Celebrate the opening of the exhibition Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static with Harvard Art Museums! Contemporary artists Crystalle Lacouture, Odili Donald Odita, and Dyani White Hawk will present their work, focusing on how geometric composition—a cornerstone of Edna Andrade’s art—is a means of connection to historical, ancestral, or natural forms in their respective practices. They will offer three perspectives on the possibilities of geometry as a specific and culturally rooted visual language. A moderated conversation will follow.
Edna Andrade: Imagination Is Never Static offers a new look at the practice of acclaimed artist and educator Edna Andrade (1917–2008). Presenting a selection of drawings recently gifted to the Harvard Art Museums by the artist’s estate, this exhibition emphasizes the central role of drawing and interdisciplinary exploration in her art and in modernist movements of the 20th century.
Following the program, guests are invited to visit the exhibition on Level 3.
Speakers:
Crystalle Lacouture, artist
Odili Donald Odita, artist
Dyani White Hawk, artist
Mitra Abbaspour, Houghton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
Madeline Murphy Turner, Emily Rauh Pulitzer Curatorial Fellow in Contemporary Drawings, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged. You can register by clicking on the event on this form beginning Monday, September 8, at 10am.
The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors to the hall will open for seating at 5:30pm. Please enter at Broadway.
This lecture will be recorded and made available for online viewing; check back shortly after the event for the link to view.
