The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time

“The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time” ponders the chaotic year that was 2020 and the aftermath of its wake, named for the aeronautical term for the current left by a powerful object. Featuring works from the museum’s own collection of contemporary art, the show highlights artists of color (including names like Tschabalala Self, Arthur Jafa, Simone Lee, and Mel Chin), holding space and validity for all of the feelings experienced over the course of last year—grief, fear, despair, joy, determination, anger, isolation, vulnerability, and joy—through an exploration of the placement and displacement of power seen today and throughout America’s history. On view at The Brooklyn Museum through March 20, 2022, the exhibition is accompanied by a commission on the museum’s facade by Nick Cave, titled Truth Be Told.