From Box 13 Artspace:

"BOX 13 ArtSpace is pleased to present in our Back BOX gallery Azurest is a photographic examination of race, gender, queer desire, and homemaking in Jim Crow era Virginia. It is part documentary and part speculation. The primary subject is Azurest South (1938), the historic home and studio of Amaza Lee Meredith. Despite her exclusion from the architecture profession for being an African American woman, Meredith designed one of the earliest International Style buildings in Virginia, which she cohabited with Dr. Edna Meade Colson. The series combines photographs of the home and ephemera from Meredith’s archive at Virginia State University. The color blue is prominent in the building and echoed in cyanotypes made from Meredith’s snapshots showing African Americans engaging in travel and leisure activities. The project documents Meredith’s life, home, and role in architectural history, and it speculates on the intersections of race, queerness, and domestic space that were not, or could not be, recorded.

This project was made with the support of a 2019 grant from the Graham Foundation.

Michael Borowski (he/him) is an artist living and working in occupied Tutelo/Moneton land (Blacksburg, Virginia). He works with an expanded photographic practice, critically examining history, technology, and the built environment to show that design is not neutral, but reflects political values, personal biases, and desires. His work has been included in national and international exhibitions. He has been awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation in 2019 and a VMFA Fellowship in 2022. He received his MFA from the University of Michigan, and a BFA from the University of New Mexico. Michael is currently the Chair of Studio Art and Associate Professor at Virginia Tech.

Instagram and Twitter: @mdborowski