Art Past Present with Meleko Mokgosi

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Art Past Present: An Online Conversation Series

The 6th Art Past Present with Meleko Mokgosi, artist and teacher. Mokgosi is an Associate Professor at the Yale School of Art and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program. His work includes large-scale paintings that explore themes of colonialism, democracy, nationalism, and life in Southern Africa.

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An online program that invites artists to share their ideas about confronting the past to give meaning to the present, open up perspectives, and restore agency in times of irreconcilable alternative truths. Hosted by Farrah Karapetian, artist, and writer, and Joes Segal, Chief Curator and Director of Programming at the Wende Museum.

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Art Past Present with Meleko Mokgosi

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