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The Parrish Art Museum presents Set It Off, an exhibition created for the Museum and curated by Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas—collectively known as Deux Femmes Noires—on view May 22 through July 24, 2022.

Leilah Babirye, Nakatiiti from the Kuchu Grasshopper Clan, 2020; Nanyondo from the Kuchu Cow Clan, 2021. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Leilah Babirye, L-R: Nagawa from the Kuchu Monkey Clan, 2020; Tuli Mukwano (We Are in Love), 2018; Omumbejja Nkinzi from the Kuchu Royal Family of Buganda, 2020. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Leilah Babirye, installation view of work as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Torkwase Dyson, Acrylic on canvas paintings, installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Torkwase Dyson, Liquidity, Expanse, 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 80 x 96 x 2. Courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery

February James, These Are My Ghosts To Sit With, 2022. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

February James, series of 10 watercolor and ink on paper portraits. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

February James, Having been is the surest kind of being, 2022; We Seek Hidden Information in Ourselves, 2022; The Clock in Mother’s Mouth, 2022. All acrylic, oil pastel, and charcoal. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

February James, Gonna Give You All I Got, All I have is yours, 2022; On My Own, 2022; The very best of me…, 2022. All 70 x 40; charcoal, acrylic, oil stick, and oil on canvas. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Karyn Olivier, How Many Ways Can You Disappear, 2021. Salt casted rope, resin, buoys. 179 x 98 x 73. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Karyn Olivier, Magic Carpet, 2021. Inkjet pigment print on photo paper mounted on mat board, asphalt/tar roofing. 45 ¾ x 36 1/8 x .0675

Karyn Olivier, installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Primitive Hypertext II, 2022. Xerox, acrylic paint, pen, acetate, and single channel video. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the Artist and NOME Gallery, Berlin. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York.

Kennedy Yanko, Landscape 1, 2022. Paint skin and metal. 151 x 88 x 60. Installation view as part of Set It Off at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York