Billy Gérard Frank unveils "Cartography of Resistance" at Moss Galleries

Moss Galleries presents Abolitionists: Cartography of Resistance and Disobedience, a powerful new exhibition by artist and filmmaker Billy Gérard Frank. On view through May 23, the exhibition brings together a series of mixed-media works and a single-channel film installation that reframe abolition not as a closed chapter of the 19th century, but as an ongoing and unfinished struggle shaping the present. “Billy Gérard Frank’s work asks us to sit with history not as something resolved, but as something still unfolding,” said gallery owner Elizabeth Moss. “These pieces are visually arresting, but more importantly, they are intellectually and emotionally urgent. They challenge us to consider how the legacies of abolition continue to shape our world today.” Rendered on wood panels, fabric, and canvas using natural indigo pigments, black ink, and gold, Frank’s works function as layered material palimpsests—surfaces where hi