Stay Black & Die

Curated by Jordan Carey

Kyle b. co., Queer in the B(l)ack 3 (2019)

October 6 - November 26, 2022


About The Show

“I dont have to do nothing but stay black and die” is a mid-20th-century Black American phrase. The original implication is that death and blackness were the only two things that one is required to confront in life. Since then, we have seen a few other versions of this phrase, with expressions like “Stay Black.” This 1960s version is more about encouraging psychological blackness than reconciling physical blackness. The phrase “Stay Black” implies that blackness is a more whole place for black people than defaulting to eurocentrism. With this framework, these artists were brought together to highlight their relationship to affinity and ephemerality.

- Jordan Carey


Featured Artists:

Aminata Conteh, Daniel Minter, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Jordan Carey, Jayde Gibbons, Anastasia Warren, Kyle B. co, Séan Alonzo Harris, and David Driskell.

Featured Artists


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