Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold at Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum presents 'Behold', a major solo exhibition of Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, curated by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. The Cuban-born, Nashville-based artist (b. 1959, Matanzas) has worked for over four decades across photography, installation, painting, and performance to trace a decolonized history. The show gathers works that explore African roots, Cuban heritage, and American domicile, addressing themes of slavery, migration, matriarchal cultures, and Yoruba religion. Campos-Pons uses Polaroid altarpieces, indigo grids, and glass vessels to evoke the ocean as a site of memory and regeneration, linking the transatlantic slave trade to contemporary migrations. The exhibition runs through January 14, 2024, at 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn.
Key facts
- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1959 and resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
- The exhibition is titled 'Behold' and is curated by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
- The show includes photographs, installations, paintings, videos, and drawings.
- Campos-Pons' work addresses decolonization, slavery, migration, and matriarchal cultures.
- The ocean is a recurring motif, representing regeneration and memory.
- Indigo and red grids screen female faces, connecting to slave trade history.
- Glass vessels reference sugar mill machinery and rum distilleries tied to Cuban slavery.
- The exhibition is on view at the Brooklyn Museum until January 14, 2024.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
- Judy Chicago
Institutions
- Brooklyn Museum
- Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
- Artribune
Locations
- Matanzas
- Cuba
- Nashville
- Tennessee
- New York
- Brooklyn
- 200 Eastern Parkway