Olivia Rousey on Jack Whitten’s Atopolis: For Édouard Glissant
Whitten’s monumental painting puts the whole world in one neighborhood.
Jul 16, 2021
In the online edition of MoMA’s ArtSpeaks program, a member of our staff shares personal impressions of an artwork in the galleries. Here, Performance and Live Programs intern Olivia Rousey dances along with the “truth and soul” of Jack Whitten’s 2014 painting Atopolis: For Édouard Glissant.
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