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X-WR-CALNAME:Fall Exhibition Opening and Reception: The Book of Mark by art
 ist Mark Anthony Brown Jr.\, curated by Ming Joi
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DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition:\nGod forgives\; man may not. The Book of 
 Mark traverses identity\, semiotics\, religion\, and spirituality. Contend
 ing with morality\, Mark Anthony Brown Jr. employs photography\, drawing\,
  printmaking\, and installation to further infer markers of manhood\, sync
 retize modes of divination and grapple with the ball and chain games of so
 cial progress. A Midwesterner rooted in the American South\; Brown conside
 rs how our landscape connects one to spirit and ancestry. All of the eleme
 nts are present–– the artist looks in all directions\, through space a
 nd time\, employing urban nkisis\, cosmographic drawings\, bricolage\, and
  altar work to transmute contested histories and subjugated knowledge. The
  solo exhibition\, The Book of Mark\, curated by Ming Joi at the Stone Cen
 ter presents a unique collection of contemplative works\, expanding Brown
 ’s photo-based practice multidimensionally into sculpture and time-based
  media.\n\n \n\nAbout the Artist:\nMark Anthony Brown Jr. is a journeyman.
  An itinerant approach to living has influenced how he has chosen to navig
 ate the current social landscape and indelibly his art practice. He curren
 tly lives and works between Cincinnati\, Durham\, Atlanta and now\, Ithaca
 \, New York. His practice is research driven and interdisciplinary\; with 
 a photographic sensibility at its foundation\, it spans sculpture\, drawin
 g and printmaking with interests in vernacular aesthetic practices and sen
 sibilities\, critical engagements with the vernacular landscape and the ma
 nifestation of Afrikan cultural retentions in the diaspora.\n\n \n\nMark h
 as received a Bachelor of Science Technology from Bowling Green State Univ
 ersity and a Master of Fine Art in Studio Art from UNC-Chapel Hill\, where
  he was a fellow in Museum Practice at The Ackland Art Museum. His work ha
 s been exhibited variously\, including at the Cincinnati Art Museum and Th
 e Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh\, NC. Mark has received fellowships a
 nd awards including the Emerging Lens Fellowship from ArtWORKS Projects in
  Chicago and The Nexus Grant from Atlanta Contemporary. He was a 2024 resi
 dent at Shandaken: Storm King and 2025 resident at Skowhegan School of Pai
 nting & Sculpture. In conjunction with his art practice\, Mark is also an 
 archivist and an educator\, currently serving as a Visiting Lecturer at Co
 rnell University as a Strauch Early Career Fellow in Art.\n\n \n\nAbout th
 e Curator:\nMing Joi Washington was born prematurely and remains ahead of 
 her time. She is a poet\, curator\, and critic engaged with Black cultural
  traditions. A proud Chicago native\, she honed her foundations at Spelman
  College as a member of the AUC Art Collective. While there\, she received
  the Art History Scholarship multiple times and gained valuable experience
  interning with institutions such as the Lubeznik Center for the Arts\, th
 e Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art\, Crystal Bridges Museum of American A
 rt\, Resnicow & Associates\, and The Getty Foundation.\n\n \n\nIn 2024\, M
 ing Joi served as the Curator-in-Residence at Artpace San Antonio. She is 
 now a Lichtenstein Fellow between the Pérez Art Museum Miami and Spelman 
 College Museum of Fine Art\, continuing her journey at the crossroads of a
 rt\, literature\, and community. As a writer\, Ming Joi explores Black fem
 inist futures and traditions\, weaving poetics\, performance\, and visual 
 art through an interdisciplinary practice. Her work has appeared in Callal
 oo\, The JSU Researcher\, Burnaway\, Scalawag\, and Pigment Intl. magazine
 s. She has been featured in museum exhibitions and staged internationally.
 \n\n \n\nRSVP Now: https://go.unc.edu/bookofmark
GEO:35.907852;-79.050272
LOCATION:The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and Hi
 story\, Brown Gallery
SUMMARY:Fall Exhibition Opening and Reception: The Book of Mark by artist M
 ark Anthony Brown Jr.\, curated by Ming Joi
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 ception-the-book-of-mark-by-artist-mark-anthony-brown-jr-curated-by-ming-j
 oi
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