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Past exhibition

Ghetto Visionary

November 10, 2023The 410 Project / Mankato, Minnesota

Ghetto Visionary was a show about celebrating Black and ghetto culture. Ghettos were communities created to house low-class, low-income people and minorities. Because of that, the word ghetto was often used as a degrading term, usually meaning tasteless or classless. I wanted to show that being ghetto was not a negative thing, but rather that it was fashionable, innovative, and creative. It was about taking something negative, turning it into a positive, and making it a way of life. I wanted to show that Black culture was beautiful in all aspects. To be ghetto is to be a visionary.

Press

Love in War: Artist who found inspiration in Iraq has gallery show at the 410

A Mankato Free Press profile on Love Quetee’s path from military service in Iraq to the “Ghetto Visionary” exhibition, and the way personal history enters the work.

Read the Mankato Free Press feature
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