Over the last two decades, artists have increasingly turned to pattern and dress as a language with which to communicate who they are and where they come from. The experiences of culture clash, immigration, and multi-ethnicity in our globalized world have driven artists to use this visual language to chart their personal and communal histories. This exhibition, organized by the Akron Art Museum, Ohio, includes
works by Mark Bradford,
Iona Rozeal Brown,
Nick Cave,
Willie Cole, Lalla Essaydi,
Samuel Fosso,
James Gobel, Brian Jurgen,
Bharti Kher,
Takashi Murakami,
Grace Ndiritu,
Yinka Shonibare MBE,
Mickalene Thomas,
Aya Uekawa, and
Kehinde Wiley.