Teacher Tour: Howardena Pindell: What Remains to Be Seen–
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Looking for fresh ideas for your curriculum?
Join us this March to explore the first major survey of the work of groundbreaking, multidisciplinary artist Howardena Pindell, discuss classroom implications, and connect with colleagues. Teacher Tours are led by MCA Artist Guides who are experts at using inquiry and dialogue to engage students in learning about contemporary art and ideas.
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- Long The frame is filled with dozens of small, circular cutouts that create a textured landscape. The cutouts, which resemble hole punches, are layered on the surface in seeming chaos and affixed by thick layers of paint, though some seem to float above the surface to create slight shadows. The paint is the color of a pale beige skin tone but streaks of sky blue and orange and even specks of near-black appear lightly scattered across the surface.
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ABOUT HOWARDENA PINDELL: WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
Howardena Pindell: What Remains to Be Seen traces the themes and visual experiments that run through the New York–based artist’s five decades-long career, featuring early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life-threatening car accident in 1979. The exhibition also showcases Pindell’s work with photography, film, and performance—mediums she has used to explore her place in the world—as well as works from the last two years, which draw on the beauty and innovation of her approach to abstraction to build upon contemporary conversations around equity and diversity.
Funding
Support for teacher programs at the MCA is generously provided by the Polk Bros. Foundation. Additional support is provided by Discover.
