Queens, Gods and Devotees at the Cantor Art Gallery
PETRUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
Queens, Gods and Devotees,
Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross
August 25 - November 24, 2026
Tawny Chatmon, Iconography / A Hopeful Truth, 2023. Mixed media, 56 x 42 in.
Queens, Gods and Devotees,is officially on view at the Cantor Art Gallery at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Curated by Susanna Gold, PhD, this is the second destination for this exhibition, which features nearly 30 paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, and fiber works from ca. 1900 to the present.
Originally installed at the Maguire Art Museum outside of Philadelphia, Queens, Gods, and Devotees foregrounds earthly and divine greatness, along with the associated devotional objects and ritual practices. Many of these images of exalted figures and concepts related to spirituality and worship are specific to the Black American experience, or are re-imagined in a Black cultural context. References to Greek mythology, the Judeo-Christian tradition, ancient cultures, and traditional African spiritual practices appear alongside one another.
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