Post by tamarindinstitute on Aug 13, 2014 12:43:18 GMT -7
Three thought-provoking events about identity
at Tamarind Institute
LandMarks: Indigenous Australian and Native American Artists Explore Connections to the Land
public reception
Thursday, August 21, 5:30 - 7:00
In the Tamarind Gallery
Join artists Chris Pappan (Kaw, Osage, Cheyenne River Sioux) and Dyani White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota), participants in the 2013 LandMarks project. More information on Pappan and White Hawk.
If you haven't already watched it, don't miss this beautiful video by Kamio Media, which includes footage of the printing process, images of the artists, and a description of the LandMarks project.
Robert Pruitt , artists' talk
Thursday, September 4 at 5:30
In the Tamarind Gallery
Sponsored by Tamarind Institute, the UNM College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History, and the UNM Art Museum
Houston-based artist Robert Pruitt will speak in the Tamarind Gallery during his residency at Tamarind Institute. Pruitt received his BFA from Texas Southern University and MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. His work can be found in collections at institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Studio Museum Harlem; and included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.
He makes drawings and sculptures about the complexity of black identity by combining contrasting signs and imagery of disparate Black influences and aesthetics. He layers Science Fiction, Hip Hop, comic books, and black political and social struggles into layered portraits of his friends and community. (www.robert-pruitt.com)
For more information on Robert Pruitt, visit www.robert-pruitt.com.
Toyin Odutola artists' talk
Thursday, September 18 at 5:30 pm
At the UNM Art Musuem
Sponsored by Tamarind Institute, the UNM College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History, and the UNM Art Museum
Born in Ife, Nigeria, Odutola participated in the 2012 project AFRO: Black Identity in America and Brazil at Tamarind. She produced five lithographs that reflect on the complexities of racial identity. In her artist statement she revealed, "I'm looking for that in-between state in an individual where the overarching definition is lost. Skin as geography is the terrain I expand by emphasizing the specificity of blackness, where an individual's subjectivity, various realities and experiences can be drawn onto the diverse topography of the epidermis."
Selected for the prestigious Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio program, Odutola currently lives and works in New York City. She received a BA from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and her MFA from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. In October, she will return to Tamarind for her second residency at Tamarind Institute.
For more information on Toyin Odutola, visit toyinodutola.com. Images of the lithographs created at Tamarind in 2012 are online at tamarind.unm.edu.
at Tamarind Institute
LandMarks: Indigenous Australian and Native American Artists Explore Connections to the Land
public reception
Thursday, August 21, 5:30 - 7:00
In the Tamarind Gallery
Join artists Chris Pappan (Kaw, Osage, Cheyenne River Sioux) and Dyani White Hawk (Sicangu Lakota), participants in the 2013 LandMarks project. More information on Pappan and White Hawk.
If you haven't already watched it, don't miss this beautiful video by Kamio Media, which includes footage of the printing process, images of the artists, and a description of the LandMarks project.
Robert Pruitt , artists' talk
Thursday, September 4 at 5:30
In the Tamarind Gallery
Sponsored by Tamarind Institute, the UNM College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History, and the UNM Art Museum
Houston-based artist Robert Pruitt will speak in the Tamarind Gallery during his residency at Tamarind Institute. Pruitt received his BFA from Texas Southern University and MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. His work can be found in collections at institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Studio Museum Harlem; and included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.
He makes drawings and sculptures about the complexity of black identity by combining contrasting signs and imagery of disparate Black influences and aesthetics. He layers Science Fiction, Hip Hop, comic books, and black political and social struggles into layered portraits of his friends and community. (www.robert-pruitt.com)
For more information on Robert Pruitt, visit www.robert-pruitt.com.
Toyin Odutola artists' talk
Thursday, September 18 at 5:30 pm
At the UNM Art Musuem
Sponsored by Tamarind Institute, the UNM College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History, and the UNM Art Museum
Born in Ife, Nigeria, Odutola participated in the 2012 project AFRO: Black Identity in America and Brazil at Tamarind. She produced five lithographs that reflect on the complexities of racial identity. In her artist statement she revealed, "I'm looking for that in-between state in an individual where the overarching definition is lost. Skin as geography is the terrain I expand by emphasizing the specificity of blackness, where an individual's subjectivity, various realities and experiences can be drawn onto the diverse topography of the epidermis."
Selected for the prestigious Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio program, Odutola currently lives and works in New York City. She received a BA from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and her MFA from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. In October, she will return to Tamarind for her second residency at Tamarind Institute.
For more information on Toyin Odutola, visit toyinodutola.com. Images of the lithographs created at Tamarind in 2012 are online at tamarind.unm.edu.