Field Guide: Members Lunchtime Walkthrough of "Chanell Stone: Natura Negra" with the artist
Thursday, February 6, 2020
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Chanell Stone, Potted Earth, 2019
SF Camerawork's programming series Field Guide presents the unique opportunity to explore new ideas and approaches to photography at off-site venues around the Bay Area. For this Field Guide event, all current SF Camerawork members are invited to a special artist-led walkthrough of Natura Negra, a solo exhibition of work by Chanell Stone at the Museum of the African Diaspora.
Chanell Stone’s work was part of SF Camerawork’s Annual Survey Exhibition, Forecast 2019, and she was named a MoAD Emerging Artist for 2019 - 2020.
Limited availability. Please RSVP to kristina@sfcamerawork.org if you plan to attend.
ABOUT CHANELL STONE: NATURA NEGRA
Chanell Stone’s practice is invested in challenging insular views of Blackness by expanding on narratives subject to Black erasure. This avidity has led her to explore the re-naturing of the Black body to the American landscape. Fueled by the conflicting lineage surrounding the African American legacy and nature, Chanell is inspired to create work that highlights this longstanding connection to the land. Specificity is placed on urbanized African Americans living in dense cities and the disconnection from nature that often inherently follows this lifestyle. She analyzes the Black body’s presence within urban “forests” as an effort to reclaim and reconnect to nature itself, even within the confines of the man-made environment. Through a compilation of environmental portraits, Chanell explores the notion of “holding space” within one’s environment and the nuances of compartmentalized nature. Through the use of black and white analogue photography, Natura Negra aims to expand the canon of traditional photography.
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