Art21 Educator Dennis Greenwell screened the "Extended Play" film "Julie Mehretu: Politicized Landscapes" and shares the inspiring classroom discussion and activity that ensued as a result.
For an art form so daring, defiant, and overwhelmingly public as graffiti, it is too often dismissed, ignored, and (in some cases) made invisible, disappearing into the barrage of visual information around it. Encompassing everything from large-than-life paintings to train tags or the scratching of one’s moniker into an air-conditioner grill, graffiti both animates and disrupts our landscape. This way of working was at the heart of Margaret Kilgallen’s practice.
Artist and curator Tiona Nekkia McClodden discusses how visiting exhibitions by artists Beverly Buchanan and Kevin Beasley sparked a sense of nostalgia and describes how her curatorial practice is rooted in ancestral legacy.
Art21 Educator Dennis Greenwell screened the "Extended Play" film "Julie Mehretu: Politicized Landscapes" and shares the inspiring classroom discussion and activity that ensued as a result.
Artist and curator Tiona Nekkia McClodden discusses how visiting exhibitions by artists Beverly Buchanan and Kevin Beasley sparked a sense of nostalgia and describes how her curatorial practice is rooted in ancestral legacy.