Wed 12/2 @ 7-8:15PM
The current exhibit About Body/About Face at Artists Archives of the Western Reserve draws on a major exhibit they mounted last year. SeenUNseen featured a major collection of African-American art from Atlanta, augmented by the work of 32 Cleveland-area artists. It focuses on seven of the local artists who were in that show, honing in on figurative works that depict African-American subjects in paintings, drawings, photography, mosaics and textiles. Its goal is to give those artists the opportunity to depict themselves unfiltered through white eyes.
On Wednesday, December 2, three of the participating artists will hold an artist talk discussing their practice and their work, ad the issues of identity and representative that drive it. They include Davon Brantley, who creates Renaissance-inspired portraits; mosaic artist Jacques P. Jackson; and photographer Yvonne Palkowitsh, whose work features digital composites.
The hour-long Zoom talk will be followed by a Q&A. It’s free and open to all but you must register. Go here.
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