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    • News: The Making Invisible Visible At The Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts

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    For Black History month, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the FRO Foundation and the Michaëlle Jean Foundation, present an educational exhibit titled – The 4th Wall: Making the Invisible Visible – which showcases the works of eight young artists selected from the Black communities of Montreal.

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    The artists: Hakeem Hicks, Tanisha Mapp,Kosisochukwu Nnebe, DARE 2, Lamin Magnus, Mohamed Thiam,Ma’liCiouZ and Pierre Zaly Heloe, showcased their original pieces that were inspired by the MMFA’s permanent collection of Quebec and Canadian art.

    Works like François Malépart de Beaucourt “Portrait of a Haitian woman” inspired Hakeem Hicks to produce his own piece representing the beauty and the hardships that these domestic women faced. Further, the work of Valerie Blass imbued artist Tanisha Mapp to create two unique pieces called “Mapp my Hair” and “Mapp my Freedom.” Which communicates beautifully the freedom of wearing ones hair naturally. Mapp asks the question “How can we manipulate hair to express our identity and pride?”

    The artworks aims confront clichés, challenge received ideas, denounce racial discrimination in cities, examine the construction and depiction of identities, women’s rights and intercultural relations, and remind us of the universal values of justice, beauty, liberty, spirituality and the march of history, promoting the ideal of a harmonious society liberated from the shackles of inequality and injustice.

    The exhibit is on view, for free, from February 1st to March 23rd.

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