Antenna Gallery Collective
Sugar
Curated by Denise Frazier and Renee Royale
LOCATION
Antenna
3718 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 298-3161 | info@antenna.works
HOURS
Wednesday–Friday, 12 PM–5 PM
Saturday–Sunday, 12 PM–7 PM
ACCESSIBILITY
The gallery is not wheelchair accessible. All gallery exhibitions are accessible online via 3-D virtual experience.
COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
Gallery capacity is limited, and all visitors are required to wear face masks.
About the exhibition
For many of us, the word “sugar” brings up images of birthday cakes and beignets covered in frosting or powdered sugar. And for others, thoughts of their grandmother’s endearing whisper, “come here, sugar” or “give me some sugar,” are invoked. Beneath the icing, the production, migration, commodification, and consumption of sugar are ties to the violence of racial slavery. The complex and layered role of sugar in shaping the history of New Orleans and the region—from sugar plantations to petrochemical and oil refineries lining the Mississippi River to famed candies and confections to cultural traditions tied to the intimacies of sugar, sex, and the Blues, are easily overlooked. Yet, an examination into the complexities of this word, commodity, and symbol reveals histories of power, exploitation, sweetness, slavery, empire, addiction, and contemporary life.
Featured artists:
Amanda Cassingham-Bardwell
Amelia Broussard
Angel Perdomo
AnnieLauire Erickson
Caesar Meadows
Carl Joe Williams
James W. Goedert
kai barrow
L.Kasimu Harris
Laura Gipson
MaPó Kinnord
Nic Brierre Aziz
Robin Levy
Ron Bechet
Rontherin Ratliff
Sean Fader
Shana M. griffin
Stylo Moniker
Thom Karamus
Ursa Eyer
Wayne Amedee
About the organizers
About Since 2005, Antenna has served as a multidisciplinary arts platform, creating and supporting an expansive array of artist and writer-driven programs through experimentation, creative risk-taking, and socially engaged art practices to advance more just and equitable futures. Through a robust slate of public programs, exhibitions, residencies, publications, grants, gatherings, and collaborations, Antenna serves as an engagement hub of diverse communities and publics, cultivating opportunities, creating learning exchanges, and helping creative visions become realities. The Antenna Collective keeps its eye on the details, oversees the development of gallery exhibitions and curating shows and accompanying programs.
Photo courtesy of Antenna Gallery Collective.