NADA Curated by Katie A. Pfohl

Brooklyn-born artist Jahi Kijo Lendor creates works that represent what the artist calls “the infinite value of the everydayness and behavior of Blackness, ranging from trauma to beauty.” In “fore love & time freestyle,” the artist assembles ten images of top Black athletes and celebrities in frames adorned with beads and black reflective glass crystals. Inspired by the look and logic of social media, the work draws attention to such platforms as sites of assembly, where the construction of images connects powerfully to issues of social justice.