Julie Mehretu, Jason Moran, the Hudson River School, Western expansion, colonization, the intersections between music and art, and more.
Discussion Leaders: Alana Barrett and Diego Melgar
Continued discussion of Julie Mehretu, Jason Moran, Western expansion, colonization, the intersections between music and art, and more.
Discussion Leaders: Alana Barrett and Diego Melgar
A focus on Indigenous Futurism, featuring the artists Jeffrey Gibson, Wendy Red Star, Rebecca Belmore, and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Discussion Leader: Koa Ho
Continued discussion of Jeffrey Gibson and Indigenous Futurism.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
Discussion of Nick Cave’s sound suits and his Mass MoCA show “Until”.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
Exploring the Afro-futurist world of the musician, performer, and artist Sun Ra.
Discussion Leader: Diego Melgar
A discussion of visual artist and scientist Mary Maggic, with a focus on the following topics: biohacking, open-source collaboration, hormone biopolitics, eco-heteronormativity, molecular queering and more.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
The Art Hang discusses body modifications, internal vs. external, “shock” factor, and the body as performance by studying Stelarc's performance art pieces “Ear on Arm”, “Exoskeleton”, and “Third Hand”.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
The Art Hang continues the conversation about body modifications, and opens a dialogue about fictional futures and technology by studying Neri Oxman’s work “Wanderer’s: An Astrobiological Exploration” and the Mediated Matter Research Group at MIT’s Media lab.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
An exploration of Paul Klee, with a focus on polyphony, primitivism, and the complex logic and construction of Paul Klee’s diverse body of work.
Discussion Leader: Diego Melgar
The Art Hang focuses on the work of Wifredo Lam with focus points on: the practice of decolonization, Lam’s relationship with Picasso, and expression of his Cuban culture through painting.
Discussion Leaders: Day Briérre and Alana Barrett
Andrew Thomas Huang, interstitial space and cultural displacement. The Art Hang views and discusses two of Huang’s videos - “Interstice” and “Solipsist”.
Discussion Leaders: Koa Ho, Day Briérre and Alana Barrett
The Art Hang discusses the work of digital artist “Weirdcore”.
Discussion Leader: Diego Melgar
The Art Hang views the movie “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am”.
The Art Hang views the movie “Black Art: in the Absence of Light”.
Tschabalala Self and the black female body in contemporary culture. Other discussion points included a focus on color - such as how Self uses color relationships, patterns, flatness and dimension to build her work.
Discussion Leaders: Alana Barrett and Day Briérre
The Art Hang discusses the Russian Avant-garde with a particular focus on the work of Kazimir Malevich, and the movements of suprematism and constructivism.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
Continued discussion on Malevich and suprematism, and how it has impacted contemporary artists and designers such as Zaha Hadid.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
The Art Hang discusses Islamic geometric art.
Discussion Leader: Diego Melgar
Special guest speaker Pamela Ford from the Brooklyn Public Library lectures about the art and life of Romare Bearden.
Discussion Leader: Pamela Ford (guest speaker)
A special pop-culture night for the Art Hang, with discussion based around the early life and career of Britney Spears, as well as topics such as sexuality, performance, femininity, tabloid culture, exploitation and more.
Discussion Leader: Alana Barrett
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