Solo show
Sam Vernon: Impasse of Desires
20 Oct 2021 — 27 Feb 2022 at Museum of the African Diaspora
· San Francisco
Sam Vernon: Impasse of Desires was a 2021 solo exhibition presented at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco. The show brought together works by Brooklyn-based artist Sam Vernon, whose practice weaves together drawing, collage, and video to examine the complexities of Black identity, memory, and longing.
Through layered imagery and a bold graphic sensibility, Vernon constructs visual landscapes that navigate the tensions between desire and constraint — the "impasse" of the title — inviting viewers to reflect on the cultural and personal forces that shape the African diaspora experience.
Through layered imagery and a bold graphic sensibility, Vernon constructs visual landscapes that navigate the tensions between desire and constraint — the "impasse" of the title — inviting viewers to reflect on the cultural and personal forces that shape the African diaspora experience.
About the artist
Sam Vernon
1987
Sam Vernon is an installation and performance artist. She works in various media to create her artwork, including sculpture, paintings and photographs. She is interested in "honor[ing] the past while revising historical memory" through works that explore her own personal identity. Several of her…
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Museum of the African Diaspora
· San Francisco
The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora, one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Located at 685 Mission St. and occupying the first three…
