Meditations on African Art: Pattern

The third and final installation in the BMA’s Meditations on African Art series, Pattern features approximately 60 objects, many on view for the first time, such as dramatic textiles, whimsical adinkra dye stamps, delicately carved ivories, boldly painted shields, and figurative works that explore the role of pattern in cultural style, body adornment, and dynamic visual design. Contemporary Nigerian artist Mary Evans will create several site-specific works for the exhibition: video montages that are viewed through kaleidoscopes detailing the slave trade in the Caribbean, England, and the United States; floor–to–ceiling intricately patterned murals; and framed works on paper. She will also create rosettes to be displayed on the windows above the BMA's Visitors Entrance.

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