“Sanctuary: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection” features works recently acquired by CAAM that explore the concepts of safety and refuge as they relate to the African American experience. Whether real, staged, or imagined, the worlds depicted in these photographs and mixed-media works support complex narratives and assert the importance of claiming a place of one’s own.
We asked artist Sam Vernon to discuss her mixed media work, “Kali Ma” (2018). In keeping with current social distancing practices, Vernon was recorded remotely discussing her work, which is now installed in this exhibition at CAAM.
