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Parking Valerie Cassel Oliver. Photo: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Untitled #20 (Dutch Wives Circled and Squared), 1978, Howardena Pindell (American), mixed media on canvas. MCA Chicago, Gift of Albert A. Robin by exchange .
Night Flight, 2015–2016, Howardena Pindell (American), mixed media on canvas. Garth Greenan Gallery. Photo courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York.
Untitled #5B (Krakatoa), 2007, Howardena Pindell (American), mixed media on paper collage. Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
For the Love of Art: Valerie Cassel Oliver and the Intersection of Art and Activism
Join Valerie Cassel Oliver and Chioke I’Anson for a discussion on the groundbreaking, multidisciplinary artist Howardena Pindell. The conversation will explore how Pindell has moved between figurative and abstract painting in an effort to assert her place as an African American woman in the field of contemporary art. The conversation will also explore Pindell’s work as a curator, educator, and activist, who has sought to challenge traditions of the art world and its barriers to artists of color.
This is a rescheduled event. All guests must reserve a ticket as registrations did not transfer from the October 11 program. Please reserve a new ticket on the VMFA website using the link above. For any questions, please contact us at 804.340.1400 or info@vmfa.museum
About the Presenters
Valerie Cassel Oliver is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Prior to this position, she spent 16 years at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, where she was senior curator. Cassel Oliver has organized numerous exhibitions including co-curating Howardena Pindell: What Remains to be Seen on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts through November 25.
Chioke I’Anson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies at VCU and the first faculty-in-residence at the ICA. He has a PhD in philosophy from the University of South Florida and if you listen to NPR you’ll recognize his smooth baritone voice from the underwriting announcements. Chioke rides motorcycles quite fast.
For the Love of Art Series
