Songs for Ritual and Remembrance: at Arthur Ross Gallery, Univ. of Pennsylvania, featuring Adebunmi Gbadebo

The show opens with a generous view of “Production 5,” a large richly textured paper piece by Adebunmi Gbadebo. Gorgeous blues and blacks come together...

It is a communal and generational work, which means too it is a family work, of memory and preservation. For decades now––through family reunions, storytelling,...

Part of what makes Gbadebo’s work extraordinary is the relationship it represents with her ancestors. Not only does she know their names and where they...

Gbadebo’s works incorporate the cotton, indigo, and rice grown on the True Blue Plantation in Fort Motte, South Carolina, where her ancestors were enslaved. During...

Adebunmi Gbadebo (2022) received the Maxwell/Hanrahan Award in Craft , a $100,000 unrestricted award awarded in partnership with United States Artists. The Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation website...

Adebunmi Gbadebo is a trailblazer in today’s art world. As the descendant of enslaved African Americans, this artist has worked for years to retrace and...

“Their bodies are made physical in these vessels.” The enslaved potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, created ceramic objects that are at once durable and...