“The best revenge against racism is your own joy,” says Frantz Brent-Harris, an artist featured in “I Am Still Here: Black Joy is Resistance.”
How can Black joy be an act of resistance? That’s the question a new exhibition in Union Station, curated by MakeRoom, aims to explore and amplify.features six Black GTA artists along with special guest artist Gloria C. Swain.
, a curatorial agency and arts organization that partners with corporations to provide opportunities for BIPOC The exhibition theme came out of discussions between Union, MakeRoom and Swain. The “I Am Still Here” title came from Swain speaking about her resistance against systemic oppression. The “Black Joy is Resistance” subtitle emerged from discussions during which the team questioned if there is room for joy, especially when Black communities experience so much mourning and loss.
Swain, who has been working as an artist in Toronto for more than 40 years, says that, as an older Black artist, there has not been enough space for her to showcase her work.
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