Hear acclaimed artist Mark Bradford reflect on Jack Whitten’s impact on his own practice. A generation apart, the two artists and friends developed unique approaches to abstraction and dedicated their work to examining race, politics, and global society. Bradford will be in dialogue with Michelle Kuo, MoMA’s chief curator at large and publisher, and curator of the exhibition Jack Whitten: The Messenger.
This event is part of Whitten Talks: Artists on Artists, a series of conversations on the occasion of Jack Whitten: The Messenger in which contemporary artists will reflect on Whitten’s pathbreaking exploration of race, technology, jazz, love, and war from the 1960s through to his legacy today. Please join us for illuminating conversations revealing what only artists see.
Mark Bradford is a contemporary artist best known for large-scale abstract paintings created out of paper. Characterized by its layered formal, material, and conceptual complexity, Bradford’s work explores social and political structures that objectify marginalized communities and the bodies of vulnerable populations.
This program is organized by the Department of Research Programs and the Jack Whitten: The Messenger curatorial team.