Gallery Opening - Albums of Inclusion: Jamaica, Ecuador, China

Artist: BROKEN CHINA (Tao Leigh Goffe × Cecile Chong)

Curator: Katherine Gressel

Through archival methods and layered visual language, Broken China traces the material lives and afterlives of blue-and white porcelain. Their artwork forms a commentary on how the currency of “china” has been coveted, traded, collected, and counterfeited for centuries. The pair explores intergenerational memory to connect across diasporas of the overseas Chinese, and especially their family origins in Jamaica (Tao Leigh Goffe) and Ecuador (Cecile Chong). They do not seek to repair or excavate what is broken or what has been lost to history. Rather their art investigates aesthetic forms of collage, ceramic traditions, and music that have been reinvented and remixed in global port cities. Against notions of racial purity and ethnonationalism, Goffe and Chong challenge orientalist narratives, fetishes, and stereotypes of “the exotic” by invoking the memory of historical subjects such as Afong Moy and Sara Baartman, whose consent was stolen, to imagine new futures of liberation.

The contemporary art gallery is on display in our Great Room which is up 18 steps with a railing on one side.

Witness to War is on the ground floor. The doorway has a 1.5 inch threshold.

Public park bathrooms are on the South side of the building. They are on the ground floor but are not currently wheelchair accessible.

You will find many oppurtunities to sit and rest throughout the House.

The history and art on display should be considered "PG" for complex themes. The atmosphere is always family-friendly and visiting us is a great way for children to practice respectful museum behavior.

Tours and walk throughs outside our usual open hours are available by appointment, we'd love to accomidate you! Please contact us with any questions.

Call: 718-768-3195.

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