Art Talk: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich in Conversation with Dr. Anny-Dominique Curtius
April 13, 7pm
Meet us at the museum for a conversation featuring artist and filmmaker Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich to celebrate the opening evening of her film installation Too Bright to See (Part I). Hunt-Ehrlich will be in conversation with Dr. Anny-Dominique Curtius, professor of Francophone studies at University of Iowa, author, and expert on the work and life of Suzanne Roussi-Césaire.
Hunt-Ehrlich’s experimental narrative artwork Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich: Too Bright to See (Part I) draws on her extensive research on the legacy of Suzanne Roussi-Césaire, a writer and anticolonial and feminist activist from Martinique who, along with her husband, Aimé Césaire, was at the forefront of the Négritude movement during the first half of the 20th century. Roussi-Césaire would also become an important Surrealist thinker, influencing the likes of painter Wifredo Lam and writer André Breton. However, despite her critical contributions to Caribbean thought and Surrealist discourse, until recently much of her work was overlooked. Hunt-Ehrlich and Dr. Curtius will uncover the findings of their extensive research of Suzanne Césaire and how it translates to this new experimental narrative artwork.
Immediately following the talk, mingle with friends on the terrace to the sounds of a Caribbean dancehall style set by DJ Pressure Point from 8–10pm.
The talk will be live-streamed via YouTube Live and simultaneously interpreted into American Sign Language, Haitian Creole, and Spanish. Admission is $16 for adults and free for PAMM members.
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