Kris Graves: A Peek Behind The Curtain Artist Talk 10/25 New Date

Kris Graves: A Peek Behind The Curtain Artist Talk

Kris Graves is lecturing about his Privileged Mediocrity series, a collection of photographs that explore the history and meaning of American monuments. Graves will also discuss his publishing companies, Kris Graves Projects and Monolith Editions, which focus on publishing work by emerging and mid-career artists.

Wednesday, October 25th at 5 PM MT (4 pm PT, 7 pm ET) via Zoom

Free

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Kris Graves

Kris Graves (b. 1982 New York, NY) is an artist and publisher based in New York and California. Graves creates artwork that deals with societal problems and aims to use art as a means to inform people about cultural issues. Using a mix of conceptual and documentary practices, Graves photographs the subtleties of societal power and its impact on the built environment. He explores how capitalism and power have shaped countries -- and how that can be seen and experienced in everyday life. Graves also works to elevate the representation of people of color in the fine art canon; and to create opportunities for conversation about race, representation, and urban life. He photographs to preserve memory.

Graves received his BFA in Visual Arts from S.U.N.Y. Purchase College and has been published and exhibited globally, including Museum of Modern Art, New York; Getty Institute, Los Angeles; and National Portrait Gallery in London, England; among others. Permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Institute, Schomburg Center, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Brooklyn Museum; and The Wedge Collection, Toronto; amongst others.