so colognes museum lou vega invited research fellow janis mitchell to critically review its american art collection she also arranged loans of other outlets to fill gaps for this exhibition. this 980 video artwork by howard dean a pin down is titled free white and 21. it shows a black artist transforming herself into a white woman who then rejects and attacks the black woman's experiences of racism . you really must be paranoid and never had an experience like that that forces 31. that kind of anti racist demonstrations similar to the ones that took place in the 1960 s. and seventy's make mapping the collection more relevant than ever. as to me it's always relevant racism sexism all these things unfortunately they're always relevant topics and. that's one of the reasons why racism is the overriding topic of this exhibition and it's not an exhibition full of black and white cliches but one with some genuinely surprising insights for example the sculpture by african-american artist barbara chase rethought. mitchell also addresses other forms of bigotry such as homophobia she illustrate