Five prints from Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis are a part of the "Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print" exhibit in New York.
Courtesy of Argenis Apolinario
Nina Moini of Minnesota Public Radio recently interviewed artist William Villalongo and Highpoint Gallery Director Alex Blaisdell for Minnesota Now about Highpoint’s project with Villalongo and its inclusion in the exhibition Data Conciousness at the Print Center New York.
“Prints from a Minnesota studio are among those on display as a part of novel exhibit at the Print Center New York. The project, called “Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print,” is inspired by the ground-breaking data visualization work of W.E.B. Du Bois presented at the 1900 Paris Exposition, which sought to present various aspects of Black life after Reconstruction.
This contemporary exhibit draws on updated data from official records, archives and oral testimonies to provide a contemporary look into the same themes explored by Du Bois.
MPR News host Nina Moini talked with one of the artists behind the show, William Villalongo, along with Alex Blaisdell, gallery director at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis.”