Hot Cheetos: Activism and Junk Food
October 3 - 10, 2020
Nuveen Barwari
Marlos E’van
Courtney Adair Johnson
Barwari, E’van and Johnson first came together in 2018 and again in 2019, working together with youth on a summer program with McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency (M-SPAR). There are many consensus to their relationship, each artist was raised in the southern United States yet with different heritages and backgrounds that play an important part of their own art practices. Their interested in social justice, historical narratives and use of available material have interlaced them into a working collective. Barwari takes fabrics, family photos and cultural accessories, altering them to bring conversations forward and relevant. E’van creates dialogue whether in paint or performance on issues of identity, violence and media. Johnson a reuse artist, develops with an awareness of materials and privilege by sourcing supplies (and encouraging others to help in the diverting of waste), using everyday intimate objects to create a story. Hot Cheetos: Activism and Junk Food looks to address themes that have come up in each artist’s work individually and also in conversations that have impacted them collectively while working together in M-SPAR.
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