Due to winter storms, these events have unfortunately been cancelled.
Aaron Coleman’s studio practice comprises an amalgam of creative processes and historical research. Utilizing interdisciplinary methodologies, he creates works that address how mundane and seemingly anodyne artifacts embody the complex and pervasive history of race/racism and class/classicism in the United States.
Employing a multi-media approach, he reworks and re-contextualizes images and site-specific objects, foregrounding their interactions – both past and present – in this history. The objects (e.g., picket fences, coloring books, textiles, turf, basketball court flooring) are visually or physically juxtaposed with contrary or jarring images that release uncomfortable truths and suppressed stories which are personal and political.
Importantly, his creative production is grounded in substantial research. Most recently this has been a critical analysis of authoritarian systems of information, control, and power. He focuses on how religion, politics, certain methodologies of science and anthropology, and the criminal justice system contribute to and sustain race- and class-based oppression.
Artist Talk
Aaron Coleman will deliver an artist talk at NSCAD University to discuss his artistic practice.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 25, at 1 p.m.
WHERE: Fountain Campus, Bell Auditorium
Q&A Panel
This talk is presented as part of NSCAD’s Visiting Artist program, supported by the Dalglish Family Foundation Visiting Artist Fund.
Photo caption: Delicate and Filled with Dynamite, Aaron Coleman. Boat made from basketball court flooring and abandoned playground remnants 15ft long x 13ft tall, 2023.
