Free Public Opening: Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today
April 18 @ 10:00 am
Join us on Free Third Thursday, April 18 from 10AM – 8PM for the free public opening of Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, the first major group exhibition in the United States to envision a new approach to contemporary art in the Caribbean diaspora.
Enjoy free admission, a free tour with an MCASD Educator, an artist talk with Christopher Cozier, and more!
Education Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition
5PM: A general tour guiding visitors through Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, focusing on key themes and highlights of the exhibitions.
Limited capacity. No RSVPs required. Meet in Browar Lobby.
Christopher Cozier Artist Talk
6PM: Artist Talk with Christopher Cozier in Jacobs Hall
About the exhibition
Taking the 1990s as its cultural backdrop, Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today is the first major group exhibition in the United States to envision a new approach to contemporary art in the Caribbean diaspora, foregrounding forms that reveal new modes of thinking about identity and place. Over 20 artists are featured in this exhibition, many of whom live in the Caribbean or are of Caribbean heritage.
Forecast Form is anchored in the concept of diaspora, the dispersal of people through migration both forced and voluntary. Here, diaspora is not a longing to return home but a way of understanding that we are always in movement and that our identities are in constant states of transformation. The exhibition uses the concept of weather and its constantly changing forms as a metaphor to analyze artistic practices connected to the Caribbean, understanding the region as a bellwether for our rapidly shifting times.
Funders
Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s – Today was organized by Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Major support for Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today was provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s – Today is curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, with Iris Colburn, Curatorial Associate, Isabel Casso, former Susman Curatorial Fellow MCA Chicago now Associate Curator, MCASD, and Nolan Jimbo, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The presentation at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is organized by Isabel Casso, Associate Curator, MCASD.
