From one place to another, from one time to another, from one context to another. Carried Over is a focused group exhibition that explores the term diaspora as it is used to identify those who live across multiple countries, cultures, and histories. Diaspora describes the dispersion of movement away from a point of origin, while the phrase carried over allows us to consider migration and the intentional preservation of culture. This exhibition features the work of Braxton Garneau (Canada), Remy Jungerman (The Netherlands and United States), and Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński (Austria), three ISCP alumni with African and Indigenous roots who live and work around the world.

Each artist’s unique multimedia practice is defined by the intentional use of materials and symbols that are carried over from their respective cultures. This exhibition will incorporate painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and text, offering viewers the opportunity to experience their varied approaches to upholding and transforming meaning. When placed in dialogue, these three artists tell profound stories of place and displacement, of resilience and resistance, that are never fully resolved. In their hands, culture is interrogated, celebrated, and transformed, inviting us to consider the often complex motivations behind what is carried over and what is cast off as we migrate from place to place. 

Carried Over is curated by TK Smith, Curator, Arts of Africa and the African Diaspora, Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.