Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility

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<p><strong>From Dawoud Bey and Lorna Simpson to Sondra Perry and Kerry James Marshall, a multiethnic group of artists explores what it means to be seen, not seen or erased in the world through formal experimentations with the figure</strong></p><p><I>Going Dark</I> brings together a multigenerational group of contemporary artists who engage the "semi-visible" figure¿representations that are partially (or fully) obscured, including, in some cases, literally darkened¿and suggests that the concept of going dark is a tool that has been used by artists for decades to probe enduring questions surrounding both the potential and the discontents of social visibility. Across mediums¿painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation¿<I>Going Dark</I> names, charts and makes meaning of the semi-visible figure, arguing for its significance in contemporary art as a genre of unique conceptual and formal power. Approximately 120 works in all of these mediums by more than 25 artists are featured