Considering Art : Considering Complication

Hello. Welcome to Considering.Art™. Uniting a global community of educators, artists, students, makers, and public via a suite of audience-first, live and interactive programming.

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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a British artist and writer acclaimed for her enigmatic portraits of fictitious people.

<p>The figures in Yiadom-Boakye’s paintings are not real people – she creates them from found images and her own imagination. Both familiar and mysterious, they invite viewers to project their own interpretations and raise important questions of identity and representation. </p><p>“I learned how to paint from looking at painting, and I continue to learn from looking at painting. In that sense, history serves as a resource. But the bigger draw for me is the power that painting can wield across time.” Lynette Yiadom-Boakye</p><p>In this tour, we embark on a process of unlearning. Together, we explore the construction of narrative. Through close looking, we ask: What constitutes site, place, and time? How might we be complicit in the definition of self? How is identity constructed? </p>

<h3>Your ideas. </h3><h3>Your way of seeing. </h3><h3>Your thinking.</h3><p></p>

<aside>Images: Header (detail)  -  Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Complication, 2013. Top -  Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. A Concentration, 2018.  Middle - Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: <em>Fly In League With The Night </em> at Tate Britain 2020 .Bottom -  Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. The Generosity, 2010.</aside>

<p>About your facilitator: Mark develops and produces access platforms/ programming and communities with a view toward activating art as a tool for positive political, economic and social change.</p><p>To date, his work guides cultural strategy and planning at Arts Council UK, the British Broadcasting Corporation (History, Learning and Radio), the Beaney Museum, Canterbury City Council, GOV.UK, Kent County Council, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tate Galleries (Modern and Britain), Artists Space, Bureau of General Services Queer Division, The LGBT Community Center NYC, MAPP International, The New School, The New York Public Library, Village Alliance Inc, International Olympic Committee, and the Tokyo 2020/21 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Mark is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and an advocate for the transformative power of increased access to and participation in art and culture for all.</p>

<p>Oh, Hi. We are Considering.Art™ presented by Considering.Live™ - a new LIVE arts and cultural engagement network that's as unique as you are. Join us! Unlike a typical museum / gallery tour, here at CA - it's not really about us, we are more interested in you.</p>

<p>Never repeated and uniquely yours, our interactive and explorative video tours last typically 90 mins in duration, and are facilitated LIVE by your very own 'museum' guide. Cool right?</p><p>With a keen focus on contemporary art, together we aim to explore some of the most pressing issues of today - bringing thoughts, feelings, and observations into a lively and sometimes challenging exchange.</p>

<p>Developed in collaboration with a team of NYC art world professionals, in response to COVID 19 closures, we are super excited to welcome you into our global community as we join each other on this exciting journey. </p>

<h3>Let’s do this... why not book a free tour today?</h3>

<p>Once registered, your unique and direct link to our Zoom viewing / meeting room will be provided - keep an eye out for an email from us.</p><p>Closed Captioning will be provided.</p>

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