Artist Y. Malik Jalal sculptures expand dialogues on Black history, post-industrial production, and the interconnectivity highways and automobiles enable. Building upon the legacies of Black artisans working in Southern iron and steel industries, Jalal welds steel and bronze to re-frame US histories formed by morphing industries and inequalities. He draws from traditional craftsmanship, advertising, popular culture, Islam, Christianity, and Western African customs and belief systems to address ideas linked to geography, capital, and horror.

ACCESS INFORMATION: This program is free and CART captioning will be available. For questions and access accommodations, email gallery400engagement@gmail.com.

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Y. Malik Jalal earned his MFA from Yale University in 2024 and his BA from Oglethorpe University in 2016. Solo exhibitions include Bent at MARCH (New York, NY), Of Joy and Terror at the Coleman Art Center (York, AL), Altars to the Liver at Institute 193 (Lexington, KY), and A Study of the Supernatural Phenomena of Emergence at the Alabama Contemporary Art Center (Mobile, AL).