We Gotta Get Back to the Crib

Marta is honored to announce the preview of We Gotta Get Back to the Crib, the inaugural collection of sculptural furniture works originally conceived by designers Michael Bennett and the late Imhotep Blot of Studio Kër. Inspired by their shared upbringings in the coastal south of the US, as well as their Senegalese and Haitian roots, the presentation examines the identity and experiences of African Americans and the diaspora, in parallel to themes of intersectionality and the complex living conditions of Black people in America today. Each of the works—designed in joyous opposition to the dominance of Western domestic typologies—offers a reflection on place and community by establishing a nuanced dialogue around historically Black cultural motifs and object-histories.