until Sunday March 15 2026
MAD - Museum of Art and Design
2 Columbus Circle
10019 New York
United States
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Exhibitions
Willow Holdorf
willow.holdorf@madmuseum.org
Crafted from brass, gold, and semi-precious stones, Douriean Fletcher’s boldly sculptural designs articulate Black identity, embody spiritual meaning, and have helped define cinematic characters and imagined worlds. The exhibition documents and explores how ideas of Afrofuturism materialize in Fletcher’s work, highlighting her research into African and African American jewelry design and efforts to build aesthetic and cultural bridges between Black communities, countries, continents, and histories torn apart by colonialism, slavery, and oppression. Presenting 75 works from the artist’s collection, Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture tells the inspiring story of Fletcher’s evolution from self-taught metalsmith to an influential designer whose handmade adornments have shaped memorable aesthetics in contemporary cinema, most notably Marvel Studios’ Black Panther film franchise.
Image: Douriean Fletcher, Messenger Collection, gold and semi-precious stones, c. 2021. Photo: BJ the Photographer/Brittany Houston-Johnson; courtesy of artist.
