Hebru Brantley Discusses "Black Odyssey" at SCOPE Art Show

Hebru Brantley unveiled his "Black Odyssey" installation at this year's SCOPE Art Show in Miami Beach. The Chicago-based artist explores the interplay between modern attitudes in social media and historical freak shows, exposing the ways spectacle and the commodification of people of color persist across eras. The installation reimagines the circus as a stage for cultural critique, where characters like "Siamese Twins," "Afro Mane" and "Frog Boy" embody themes of identity, persecution, and compr...