SKIN + MASKS: Decolonizing Our Art Beyond the Politics of Visibility

This expansive publication celebrates the third edition of SKIN + MASKS, co-curated by Kavi Gupta Gallery Director Chanelle Lacy and rapper, activist, and philanthropist Vic Mensa. The exhibition is presented by Kavi Gupta in collaboration with EXPO Chicago, the international exposition of contemporary and modern art, and The Magnificent Mile® Association. A comprehensive exhibition catalogue, the publication features installation images, programming highlights, and artworks from the first through third editions of SKIN + MASKS, with a new introduction by curator Chanelle Lacy. SKIN + MASKS takes its title from the work of Antilles-born author Frantz Fanon (b. 1925 — d. 1961), whose seminal text Black Skin, White Masks examined how barriers of race impede our ability to experience humanity. The exhibition’s first two iterations fostered dynamic conversations about what it means for visual art to incite cultural evolutions “beyond the politics of visibility.” This third iteration furthe