Driving cultural vitality in the region and beyond, the Bowling Green State University Fine Arts Center Galleries will host the Sharp Teeth exhibition from Mondy to Feb. 14 in the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery.

Curated by Sanaa Humayun, Sharp Teeth investigates the use of “whisper networks” amongst racialized women as a form of relationship building and the way feminine language is used to de-legitimize the work done in those spaces. The exhibit also highlights how art/curatorial relationships can be re-imagined to embody some of the reciprocal care of racialized spaces in order to develop a better framework for curation/art making that breaks down systems of patriarchy/white supremacy.

Housed in the BGSU Fine Arts Center, the exhibition features the works of artists Emily Riddle, Faith Goodman, Jasmine Piper, Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet, Mizin Shin, Raneece Buddan and Rihab Essayh.

Collectively, the artists’ works satirize the use of feminine visual aesthetics in pop culture, thinking about how feminine coded aesthetics often relegate feminine relationships to catty, gossipy, frivolous things, and how this package can be reclaimed for a body of work that is on the surface very bright, campy, and mean, while also holding tender relationships.

Exploring how to bring relationships out of the margins, the artwork also leans into the frivolity, while celebrating the deep and long-lasting nature of relationships, without giving away the secrets held within.

The community is invited to a free opening reception from 6-8 p.m. on Monday. The exhibition will close with a publication launch from 6-8 p.m. on Feb. 14.

Sharp Teeth is made possible with support from the BGSU College of Arts and Sciences Ethnic and Cultural Arts Program and the Canada Council for the Arts.

For more information, visit BGSU.edu/Galleries.