Marissa Nicole Stewart: Call Me When You Get Home

Call Me When You Get Home is a body of work drawing from Marissa Nicole Stewart’s relationships with the women in her family. It explores the place-making practices and generational worldbuilding that occur within a Black matriarchal household while also celebrating self-constructed identity.

The exhibition seizes fleeting moments, brings forward deeply ingrained memories, and challenges photographic tradition with an experiential eye. The exhibition’s rich images of Black women are revealed in black-bordered prints, allowing the work to sink into the space and envelop the viewer. These flow into the matriarch of the family, the strength and power that is often central to Black families. The work confronts death, aging, youth, and health, all tropes experienced differently for marginalized individuals.