Do the right thing, and check out this immersive experience of more than 450 objects.
A few years ago , Spike Lee casually joked during an interview that he had enough personal ephemeron to meet an display at the Brooklyn Museum . That casual quip from the multihyphenate Brooklynite has become reality as the Brooklyn Museum debuts its fresh exhibit , “ Spike Lee : Creative source ” on October 7 .
New Yorkers can take a never - before - seen peek behind the curtain of Lee ’s animation on the ground floor of the museum . “ We want to not only look at who his creative inspirations are , but also get inwardly of Spike ’s judgment , to see him from a different perspective , ” says Kimberli Gant , the curator of modernistic and contemporaneous fine art at the Brooklyn Museum . “ mass make love him as a director , but [ they ] do n’t know this other side of him . He ’s a gatherer , a refinisher , and donor of polish . Specifically , American history through a Black diasporic lens . ”
stomach in Atlanta in 1957 , Lee moved to Brooklyn at a young age , first living with his household in Crown Heights , Cobble Hill , then Fort Greene . His debut film in 1986,She ’s Got ta Have It , prove the director ’s indelible bail with the borough . Also in his telling filmography portfolio are Brooklyn - set movies likeCrooklyn , Clockers , andDo The Right Thing , which delve into themes like being Black in America , youth culture , government , protest motion , athletics , and more . From theDo The Right Thingmural in seam - Stuy to his film studio headquarters,40 Acres and a Mule , in Fort Greene , Lee ’s front can be hear and felt throughout the borough .
Spike Lee|Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
In the immersive installation visitors can explore an eclectic selection of more than 450 objects from Lee ’s personal collection and the Brooklyn Museum archives . The overarching theme of the exhibit is the inspiration , ethnic influence , and historical event that have push the famed director throughout his life history and career . Split into seven discussion section , the art gallery boast photography , picture , movie posters , handwritten letters , film clips , clothing , and more .
kit and boodle by lauded Black American artists make up most of the artwork on the wall , with the museum labels read public figure like Kehinde Wiley , Deborah Roberts , Elizabeth Catlett , Gordon Park , and James Van Der Zee . One of Lee ’s paintings on display is a Norman Lewis painting calledAmerica The Beautiful . “ It ’s a nocturne looking at how [ Lewis ] interpret KKK maraud in the South . It ’s a beautiful painting about a very traumatic second in time . The ideas [ in the painting ] still very much so resonate , specially in the moment we ’re in the right way now ” shares Gant .
“ We categorise people because we see certain point of view of them repeatedly . This exhibit gives you an chance to boom your mind and reminds you that [ Spike Lee ] is a multidimensional someone . Nothing is a box seat . No one ’s one - side , ” say Gant . “ [ Lee ] shows us an grand view of the world , that the world through the African diaspora is complex , it ’s traumatic , it ’s beautiful , it ’s expressive . In the same way of life as his films , there ’s a reverberation between the theme . It ’s the past times , present , and continuing into the time to come . ”
“Spike Lee: Creative Sources” at the Brooklyn Museum|Photo by Paula Abreu Pita
“ Spike Lee : Creative Sources ” afford on October 7 at the Brooklyn Museum . Ticketsare useable online .
“Spike Lee: Creative Sources” at the Brooklyn Museum|Photo by Danny Perez
“Spike Lee: Creative Sources” at the Brooklyn Museum|Photo by Danny Perez
