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The works in the exhibition contemplate how we overlay significance onto bodies, individuals, and objects based on their external features. The viewer is invited reconsider the surface as more than a mere façade, but as a dynamic realm where meanings are assigned, power is exerted, and our relationship with the world is negotiated.

In this group exhibition of 13 artists curated by Elizabeth S. Hawley, U.S. boundaries are reconceptualized as border waters that emphasize the shorelines of the coterminous U.S. and its island regions; the historical and contemporary significance of waterways ranging from inland rivers to international oceanic passages and their inextricable linkage with colonialist, imperialist U.S. policies; and the ecological inseparability of waterways that ensures changes in one area’s border waters have global effects.

Black River is a series of works by the artist Charles Edward Williams that acts as a composite portrait of the relationship between the artist and his father. Throughout this developing series, Williams uses biblical parables and modern narratives to explore the profound act of forgiveness between father and son.

Photographer Julia Gorton will turn her camera on the Mobile scene and turn a portion of our Video Gallery into an Open Portrait Studio. If you were ever in a band, past or present, a showgoer, promoter, record store owner, bartender, or scene supporter in any way, we invite you to drop by and have your portrait made by Julia. Each portrait will be displayed in January 2024 in the upcoming Hurricane Party exhibition.

Join us at Alabama Contemporary Art Center for a night of spoken word in honor of our current exhibition Black River. Hosted by ACAC's own Tiffany Pogue, the night will include recitations from local poets and an open mic to follow.