Raw: Craft, Commodity, and Capitalism

Featuring approximately ten contemporary artists working with a range of colonial-era commodities as material to construct works that reflect upon the history of colonialism, slavery, and globalization. Many artists in the exhibition view the commodities they utilize as a form of historical record, and their use of these materials acknowledges the layers of repressed histories encapsulated in each commodity. Works in the exhibition will include sculptural pieces and installations created from cotton, sugar, precious metals, salt, clay, river water, and other materials.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.