Film Screening & Discussion

About

What is a political artist? In POST ATLANTIC, artist Dewey Crumpler struggles with these issues and reveals the evolution of his thinking in beautiful, often abstract paintings that explore slavery, Black liberation, globalization, and pop culture. A crucial figure in the Black Arts Movement from his youth working with the Black Panther Party to his teaching young luminaries like Kehinde Wiley and Adrian Burrell at the San Francisco Art Institute, Dewey has challenged orthodoxies, exclusions, and foregone conclusions. His message of resistance and persistence is immediately relevant to our current moment.