Come

Dancing:

Zineb

Sedira

at

Goodman

Gallery

'Let the drums beat!' It is an imperative phrase, a declaration, a demand for drums—and by extension, dancing. To many, the title of Zineb Sedira’s recent solo exhibition at Goodman Gallery likely calls to mind the call of music. “You got to jump up to the beat, stand up on your feet,” implored Debbie Harry with frenetic fervor in the title track for Blondie’s 1979 album 'Eat to the Beat', beckoning listeners to get down and cut a rug. But Sedira’s title is more than just musical. It is also a battle cry. For drums are a call to war as well as the dance hall. Drums, more resonant than the human voice, have throughout history been used by military forces to communicate to soldiers far down the battlefield: prepare, advance, retreat.