A visit to “Battle of the Bands,” a new exhibit at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, is the March 2 Museumgoer story in the New Orleans Advocate | The Times-Picayune. Read it here. An in-gallery podcast interview with artist Keith Duncan and Bradley Sumrall, the Ogden’s curator of the collection, is here.
On view through August 10, the exhibit captures, in paint and fabric, heroically stylized performers from 15 Historically Black College and University marching bands. Often arrayed in groups of three, musicians and dancers float in the air above more grounded figures, all popping off of wallpaper-like background fabric centered in each work. Each group painting contains the school’s crest. Each is accompanied by a standalone image of the band’s drum major.
It’s a fantastic exhibit.
Special thanks to Keith and Bradley, and to you for reading and maybe listening.
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