Hello everyone,
On behalf of the entire team, I would like to warmly invite you to join us this evening live from NYC via Zoom (7p ET / 4p PT) for our weekly free and interactive tour.
#133 Considering Art: Considering Composites - featuring urgent work by Thebe Phetogo.
Moving between figuration and abstract landscapes, painter Thebe Phetogo (he/him) raises questions about the construction of identity, particularly with Black bodies, through references to history, politics, and geography. Phetogo’s personal experiences inform his works, which are in part an attempt to assert his presence as a Black Motswana man and to extend his image into the future.
Phetogo is known for his arresting use of vivid color. The electric green employed across his “Blackbody” series (2020) references cinematic green screens. The color serves as a metaphor for a painting’s potential to be a screen onto which new images, ideas, and identities can be projected. Primarily a painter, Phetogo incorporates traditional mediums like oil and acrylic with floor wax and shoe polish.
In this tour, we embark on some close looking.
Together we ask: What do you see?
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All the very best,
Matthew
You Make This.
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JUN 28 | #134 Considering Art : Considering Monuments | François-Xavier Gbré
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About your facilitator:
mark (they/them) An Internationally award-winning Creative with 14+ years of experience in Novel & Change Project Leadership, Creative Digital Innovation & Storytelling. To date, their work informs cultural strategy at Arts Council UK, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC History, BBC Learning and BBC Radio), the Beaney Museum, Canterbury City Council, GOV.UK, Kent County Council, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tate Galleries, Artists Space, Bureau of General Services Queer Division, The LGBT Community Center NYC, MAPP International, The New School, The New York Public Library, Village Alliance Inc, Volta Art Fair, Legacy Trust UK, International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020/21 and Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. mark is a proud member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and an advocate for the transformative power of art and culture for all.
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