Celebrating AFRICOBRA at the 2019 Venice Biennale

AFRICOBRA: Nation Time also marked a proud moment in the history of the gallery. Our first exhibition of the work of AFRICOBRA co-founder Gerald Williams premiered in 2017. Since the early days of planning that exhibition, the gallery has worked directly with Williams to assemble a historic library of ephemera documenting the first 50 years of AFRICOBRA’s existence. Since then, the gallery has continued archiving the AFRICOBRA legacy by working with and representing additional surviving co-founders Jae and Wadsworth Jarrell.

In 2018, Gerald Williams curated AFRICOBRA 50, a landmark exhibition at our Elizabeth St. gallery celebrating the 50th anniversary of the birth of the collective and juxtaposing historic and newer works by all of the AFRICOBRA co-founders alongside works by contemporary artists inspired by their aesthetic vision. This exhibition was the first iteration of "AFRICOBRA: Messages to the People", which premiered at MOCA North Miami during Art Basel Miami 2018. "AFRICOBRA: Nation Time" served as the next chapter in the story of this vital collective.