An exhibition showcasing Afrofuturistic jewelry designed by an artist who worked on Marvel’s “Black Panther” movies and other projects will open at the Walters Art Museum this weekend.
“Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture” will feature more than 100 works spanning the life and career of Douriean Fletcher.
Organized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the exhibition was on view there from Oct. 4 through March 15.
Now, it travels to the Walters, where it will be on display from April 18 through Aug. 9.
Fletcher is a self-taught artist, who got her start making simple pieces like wrapped-wire rings comprising material from Home Depot.
As she has refined her skills over the years, she has held onto that elegant simplicity of her early work.
In fact, it was the simplicity of two rings in the Walters Art Museum’s ancient Egyptian collection that encouraged her to stay on the path of jewelry-making.
Fletcher’s work can be seen in projects like “Black Panther,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Coming 2 America,” and “Roots.” As part of her exhibition, some of these works will be displayed alongside pieces from Ancient Egypt, Indigenous Latin America, and Ethiopia in the Walters’ collection.
Read more about Fletcher and her exhibition in this Baltimore Fishbowl article from Dec. 1.
