Kapwani Kiwanga Off-grid

Art As Anthropology: Uncovering And Upending Regimes Of Visibilityover The Past Decade, Canadian-born, Paris-based Artist Kapwani Kiwanga (born 1978) Has Created Complex Installations, Sculptures, Performance Lectures And Films That Consider Marginalized Histories And Colonial Economies. Drawing From Her Training In Anthropology And The Social Sciences, Kiwangas Ethereal Environments Bring Attention To The Backstories Of Systems Of Authority And Their Embodied Effects.accompanying The Exhibition At The Museum, This Catalog Provides One Of The Most Complete Overviews Of Kiwangas Work In Sculpture And Installation. Inspired By The Early 18th-century York Legal Codes Known As Lantern Lawsordinances That Required All Black, Indigenous Or Mixed-race Individuals Over 14 To Carry Lanterns Or Lit Candles After Dark If Not Accompanied By A White Personher Commission For The Museum Weaves Together Different Layers Of Opacity And Transparency Through The Use Of Large-scale Curtains And Mirrored Surfaces, Playing With Natural Light And Darkness.