Augusta Savage Gallery will present its fall exhibition, Imaginary Homelands by Alicia Brown and Daisy Patton, from September 13 to December 4, with an opening reception and artists' talk on September 13 from 5 to 7 p.m.

In Imaginary Homelands, the body becomes a vessel for storytelling, exploring identity, diaspora, place, and time. Inspired by Dutch master portraiture, Alicia Brown’s gorgeously decorated figures pose as a pointed connection to the history of the Caribbean and colonialism. Patton’s focus on women from the Southwest Asia and Northern Africa region speaks to her efforts to (re)connect with Iranian culture and the interiority of women’s lives which often go unrecognized despite how they carry forward family histories. 

What happens to those who leave their former homelands? The work by Brown and Patton examines how, for people in diaspora, ideas about home seldom are about a physical place, but a feeling.

Augusta Savage Gallery

103 New Africa House, University of Massachusetts, 180 Infirmary Way, Amherst, MA 01003

Hours

Monday and Tuesday 1-7 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday 1-5 p.m