Join Trenton Doyle Hancock and Valerie Cassel Oliver for a conversation on Hancock's latest body of work, on view at the inaugural edition of Frieze New York at The Shed from May 5 through May 9, and the evolution of Hancock's "Exchange" imagery over the last two decades. Please note, this event has been POSTPONED. A new date will be announced soon.
This virtual conversation is part of a series of initiatives comprising the tribute to the Vision & Justice Project and Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Associate Professor at Harvard University, as organized by Frieze New York. The Vision & Justice Project is dedicated to examining art’s central role in understanding the relationship between race and citizenship in the United States. Rooted in the prescient thinking of Frederick Douglass, and his post-Civil War speech ‘Pictures & Progress’, the project wrestles with the urgent question of how, in a democracy, the foundational right of representation and the right to be recognized justly, has historically—and is still—tied to the work of visual representation in the public realm. This work helps us to expand our visual literacy which in turn could alter the lens through which we see the world. We are pleased to be in support of this research and endeavor, and to be actively involved in this conversation through this virtual event. For more information please visit www.visionandjustice.org.