CLP: Opening reception for ‘Paradise’ exhibition by Quinn Hunter

The Furman University Department of Art will present an opening reception with textile artist Quinn Hunter Thursday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m. in the Roe Art Building. Hunter’s exhibition, “Paradise” runs through Oct. 31 in Thompson Gallery, which is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. The opening reception is part of Furman’s Cultural Life Program.

Hunter’s “Paradise” focuses on the systematic destruction of Black urban space in the mid-20^th century United States, specifically Detroit’s Black Bottom and Paradise Valley. Hunter creates woven tapestries based on archival photographs of these locations, which she then dismantles and reassembles. The resulting textiles layer history, geography and social relations to honor resilience, imagine new futures and reflect on diasporic spaces.