NOT FOR SALE

March 4 to May 14, 2023

A tribute to Black and Brown communities, Not For Sale explores the relationship between culture, consumerism, and community and how these connections inform which objects and materials we collectively hold valuable.

Not For Sale, showcases the works of Anthony Akinbola, LaKela Brown, David Hammons, Lucia Hierro, Arthur Jafa, Emmanuel Massillon, and Sable Elyse Smith. These artists use a diverse array of found materials and media to bring to life the establishments that are integral to low-income communities: the corner deli, beauty supply store, local jail, church, and liquor store. Through familiar street and domestic objects, like the pack of ramen purchased at the corner store and in prison commissaries, this exhibition celebrates the shared realities and high cultural value found in Black and Brown communities while underscoring that inherent ways of being, energy, and culture are Not For Sale.

NXTHVN, an international art institution in the Dixwell neighborhood of New Haven, CT, is pleased to present Not For Sale, a group exhibition on view from March 4 to May 14, 2023. The exhibition is curated by Cornelia Stokes and Kiara Cristina Ventura, NXTHVN’s Cohort 04 Curatorial Fellows