September 17, 2024
This joint presentation and panel discussion explores how artists can enhance our understanding of the U.S. Constitution.
In Sam’s Kitchen Towels (Warp and Weft #4), Bang Geul Han weaves together printouts of various legal documents concerning reproductive rights and their intersections with questions of race and class. Image credit: Etienne Frossard.
Picturing the Constitution: Curators, Artists and Scholars in Conversation
- Katherine Gressel, curator
- Bang Guel Han, artist
- Steven Mazie, Constitutional expert
All artists are engaged in interpreting the world around them. This panel will explore how artists can enhance our understanding of the Constitution, its interpretations throughout history and our own political participation as well as the value of creatively applying interpretive tools to a document of ever-evolving meaning.
Join us for this joint presentation and panel discussion with Katherine Gressel, curator of the 2023 Picturing the Constitution exhibition at the Old Stone House (Brooklyn); artist Bang Geul Han; and Steven Mazie, Supreme Court correspondent and political scientist.
To access more information about this event, including a livestream link, please visit the Clarke Forum website.
This program is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and is part of the Clarke Forum’s current theme, alternative models.
Information about the artwork above: Bang Geul Han, Sam’s Kitchen Towels (Warp and Weft #4), 2023, paper, glue, thread, 19.5” x 36” each (x 2) installation (L) and detail (R).
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Further information
- Location: Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium
- Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Cost: Free