Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/31/2026 - 05/23/2026
All Day
Location
InLiquid Gallery
Categories
For a different view that shatters all stereotypes, check out Brownin’, where beauty is in the eye of the creator. Curated by the InLiquid Gallery and Zindzi Harley, theart exhibit will feature Philadelphia-based artists highlighting Black identity by redefining the meaning of beauty. Attend the opening reception on Thursday, April 9th. The exhibit features a stellar group of emerging and established artists who challenge stereotypical perceptions of Black beauty. They include Caff Adeus, Marcus Branch, Mikel Elam, and Akira Gordon.
Multi-media artist Adeus uses autobiography, iconography, and abstraction to “reconfigure ideologies of social norms.” Branch is a Black and queer photographer who celebrates the diversity and inclusion of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ experiences. The art of Elam, formerly jazz great Miles Davis’s manager, has been informed by Afrocentrism. Gordon is an artist of self-portraiture. The title Brownin’ was derived from Caribbean slang, reflecting the curator’s West Indian multicultural upbringing as an African American woman in the South. Brownin’ will be on view from April 9 to May 23.
Opening reception: Free but pre-register; 6 p.m. EST to 9 p.m. EST. Other dates are by appointment. The InLiquid Gallery, the Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American St. 215-235-3405 or https://www.inliquid.org/inliquid-gallery-events/brownin