Bronx Museum Present Reverse Reverse: Bring it Back, Bring it Back An Exhibition Curated by Bronx Teen Council

Hayden Plattus, Love in the Time of Corona, 2020. Digital drawing. [Image Description: Two graphic images made through a digital painting process. On the left, the image has text that , the text on the left readsis “TAKE OUT FOR ONE.” A Chinese food…

Hayden Plattus, Love in the Time of Corona, 2020. Digital drawing. [Image Description: Two graphic images made through a digital painting process. On the left, the image has text that , the text on the left readsis “TAKE OUT FOR ONE.” A Chinese food tTake- out boxes is next to the textare at the top and a woman with red hair reclines in a black and white striped bikini at the bottom. Her leg is outstretched and she is painting her toenails. The image on the right has a woman and man, in the center is a rotary-n old style orange telephone, a large green tropical leaf, a balloon, and a checkerboard floor. The words “HI” and “Hello” surround the phone.]

Reverse Reverse: Bring it Back, Bring it Back

Until Saturday, August 1

Reverse Reverse: Bring it Back, Bring it Back was curated by the 2019-20 Teen Council cohort at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Bronx Museum invited teen artists throughout New York City to submit work reflecting their experiences, memories of, and nostalgia for the last two decades.

The exhibit is organized in four sections:

COMING OF AGE

IMAGINARY REALM

POP CULTURE

SPACES AND PLACES

Created in 2005, The Bronx Museum's Teen Council is an intensive paid after-school program in which teens engage deeply with contemporary art and the museum space.

Teen Council is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Education and Community Programs are generously supported by Booth Ferris Foundation, Con Edison, Deutsche Bank, The Hearst Foundations, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, Malka Fund, New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund, New York Yankees Foundation, O'Grady Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, and New York City Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson, Council Member Diana Ayala, and Council Member Ruben Diaz Sr.

You can access more information on the Bronx Museum online events and exhibitions here.

Anjuli Nanda