Opening Night with Artist Kehinde Wiley
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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The Power of Posterity in Art
You said once, art is for us to deal with the existential fact of extinction. How do you grapple with that today? Through painting, great literature, I suppose, is not afraid to look into the void. The void and the anxiety surrounding the void is what gives life its meaning. Can you imagine how much resilience those generations of African Americans who came before me must have had to rely upon?"
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