“Out of Many” — Jorian Charlton Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 18 December 2021 to 7 August 2022
n her essay “Homeplace: A Site of Resistance,” late feminist scholar bell hooks describes how the private space of the home can be a radical site for Black liberation. She highlights the caretaking role that Black women adopt in the home—whether actively chosen or thrust upon them by gendered divisions of labour—to frame nurturing as “a political commitment,” where community building begets political resistance. It is a fascinating essay that encourages us to think through the ways in which the spaces
