Hannah Traore Gallery celebrated the opening of More Than A Notion, the most recent exhibition by Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Turiya Adkins.

In More Than A Notion, on view from April 5th to June 1st, Adkins beautifully explores themes of resistance through the legacy of Black athletes in track and field and the subject of supernatural flight in African folklore. These two points of departure were inspired by James Meredith’s “March Against Fear,” the civil-rights activist’s landmark demonstration in 1966, during which he attempted to travel from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, to protest voter discrimination and racism in the South. Soaring from Meredith’s footsteps into imagined realms, Adkins’ works chart acts of Black transcendence—mapping abstract layers of personal, ancestral, historical, poetic, technological, literary, and psychic departure.

After the opening, guests traveled to Brooklyn to enjoy a vibrant reception at 154 Scott.

Notable guests included: Antoni Bumba, Ashley McLean, Audrey Lyall, Cameron Andre, Camille Bacon, Daria Harper, Elizabeth Alexander, Emmanuel Massilon Fallou Seck, Georgia Moot, Hannah Traore, Henri Mahieu, Jasmine Kusi, Jon Grey, Josh Woods, Julie Mehretu, Kennedy Yanko, Kerane Marcellus, Kumo Shai, Lamar Robillard, Laura Pitcher, Maya Beverly, Quil Lemons, Sasha Allen, Teresita Fernández, Thelma Golden, Tiana Randall, Turiya Adkins, and Uniekue.

Partners included 154 Scott and Moet Chandon.

Image credit: Deonté Lee/BFA, Bre Johnson/BFA