Rachel Mohl, Rice University Ph.D. candidate on the Museum Professionals track and Assistant Curator of Latin American and Latino Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will be in discussion with artists César Augusto Martínez and Vincent Valdez in Witness as they talk about the role of art in exposing social injustices, struggles, and inequities at the in-person MFAH Ruth K. Shartle Lecture Series on November 11, 2021 from 6:30pm-8:00pm.
This public and free lecture series brings MFAH curators together with artists whose works shaped the inaugural installations of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. The lecture will be held in the Brown Auditorium Theater on a first-come, first-serve basis.
About the Artists
César Augusto Martínez addresses the hybrid culture of life along the U.S./Mexico border, and his Bato con Sunglasses belongs to a series of portraits that elevate the common man to high art. The work of Vincent Valdez investigates the history of Mexican American lynching in the United States, and the figure in his Untitled, from the series The Stranger Fruit, highlights violence and racial profiling. Both works are on view in the Witness installation on the third floor of the Kinder Building.
For additional information, visit Conversation with Artists.
