD Gallery in Seattle and Biagiotti Progetto Arte in Italy. He holds a Master’s degree in Visual Arts Administration from NYU and is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Engagement Grant, with residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Pilchuck Glass School. Davis is a former fellow and current advisor for the Art & Law Program in New York City. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Frieze Magazine, The Guardian, Hyperallergic, and Vulture.

20 Cooper Square, New York
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