S is for Soul Sister Exhibition

2020 will mark 50 years since children living in the Harold Ickes Homes sat for portraits that were used as visual aides in Chicago classrooms and libraries. Inspired by those portraits taken in 1970, Jeyifous has photographed the children of the “Black ABCs” today as adults, celebrating the beauty and historic impact that those images and individuals still hold. Expanding on the definition of portraiture, Jeyifous blurs his practice as a photographer and scientist by creating rare digital art works. The collages, a combination of overlaid visualizations, includes the individuals’ cells combined with traditionally styled portraits. This blend of artistic, medical, and clinical styles of portraiture raises questions and critiques about the complicated and often problematic history of science, medicine and Black subjectivity.

Presented by Arts + Public Life, with generous sponsorship from The Art, Science & Culture Initiative.

Exhibition Opening Reception: 
Friday, January 17, 2020, 6pm-8pm
Arts Incubator Gallery
301 E Garfield Blvd., Chicago, IL  60637

Exhibition Dates: January 17—March 20, 2020

Gallery Hours: 12-6pm, Wed-Fri
Free and open to the public

Admission

Free

Contact

artsandpubliclife@uchicago.edu