Benjamin Jones “What We Cain’t Do: Pedagogy and the Art of Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, and Dewey Crumpler”
November 5, 2021
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Chicago, IL 60612
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This presentation theorizes pedagogy as a mode of black futurity in the careers of Dewey Crumpler, Elizabeth Catlett, and Charles White. Because these black artists and their work went overlooked and undervalued relative to their white counterparts, the need for supplementary income meant more time in the classroom and less time in the studio. I examine how a “cross-generational” reciprocity emerges, as pedagogical engagement informed their work and influenced younger black artists who benefited from their inner (moral) and outer (fiscal) compulsion to share knowledge. Benjamin Jones researches the speculative analysis and praxis of oppressed people. His art-historical interests include contemporary intersections of art and power, futurism, and Black radical visual culture and performance.
Please email arthistory@uic.edu for the zoom link.
Date posted
Nov 1, 2021
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Nov 1, 2021