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LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK | “What Is Contemporary African Art?”

Explore the interpretation of artistic practices by contemporary artists of African origins.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Hood Museum of Art
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Arts, Exhibitions

Chad Elias, Assistant Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College, and Tate Modern Research Fellow, 2015–18, and Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Curator of African Art, Hood Museum of Art
Elias and Nzewi will explore the interpretation of artistic practices by contemporary artists of African origins. Works in the Inventory exhibition will provide a context for the loaded question of what constitutes contemporary African art beyond geography alone.

Full Hood Calendar of Events: http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events#

"Inventory: New Works and Conversations around African Art" Exhibition Page: http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/explore/exhibitions/inventory

For more information, contact:
Alison Palizzolo
alison.m.palizzolo@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://mals.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=37637

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.