Afterall Reading Group Explores Colour, Race, and Abstraction
As part of the UAL Research Season, Afterall is organizing a reading group called 'Colour, Race, Abstraction,' facilitated by writer Hussein Mitha. Participants will delve into four selected texts from the Afterall archive: Kobena Mercer's 'Kerry James Marshall: The Painter of Afro-Modern Life' (Issue 24, 2010), Hannah Black's 'Fractal Freedoms' (Issue 41, 2016), Alice Ming Wai Jim's 'Lee Wen: Performing Yellow' (Issue 46, 2018), and Heather Davis's 'Blue, Bling: On Extractivism' (Issue 48, 2019). The sessions are scheduled for 19 and 26 February in CSM Library Pod A, with a focus on exploring 'colour' in art through the lenses of gendered, racialized capitalism and environmental crises, emphasizing decoloniality and representation.
Key facts
- Reading group titled 'Colour, Race, Abstraction' led by Hussein Mitha
- Part of UAL Research Season
- Four texts from Afterall archive: Mercer on Kerry James Marshall, Black on Malevich, Jim on Lee Wen, Davis on extractivism
- Sessions on 19 February and 26 February
- Limited space in CSM Library Pod A, booking essential
- Focus on decoloniality, representation, and reading 'colour' in art
- Session I covers Kerry James Marshall and Lee Wen
- Session II covers Hannah Black and Heather Davis texts
Entities
Artists
- Hussein Mitha
- Kobena Mercer
- Kerry James Marshall
- Hannah Black
- Kasimir Malevich
- Alice Ming Wai Jim
- Lee Wen
- Heather Davis
- Mary Mattingly
- Otobong Nkanga
Institutions
- Afterall
- UAL (University of the Arts London)
- CSM (Central Saint Martins)
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
Sources
- Afterall —