David Adjaye: Asaase III 

VIA Art Fund has learned about the allegations being made against David Adjaye. We take such accusations seriously. We intend to continue to support our grantee, Counterpublic, and its community partner, The Griot Museum of Black History, as well as project curator Allison Glenn, as they finish this valuable community-based project which has from its inception been intended to create a gathering place for the St. Louis Place neighborhood.

Production | Exhibition Grant

David Adjaye will present his first permanent public artwork, Asaase III, a site-responsive sculpture in the form of abstract, interlocking curved walls for Counterpublic 2023. Asaase III  will be a continuation of Adjaye’s exploration into large-scale, autonomous sculpture, borne from his ongoing reflections on the origins of black architecture and its relationship to the earth. The monumental, rammed earth sculpture will be made from soil sourced from St. Louis. The sculpture will be sited outdoors adjacent to The Griot Museum of Black History, a twenty-five-year-old community museum in an under resourced neighborhood of North St. Louis. Asaase III will serve as a long-term engagement with the museum’s permanent collection and rotating exhibitions on local and national Black histories, drawing visitors eager to see a project by the architect of DC’s National Museum of African American History and Culture installed at an important but overlooked regional museum.