Public Program
Lecture by Richard Hylton: ‘To Go Past Slavery’: Rupture and Rapture in Joe Overstreet’s ‘Senegal Paintings’
Joe Overstreet, Gorée, 1993. Oil on canvas, 120 × 144 in. (304.8 × 365.8 cm). © Estate of Joe Overstreet/Artist Rights Society (ARS), courtesy of Eric Firestone Gallery, New York
In conjunction with Joe Overstreet: Taking Flight, Dr. Richard Hylton, Lecturer in Contemporary Art, in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology, at SOAS, London, and contributor to the exhibition catalogue, discusses how Overstreet’s work intertwines abstraction with themes of liberation and the Black Diasporic experience and positions abstraction as a tool for social and political commentary.
Attending the program:
This program takes place in the main building, located at 1533 Sul Ross Street. Additional information regarding accessibility and parking can be found here.
