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On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, the Wednesdays at the Center series featured Mexican artist Sergio Sánchez Santamaría for the talk "Graphic in Transit: Socially Engaged Art in The Era of Black Lives."
Sergio Sánchez Santamaría is the heir of the famous Taller de Gráfica Popular, a powerful collective of visual artists that for decades produced art in a socially (at times politically) engaged ways in Mexico and that became known worldwide for their commitment to justice, social equality, and human rights. GRAPHIC IN TRANSIT responds to the question of how to sustain and actualize such a legacy in times in which art has moved away from the social commitment of the past. Participants in this conversation will present the work of Sánchez Santamaría in a historical and critical context, next to figures such as African American artist Elizabeth Catlett and Leopoldo Méndez among others. This event also marks the launching of the book of the same title, which presents texts produced by art critics, collectors, and fellow artists introducing to the American audience the work of Sánchez Santamaría.
The webinar was moderated by Miguel Rojas Sotelo (Duke University) and featured Raúl Ferrera Balanquet (Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Iowa City), Bill Fick (Duke University), and Rafael Osuba (Artist Studio Project.)
The Wednesdays at the Center series is a weekly series organized by the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke and the Duke Center for International and Global Studies (DUCIGS.)
This year, the series is focused on anti-racism under the rubric: JHF | Global Anti-Racism (histories of action).
Check out the schedule of Spring 2021: https://igs.duke.edu/series-wednesdays-center-series/jhf-global-anti-racism-histories-action-wednesdays-center-special
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, the Wednesdays at the Center series featured Mexican artist Sergio Sánchez Santamaría for the talk "Graphic in Transit: Socially Engaged Art in The Era of Black Lives."
Sergio Sánchez Santamaría is the heir of the famous Taller de Gráfica Popular, a powerful collective of visual artists that for decades produced art in a socially (at times politically) engaged ways in Mexico and that became known worldwide for their commitment to justice, social equality, and human rights. GRAPHIC IN TRANSIT responds to the question of how to sustain and actualize such a legacy in times in which art has moved away from the social commitment of the past. Participants in this conversation will present the work of Sánchez Santamaría in a historical and critical context, next to figures such as African American artist Elizabeth Catlett and Leopoldo Méndez among others. This event also marks the launching of the book of the same title, which presents texts produced by art critics, collectors, and fellow artists introducing to the American audience the work of Sánchez Santamaría.
The webinar was moderated by Miguel Rojas Sotelo (Duke University) and featured Raúl Ferrera Balanquet (Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Iowa City), Bill Fick (Duke University), and Rafael Osuba (Artist Studio Project.)
The Wednesdays at the Center series is a weekly series organized by the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke and the Duke Center for International and Global Studies (DUCIGS.)
This year, the series is focused on anti-racism under the rubric: JHF | Global Anti-Racism (histories of action).
Check out the schedule of Spring 2021: https://igs.duke.edu/series-wednesdays-center-series/jhf-global-anti-racism-histories-action-wednesdays-center-special
