TOKIE ROME-TAYLOR
gallery spotlight
Instead of the chronological arrangement of works we’re used to encounter- ing, this gallery now features three works by Atlanta-based contemporary artist Tokie Rome-Taylor in dialogue with colonial portraits. Rome-Taylor explores identity and representation in her work, through pho- tography and mixed-media assemblage. Her choice of children as her sub- jects speaks to a sense of belonging in society and how it begins in childhood. Historical representations of people of color often show them as stereotypical, subjugated and inferior. Rome-Taylor’s images reexamine history and tradition by countering these inaccurate portrayals.
When you walk into the museum’s H. Randolph Holder Gallery these days, you’ll see an unexpected combination of artworks.
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