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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241212T183000
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URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/detroit-as-resource-material-ide
 ntity/
SUMMARY:Detroit As Resource: Material Identity
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of talks with artists\, gallerists and Det
 roiters in conjunction with the exhibition How We Make the Planet Move: Th
 e Detroit Collection Part I (October 26\, 2024 – March 2\, 2025)\, the d
 ebut of Cranbrook Art Museum’s new permanent collection devoted to celeb
 rating and preserving the work of artists and designers in the metro Detro
 it area—its first new collection in decades.\n At the same time\, the A
 rt Museum dedicated funds to acquire more works by women\, artists of colo
 r\, and LGBTQ+ identified individuals in a project to diversify its perman
 ent collection. Designed to acknowledge the long-standing history of artis
 ts who have called Detroit home and the area’s rich and diverse communit
 y of practitioners\, the Detroit Collection is particularly focused on art
  from the 1960s to the present in a variety of media.  \nIn Landlord Co
 lors: On Art\, Economy\, and Materiality\, Laura Mott highlights Detroit a
 s an active force\, with its artists constantly “rethinking\, repurposin
 g\, and reimagining.” Many artists featured in How We Make the Planet M
 ove embody this ethos\, using their practices to engage with Detroit\, co
 mmunity\, and identity. Resourcefulness: Material Identity will explore 
 how two artists from different generations explore identity - both cultura
 lly and individually - through a variety of methodologies and mediums.\nDe
 troit native Lester Johnson has spent decades building up his material voc
 abulary\, working with everything from found objects\, to fine textiles\, 
 to painting. Allana Clarke\, a newer transplant to the city\, works in mat
 erials that have connection to the body including shea butter and hair-bon
 ding glue. Though these artists’ materialities differ\, they share a des
 ire to comment on lived\, embodied experience. Using abstraction as a prim
 ary mode of expression\, both Clarke and Johnson demonstrate an ongoing de
 dication to reimagining what materials can be\, how they function\, and wh
 at they communicate about our identity.\nFree and open to all!\nRSVP FOR T
 HE EVENT HERE
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CATEGORIES:How We Make the Planet Move: The Detroit Collection Part
 I,Lectures + Talks
LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum\, 39221 Woodward Ave\, Box 801\, Bloomfield H
 ills\, MI\, 48303\, United States
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