Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System
August 25 - January 06,2019
Walls Turned Sideways: Artists Confront the Justice System is an exhibition investigating the US's criminal justice system. Organized by guest curator Risa Puleo, the show includes works spanning the past forty years by over thirty artists. Artists include: Andrea Robbins and Max Becher | New York, New York Josh Begley | Brooklyn, New York Zach Blas | London, United Kingdom Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun | New Orleans, Louisiana Luis Camnitzer | New York, New York Jamal Cyrus | Houston, Texas James Drake | Santa Fe, New Mexico The Estate of Chris Burden | 1946–2015 The Estate of Martin Wong | 1946–1999 Tirtza Even | Chicago, Illinois Andrea Fraser | New York, New York Maria Gaspar | Chicago, Illinois Danny Giles | Chicago, Illinois Sam Gould | Minneapolis, Minnesota Michelle Handelman | Brooklyn, New York Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia | Brooklyn, New York Suzanne Lacy with Julio Morales and Unique Holland | Los Angeles, California Alexa Hoyer | Brooklyn, New York Ashley Hunt | Los Angeles, California Richard Kamler | San Francisco, California Titus Kaphar | New York, New York Kapwani Kiwanga | Paris, France Autumn Knight | New York, New York Deana Lawson | Brooklyn, New York Shaun Leonardo | Brooklyn, New York Glenn Ligon | New York, New York Sarah Ross and Damon Locks | Chicago, Illinois Lucky Pierre | Chicago, Illinois Mark Menjivar | San Antonio, Texas Trevor Paglen | New York, New York Anthony Papa | New York, New York Mary Patten | Chicago, Illinois Jenny Polak | New York, New York Carl Pope, Jr. | Indianapolis, Indiana Lauri Jo Reynolds | Chicago, Illinois Sherrill Roland | Raleigh, North Carolina Gregory Sale | Phoenix, Arizona Dread Scott | Brooklyn, New York Sable Elyse Smith | Brooklyn, New York Rodrigo Valenzuela | Los Angeles, California
Opening: August 24, 2018 | 6-9 pm
Conversation: August 25, 2018 | 2-3 pm
In Conversation | CAMH Guest Curator Risa Puleo
Film: August 30, 2018 | 6-8 pm
Screening | The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
Conversation: September 21, 2018 | 12-1 pm
Art at Noon | Ray Hill and David Collingsworth of KPFT’s The Prison Show
Artist talk: September 13, 2018 | 6-7 pm
Talk | Lines in the Landscape with Josh Begley
Workshop: September 15, 2018 | 1-4 pm
Workshop | Visualizing Redlined Neighborhoods in Houston with Evan O’Neil of AIGA Houston
Workshop: September 22, 2018 | 12-1 pm
Workshop | Words & Art
Reading: November 01, 2018 | 6-7 pm
Reading | Words & Art
Workshop: November 03, 2018 | 2-4 pm
Open Studio | Safe Space
Lecture: November 29, 2018 | 6-7 pm
Talk | Carceral Aesthetics: Prison Art and Mass Incarceration with Nicole R. Fleetwood
Performance: December 06, 2018 | 6-9 pm
Performance | Scriptwriters Houston Museum Plays
Special event: October 20, 2018 | 2-5 pm
Community Day: Create and decorate a sketchbook that you can use to record your thoughts and feelings about the prison system, share your thoughts with other Museum visitors through an ongoing written discussion throughout the gallery, & participate in mindful observation by experimenting with movement and breath-work as tools to delve deeper into observation.
Workshop: October 25, 2018 | 6-8 pm
Workshop | fluid with Artist Autumn Knight
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