Dawoud Bey: Elegy

A profound exploration of early experiences of African Americans in the United States through three photographic series and two film installations. The exhibition follows the movement of Africans into and out of American enslavement through large-scale black-and-white landscape photographs. Bey's work includes the series 'Stony the Road' (2023), 'In This Here Place' (2019), and 'Night Coming Tenderly, Black' (2017), featuring historically significant sites in Virginia, Louisiana, and Ohio. The exhibition also includes two films: 'Evergreen' (2019) and '350,000' (2023). The photographer uses eye-level camera positioning to place viewers in the landscape, creating a sense of empathy and connection to the histories of enslaved Africans and African Americans seeking freedom.