New Museum (Venue Partner)
235 Bowery
212.219.1222
This event has passed.
- When
-
Thursday July 23, 2009 (7pm)
- Where
-
- Price
-
$8
- Links
“Emory Douglas' pieces are about as loud as the Black Panther Party itself. Which is no suprise, since Douglas' bold works helped define the movement for which he served as Minister of Culture. Working primarily on newsprint, his collages overlay the now-iconic (thanks to Douglas) Black Panther images on pertinent (now historical) news pieces or stock market quotes. Now, the Panthers' voice is being heard in a different venue: his work is on display at the New Museum, and tonight he speaks about his inspiration and art. He's introduced by Rigo 23, who, as a political artist himself, has a thing or two to say about the Civil Rights Movement.”
Nora Oppenheim, Flavorpill
Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, will discuss his work in the context of the current exhibition “Emory Douglas: Black Panther.” Douglas created the overall design of the Black Panther, the Party’s weekly newspaper, and oversaw its layout and production until the Black Panthers disbanded in 1979–80. Throughout the ’60s and ’70s, Douglas made countless artworks, illustrations, and cartoons, which were reproduced in the paper and distributed as prints, posters, cards, and even sculptures. All of them utilized a straightforward graphic style and a vocabulary of images that would become synonymous with the Party and the issues it fought for. The exhibition includes more than 150 posters, newspapers, and prints dating from 1966 to 1977. Artist and activist Rigo 23, a longtime friend and collaborator of Douglas’s, whose installation The Deeper They Bury Me, The Louder My Voice Becomes is on view at the New Museum through October 11, will introduce the talk.
Rigo 23 was born in 1966 on Madeira Island, Portugal; he has lived and worked in San Francisco since the mid-1980s.
