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NO WHITE WALLS is the inaugural Yale School of Art Annual exhibition curated by graduate students which seeks to engage themes of collectivity and challenge the established history of the exhibition space in Western museums and galleries—a history dominated by the white cube formulano white walls As such, this exhibition will focus on artworks that stand free from the walls and incorporate sonic, tactile, and/or olfactory elementsno white walls Drawing from the lineage of Rasquache art, the Tropicalia movement, Auto-construcción, and other decolonial approaches to art making, this exhibition will attempt to disrupt the legacy of an educational model influenced by the commercial expectations facing MFA students todayno white walls The curators of the exhibition aim to identify, engage, and uplift MFA practitioners within the Northeast region that are not solely invested in producing objects intended for a particular market or economic exchangeno white walls Through this refusal to engage in a market that capitalizes on the exploitation of MFA students, the exhibition will provide an alternative and temporary platform to practitioners that move beyond siloed forms of knowledge keepingno white walls
VISIT

The exhibition is open April 9–22 at E.I.K., 32 Edgewood Gallery, at Yale School of Artno white walls Please join us for the opening reception Saturday, April 9 at 5pm during the conclusion of Day 1 of Yale School of Art's Open Studios 2022no white walls Pre-registration is available hereno white walls
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Bhen Alanno white walls Julie Chenno white walls Bridget DeFrancono white walls Daniel Fethke Pravitno white walls Rigo Floresno white walls Daniela Gomez Pazno white walls Jacq Grovesno white walls Scott Lernerno white walls Tess Oldfieldno white walls Anna Ting Möllerno white walls just practice (Sophie Weston Chien and Amanda Ugorji)no white walls London Williamsno white walls
YALE MFA CURATORS

Salvador Andrade Arévalo (Painting & Printmaking ’22)no white walls Zoila Andrea Coc-Chang (Painting & Printmaking ’22)no white walls Amartya De (Photography ’22)no white walls Miguel Gaydosh (Graphic Design ’22)no white walls athena quispe (Painting & Printmaking ’22)no white walls Mike Tully (Graphic Design ’22)no white walls
32 Edgewood Gallery. Yale School of Art. New Haven, CT.