Fragmentation

Sobering Gallery

Paris, France

“Fragmentation” evokes fragments of texts and images, but also fragments of History. Sociologically, fragmentation means a lack of connection between social groups. This title truly makes sense as the presented pieces seek to illustrate this cultural rupture in our society, and this breach in the relationships between various groups and communities. bell hooks, american author, activist and black feminism theorist wrote in 1988 in Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black “I have had the pain of fragmentation deeply impressed upon my consciousness. The alienation felt by many people who are concerned about domination – the struggle we have even to make of our words a language that can be shared, understood.”