ARTIST TALKS: Bethany Collins

In its inaugural season, the new ARTIST TALKS series invites past Locust Projects exhibition artists back to Miami to reflect on their time at the space and trace the arc of their practice and careers in the years since. Each talk offers Miami audiences a rare, in-depth conversation with artists whose work has been central to Locust Projects' programming — and whose practices continue to shape contemporary art.

Bethany Collins (b. 1984 Montgomery, AL, lives Chicago, IL) is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptual practice examines the relationship between race and language. Centering language—its biases, contradictions, and ability to simultaneously forge connections and foster violence—her works illuminate America’s past and offer insight into the development of racial and national identities. Drawing on a wide variety of documents, ranging from nineteenth-century musical scores to US Department of Justice reports, she erases, obscures, excerpts, and rewrites portions of text to bring to the fore issues revolving around race, power, and histories of violence.

Bethany Collins exhibited at Locust Projects in 2018.

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