Artist Marcia Kure joins Assistant Curator Kelly Montana for a conversation held in conjunction with the display of her monumental work, "NETWORK," commissioned by the Menil—the third in an ongoing series of ephemeral wall drawings in the entry space of the Menil Drawing Institute. Kure shares insight into the process of creating this new work, as well as discusses her multidisciplinary practice, which explores a wide range of concepts, including colonial legacies and diasporic identities.
As always, Menil programs are free and open to all.
The Artist Talk series is supported by a gift from the Cockrell Family Fund.
About the artist:
Kure was born in Nigeria and trained under the founding members of the Nsukka School, a group of artists and faculty members associated with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her work is held in the collections of the British Museum, London; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; among others. She lives and works in Princeton, New Jersey, and Abuja and Kaduna, Nigeria.
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Public Program of The Menil Collection, Houston, TX. April 9, 2022.
