The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is showcasing the work of artists Didier William and Nestor Armando Gil/Taller Workshop in the exhibition SWARM., on view from June 30 – September 9, 2018 in both the Fisher Brooks and Morris Galleries, across the campus of PAFA’s Samuel M.V. Hamilton and Historic Landmark Buildings. To “swarm” is to teem, to converge and to confront en masse, period. SWARM. beckons viewers, as an imperative, to physically and intellectually “swarm” conceptions of colonialism in order to disarm narratives of power. SWARM. is organized into five thematic sections which explore revolution, spirituality, process, migratory identity, and affect, in which William and Gil reveal their multilayered Haitian and Cuban heritages, respectively, inflected by the diasporic communities they call home in the United States. Viewers will encounter
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