Beschreibung:
Artist Sundus Abdul Hadi’s reflections on self-care as a community act depicts care as crucial to creating a just society.
Take care of yourself. How many times a week do we hear or say these words? If we all took the time to care for ourselves, how much stronger will we be? More importantly how much stronger will our communities be? InTake Care of Your Self, Iraqi artist and curator Sundus Abdul Hadi turns a critical and inventive eye on the notion of self-care, rejecting the idea that self-care means buying stuff and recasting it as a collective practice rooted in the liberation struggles of the oppressed. Throughout, Abdul Hadi explores the role of art in fostering healing for those affected by racism, war, and displacement, weaving in the artwork of twenty-seven artists of color from diverse backgrounds to identify the points where these struggles intersect. In centering the voices of those often relegated to the margins of the art world and emphasizing the imperative to create safe spaces for artists of color to explore their complicated reactions to oppression, Abdul Hadi casts self-care as a political act rooted in the impulse toward self-determination, empowerment, and healing that animates the work of artists of color across the world.
1. Artist-Curator: “Shifting Power Dynamics in the Art World”
Roots / Warchestra / Taking Flight / Shams / We Are the Medium
2. Care-full Curation / “Do Nothing Without Intention”
Intentionality / Ceremony / Take Space, Make Space
3. Self-Care = Community Care / “From Me to We”
AlNafas / Approach with Caution / POC Pave the Way
4. Groundwork / “Building a Foundation”
Centering the Margin: Emory Douglas / Transcultural Solidarity / Interventions and Ruptures by Women of Color
5. Transcultural and Care-full Curation in Action / “Comrades”
Iconic Black Panther / In Visible Colours
6. The Whole is Greater than the Sum of it’s Parts / “A Curatorial Perspective”
7. ARTWORK PLATES
Approx 30 pages / Image and Text
8. Safe Space / “In All Our Othered Glory”
A Safe Space?
9. Conclusion
About the Contributors