20:20 Vision: A Multi-Media Retrospective of Atlanta's Collective Resistance in 2020

At The Bakery South Downtown from January 28th - 31st, 2021

Curated by The Bakery and Streetcat Media

The Bakery returned in 2021 with a retrospective of open call & curated works inspired by lived experiences from 2020. The show highlighted our collective documentation and expression of global events including COVID-19 challenges and the protest movements. We found that identity, resistance, and reflection had all been front and center in our shared struggles. The cumulation of our experiences turns into stories, and we asked our community to share their stories with us in this exhibition that took place in January 2021 in our new South Downtown location.

The centerpiece of the exhibit was RIP (Revolution Is Possible), a 9'x6'x4 Guillotine with an accompanying Commercial made by a group of local artists led by Filmmaker and director, Lev Omelchenko. This ad is dark, funny, and serious, “…because if there’s going to be a class war, isn’t it time that the working class won?”

Other works ranged from paintings of the Atlanta protest to fiber art meant to bring comfort and a couch potato-like sculpture. (1. BLM - Atlanta Protest, 2020 (11” x 14” Geclee Print) by Miguel Dominguez (@migueldoesart). 2. Wait Under Pyramids, 2020 (94” x 15” x 3” fabric, poly-fil, poly-pellets, cotton batting, fringe) by Emmanuelle Chammah (@emmachammah). 3. Dough Babies, 2020 (12” x 12” x 12” Clay) by Morgan Drawdy (@modraw).

20:20 Vision: A Multi-Media Retrospective of Atlanta's Collective Resistance in 2020 was on display January 28th - 31st and had 120+ visitors. Click here to read a review of this show from Zimra Chickering of The Emory Wheel.