Exhibiting Africa: Ways of Seeing, Knowing and Showing
(January 25-March 5, 2017)
Curated by a group of students, this exhibition challenges traditional museum displays of African artifacts by radically re-contextualizing several objects in the Bryn Mawr College collections. The students aimed to overwhelm viewers with information, but not to sacrifice legibility. The look of the show, and its voluminous wall signage prioritizes key themes while also allowing for a deeper dive into the histories of the various objects on display.
