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Paul Outlaw presents a performance for the camera based on Darby English’s commissioned piece for the accompanying publication for the exhibition NOT I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE– 2020 CE), on view until July 25, 2021. This is the last episode in a series of five performances and readings from the publication Six Scripts for Not I which features commissioned pieces by Darby English, Amy Gerstler, Sarah Kessler, Christina Catherine Martinez, and Alan Page Arriaga.
Outlaw selected an excerpt from English’s contribution “The Talking at Money” for this performance, shot in the galleries of NOT I near the painting Conspiracy (c. 1955) by Edward Biberman. English’s text is a passage from the 1955 trial of Emmett Till’s murderers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam.
Paul Outlaw is a writer, vocalist and theater maker, at home in the worlds of performance art, spoken word, text-based drama and the various incarnations of American popular song. His physical, sonically dynamic and unsettlingly funny solo projects and collaborations have been presented across the United States and in Europe, where he lived full-time for ten years and currently maintains a part-time residence in Berlin. The central themes of his artistic practice are the constructs of race and sexual identity, and how violence has haunted them throughout Euro-American history.
Darby English is the Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His books include To Describe a Life: Notes from the Intersection of Art and Race Terror (2019), 1971: A Year in the Life of Color (2016), and How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness (2007).
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Paul Outlaw presents a performance for the camera based on Darby English’s commissioned piece for the accompanying publication for the exhibition NOT I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE– 2020 CE), on view until July 25, 2021. This is the last episode in a series of five performances and readings from the publication Six Scripts for Not I which features commissioned pieces by Darby English, Amy Gerstler, Sarah Kessler, Christina Catherine Martinez, and Alan Page Arriaga.
Outlaw selected an excerpt from English’s contribution “The Talking at Money” for this performance, shot in the galleries of NOT I near the painting Conspiracy (c. 1955) by Edward Biberman. English’s text is a passage from the 1955 trial of Emmett Till’s murderers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam.
Paul Outlaw is a writer, vocalist and theater maker, at home in the worlds of performance art, spoken word, text-based drama and the various incarnations of American popular song. His physical, sonically dynamic and unsettlingly funny solo projects and collaborations have been presented across the United States and in Europe, where he lived full-time for ten years and currently maintains a part-time residence in Berlin. The central themes of his artistic practice are the constructs of race and sexual identity, and how violence has haunted them throughout Euro-American history.
Darby English is the Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago. His books include To Describe a Life: Notes from the Intersection of Art and Race Terror (2019), 1971: A Year in the Life of Color (2016), and How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness (2007).
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About LACMA
Located on the Pacific Rim, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of nearly 140,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
Connect with LACMA
Subscribe for our latest videos: lacma.org/videos
Explore our collection online: collections.lacma.org
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