"Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective Statement, this exhibition looks to the origins of identity politics in order to consider the concept’s continued relevance and contemporary manifestations. In their 1977 statement—one of the most significant texts of the twentieth century and a pillar of Black feminist theory and practice—the Combahee River Collective introduced identity politics as a cogent political analysis that emphasizes personal experience and multi-focal coalition building as wellsprings of revolutionary action. For the Combahee River Collective, identity politics allowed for the recognition that all forms of oppression are interconnected and thus cannot be fought in isolation. While importantly informed by who you are, identity politics poses the more essential question of what you might do with others."

Curated by Christian Camacho-Light & Roxana Fabius