Mask, conceal, carry Tiona Nekkia McClodden Tiona Nekkia McClodden McClodden, Tiona Nekkia creator artist. Haynes, Ebony L. editor, contributor. 52 Walker (Gallery) host institution. text bibliography biography exhibition catalogs. interviews. Exhibition catalogs Exhibition catalogs. Interviews. Catalogues d'exposition. Interviews. nyu 2023 monographic eng print 109 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. "McClodden's expansive practice comprises film, installation, painting, and sculpture in addition to writing and curating. Encompassing the personal, the historical, and the mythic, her work considers the presence and absence of the black figure as well as the aesthetic strategies of illumination and opacity that subvert available modes of representation. Installed under custom lighting, the works in MASK / CONCEAL / CARRY evince a variable blackness, realizing and dissolving figures and forms that are not immediately visible to the viewer. In her work McClodden has engaged with 'masking' and its many meanings and guises, as well as 'unmasking,' in which, as an autistic adult, she attempts to unlearn an assimilationist tendency to suppress one's true self in order to appear neurotypical. This relates closely to 'concealing,' a purposeful act of obstruction that, along with 'carrying,' suggests associations with firearms regulation in the United States. 'Carrying' also touches on deeper psychological aspects regarding trauma and burden that are threaded through the works"-- Curator's note: carrying / Ebony L. Haynes -- Blank / Rhea Dillon -- Process images / Tiona Nekkia McClodden -- Dog poem / Simone White -- In conversation / Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Simone White -- Who Im finna teach with theory how not to kill me? / Tiona Nekkia McClodden -- Plates. editor, Ebony L. Haynes. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at 52 Walker, New York, NY, July 13-October 8, 2022. Tiona Nekkia McClodden [she/her] is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary. McClodden, Tiona Nekkia Exhibitions McClodden, Tiona Nekkia Interviews African American women artists Exhibitions Art, American 21st century Exhibitions Firearms in art Exhibitions Installations (Art) United States Exhibitions Firearms ownership In art Art, American 21st century Armes à feu Possession Dans l'art Femmes artistes noires américaines Expositions Art américain 21e siècle Art 21e siècle Art américain 21e siècle Expositions Armes à feu dans l'art Expositions Firearms ownership Art, American Art, Modern African American women artists 2000-2099 fast N6537.M39636 A4 2023 709.2 Clarion (52 Walker (Gallery)) ; 4 9781644231081 1644231085 pda,print UKMGB 230517 20250318222446.3 in00005464970 eng