Lecture 1 "Art and Radical Hospitality"
What is the role of art and artists in the face of human suffering? This lecture considers that question, focusing on Chicana (Mexican American) artist Sandy Rodriguez’s 2019 installation You Will Not Be Forgotten. Dwelling on her series of seven portraits of Central American children who died in US Customs and Border Protection in 2018 and 2019, I contextualize her art in relation to global migration crises. Investigation of Rodriguez’s work in relation to theories of memory, postmemory, and trauma elucidate the power of art to inspire empathy. How can art enact radical hospitality?
Date: 25 April 2022, 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College
Speaker: Charlene Villaseñor Black (UCLA and Oxford)
Organising department: Department of History of Art
Organiser contact email address: admin@hoa.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Terra Lectures in American Art 2022: Decolonising Art History through Latinx Art
Booking required?: Not required
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Oliver Hedges