“Unbound”: African-American Artists’ Books and Illustrated Children’s BooksThrough Dec. 31
Kohler Art Library — Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Ave.
Free
Books become art and art becomes books in an exhibition in the Kohler Art Library that focuses on African-American artists. The works in “Unbound” are organized into four categories: Ancestry, in which pieces “reach back into pleasurable childhood memories”; Biography, which highlights historical figures; Memory/Trauma, which focuses on memories of distress; and Resistance, in which the pieces “reject subjugated places in society.”
The Kohler Art Library, located on the ground floor of the Chazen, hosts four to five shows a year; all the works in this show come from the library’s collection, including a selection of children’s books. Related events include a talk by children’s book artist Odalo on Monday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. and a lecture from co-curator Janine Sytsma on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m.
