Our review of thought-provoking Permanent Collection at Main Street Theater.
written by Thomas Gibbons, has made its way to Main Street Theater. In this production, directed by Associate Artistic Director Andrew Ruthven, the story of an eccentric and exacting millionaire's parting gift to the world — his foundation — exposes the underlying racial prejudice to which its founder was oblivious.
Paintings from Van Gogh, Cezanne, Renoir and other European artists hang from the ceiling, enclosing the arena stage on all four sides. The artists' names most popularly known hang while anonymous African art sits. Sterling North, played convincingly by Steven J. Scott, is the newly appointed Black director of the Morris Foundation. After going through the archives, North discovers the African art not on display and spearheads an initiative to add eight African pieces to the gallery display.
Sterling, so used to racism from his previous experience in corporate America, wants to finally show off his authority and the impact he should have had all along. Sterling's ego would have been more pronounced if the direction leaned more into his flashiness. He drives a Jaguar. He and his wife live in an upper-crust suburb. His lifestyle was one big middle finger to the white world.
While Paul is stuck in the idyllic version of he foundation as a race-neutral, politically-neutral middle-ground where art is art, Sterling can't help but ask why can't there be more African Art shown? To place in a will that the display should never change is to definitively state that the African Art in the basement can never be displayed. The museum's offerings can never include more diversity.
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