This month, the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia will debut Freedom Dreams, an expansive exhibition focused on Black American history and identity, explored through film works by five artists.
The exhibition will feature films by Arthur Jafa, David Hartt, Garrett Bradley, Ja’Tovia Gary, and Tourmaline. The show has been co-curated by James Claiborne, Fleischner Family Vice President for Engagement at the Barnes, and Maori Karmael Holmes, Chief Executive and Artistic Officer of BlackStar Projects.
The films set to screen are Arthur Jafa’s now-seminal Love is the Message, The Message is Death (2016); David Hartt’s On Exactitude in Science (Watts) (2021); America (2019) by Garrett Bradley; Ja’Tovia Gary’s Quiet As It’s Kept (2023); and Pollinator (2022) by Tourmaline.
Freedom Dreams will be the first time all five works have screened at a museum in Philadelphia.
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