hagiography: the writing of the lives of saints.
Hagiography or New Saints examines how individuals and communities generate and maintain mythologies and ritual, specifically around identity.
Interested in the faith systems and hagiographies of secular communities, Hagiography or New Saints examines sacred practices and symbols of fringe and marginalized communities. Seeking to better represent the essence of mystical phenomena, the sacred, veneration, and ritualization outside conventional religious spaces, this show is an ethnographically engaged experience in dialogue with the artists’ own lives and the manifestation of communal mythos. The intersection of identity and sacred practice as articulated through curation will evolve experiential interactions and between the historical concepts of spirituality and contemporary ritual.
Artists:
Ria Brodell
Shaka Dendy
Ena Kantardžić
Norlan Olivo
Gregory Guy
Curated by Georden West
On view: March 6 - April 3, 2020
Opening reception: Friday, March 6, 7 - 10 PM
PRESS
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WBUR - The Artery
