Fridman Gallery is honored to present Dindga McCannon’s second solo exhibition opening in September. The exhibition titled Yesterday and Today brings together a range of works spanning the 1970s to the present.

Born in New York City and raised in Harlem and the Bronx, Dindga came of age as an artist and young mother during the rise of feminist art in New York City and the civil rights movement across the nation. Dindga began her career studying with Harlem Renaissance artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Charles Alston, Richard Mayhew, and Al Loving at the Art Students League of New York and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.

Dindga McCannon went on to become a pillar of the influential African-American art collective Weusi, and later, a co-founder of Where We At Black Women Artists, a noteworthy collective affiliated with the Black Arts Movement. Throughout Dindga’s career, she created space for her own artistic exploration while building a support network for generations of Black artists. 

Incorporating non-traditional materials, including personal objects, photographs, and ephemera, Dindga’s works often focus on the history and stories of women—iconic public figures, unknown heroines, family, and friends who shape her vibrant universe.

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