Exploring the Visibility Trap: Artists Go Dark at the Guggenheim

The Guggenheim Museum's exhibition "Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility" features the work of 28 artists exploring questions of visibility and perception, particularly for people of color. The show raises urgent inquiries about the experience of being hyper-visible and subject to increased surveillance while simultaneously being erased from the social and political landscape. Through various mediums, the artists challenge stereotypes, distortions, and misunderstandings, offering a counterpoint to the art world's focus on Black portraiture. The exhibition engages with themes of race, identity, and the role of photography in classifying and criminalizing people of color. It also includes site-specific installations that explore the hypervisibility and surveillance experienced in museums.