In Photos: "Inter|Sectionality" at the Corcoran

The exhibition, closing March 22, celebrates artists from the Caribbean diaspora in Miami.

February 28, 2020

Kurt Nahar's "YOUR COMFORT ZONE WILL KILL YOU" is among the works on display. (Denny Henry)

The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design is home to one of the city's boldest multidisciplinary exhibitions this year in "Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City," featuring creations ranging from traditional photography and sculpture to 360-degree sensory experiences involving aromatic cacti and giant balloons. The not-to-be-missed exhibition is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on weekends from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 500 17th Street NW. It closes March 22. All photos by Denny Henry.

Petrona Morrison, "Selfie," 2017. Video installation.

Charo Oquet, "Entering a Rara Garden," 2019. Ceramic installation.

Kurt Nahar, "Bleach1 and Bleach 2," 2018. Acrylic paint and paper collage on hard board.

Juan Ernesto Requena, OUR HUMANITIES WILL PERPETUATE US, Phosphorescent pigment, stencils, site-specific dimensions, 2019.

Juan Ernesto Requena, "OUR HUMANITIES WILL PERPETUATE US," 2019. Phosphorescent pigment, stencils.

Esperanza Cortes - LA PLATEADA, 2019, clay and chains, 48 x 6 x 4 inches. GOLD VIEW, 2019, clay sculpture, gold metal beads, 60

Esperanza Cortes, "LA PLATEADA," 2019, clay and chains; "GOLD VIEW," 2019, clay sculpture, gold metal beads; "LA CRIOLLA II," 2019, clay chains, amulets.

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, "Pieta (at Knowles Memorial Chapel)," 2017. Archival digital print.

Kurt Nahar, "YOUR COMFORT ZONE WILL KILL YOU," 2016. Acrylic paint collage, braided brown rope, tie wraps on canvas.

Tyler Mitchell - All American Family Portrait, 2018 - 2019, archival pigment print, mounted and framed,

Tyler Mitchell, "All American Family Portrait," 2018 to 2019. Archival pigment print, mounted and framed.

Asser Saint-Val, "The Philosopher's Stone," 2018. Multi-sensory interactive installation with helium sculpture, bed, binaural recording, aromas, leaves, licorice and performance. Costume by Dyhemmia Williams, textile by Patty Suau.

Izia Lee Lindsay - Oceanic 1 and 2, 2018, screen print on fabric, 120 x 60 inches and Mas 1 and 2, screen print on fabric, 120 x

Izia Lee Lindsay, "Oceanic 1 and 2", 2018, and "Mas 1 and 2." Screen print on fabric.

Guy Gabon, "Decentering the gaze, Ain't I a human?" 2019. Mixed media textile techniques, denim, old clothes, various objects.

Evelyn Politzer, "Every Drop Counts," 2018. Hand-knit wool.

Jared McGriff - Six Flowers, 2018, oil and acrylic on canvas, 31 3/8 x 41 1/2 (Left). Janusian Things, 2018, Oil and acrylic on

Jared McGriff, "Six Flowers," 2018, and "Janusian Things," 2018. Oil and acrylic on canvas.

Deborah Willis, "Reflections on Joan Baez's Civil War," 2018. Dancers: Djassi Johnson and Kevin Boseman. Digital inkjet prints and video.

Devora Perez, "Man-Made Environment (here, there, and everywhere)," 2019.