Farewell, Men of Change
Romare Bearden Portrait_Patrick Earl Hammie
I AM… THE NIGHT
The Sheldon3648 Washington BlvdSt Louis, MO 63108 Reception: Friday, February 11, 5 – 8 p.m. I AM… THE NIGHT travels across the United States and examines the tension between joy and fear. Paintings and prints disrupt nostalgia on Soul Train, a 1971 to 2006 musical variety television show, and widely distributed 19th- and early 20th century lynching photographs. The installation confronts our fears of the Other and proposes that our connection to collective experience allows fresh space for empathy and action. Hammie repurposes the “soul train” here as the “ghost train” of folklore, remembering those legions that are dying and disappearing. He transforms …
I AM… LEGEND
October 23, 2021 – February 12, 2022 Freeport Art Museum121 North Harlem AvenueFreeport, Illinois 61032 Register for Opening Reception I AM… LEGEND is a collection of wall installations and works on paper that study American experiences haunted by racialized angst and terrorism, visualizing how far we go to allay fear and pursue happiness. Referencing Soul Train and early lynching photographs, Hammie explores embedded anxieties and self-heroization, disrupting nostalgia to propose how personal connections to collective experience allows space for empathy and action. Through the lens of the ethno-Gothic, a sub-genre of horror developed in Black speculative culture, Hammie taps into …