Woke!
William Villalongo &
Mark Thomas Gibson
June 2 – July 20, 2017
USF Contemporary Art Museum
West Gallery
William Villalongo, Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, 2015. Photo: Will Lytch
Woke! brings together recent work by William Villalongo and Mark Thomas Gibson, artists and the curators of Black Pulp! The term “woke” is contemporary American vernacular terminology for acute awareness, particularly in reference to the socio-political contexts we inhabit. Woke! presents works made over the past two years, a time when the influence of the hyper-visuality of police violence upon Black bodies and the cultural currents of the Black Lives Matter movement informed new narratives in their practice. Woke! is organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum.
Black Pulp! and Woke! are supported in part by the USF Institute on Black Life.
PRESS:
Tampa Bay Times Review
DOWNLOADS:
Woke! Brochure | Black Pulp! and Woke! Press Release
ARTIST SITES:
William Villalongo
villalongostudio.com
Mark Thomas Gibson
markthomasgibson.com
William Villalongo, You Matter and We Can't Breathe, 2015. Photo: Will Lytch
William Villalongo, You Matter and We Can't Breathe, 2015. Photo: Will Lytch
Mark Thomas Gibson Turnt Up and That's That Fall (left), 2016.
William Villalongo, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (right), 2015. Photo: Will Lytch
Mark Thomas Gibson Turnt Up (left) and That's That Fall (right), 2016. Photo: Will Lytch
Mark Thomas Gibson Last Dance (1–6), 2016. Photo: Will Lytch