Howardena Pindell, artist, curator and professor, discusses her creative process and work. Pindell’s work, which is deeply personal, reflects the struggles she experienced as an African American woman artist searching for her place in a highly discriminatory and divided society. Originally a figurative painter, Pindell moved towards abstraction in the late 1960’s. She began embracing autobiographical themes following a 1979 car accident in which she suffered a concussion and memory loss. Some of Pindell’s work is highly political and addresses issues of racism, feminism, violence, slavery and exploitation. Lecture followed by a Q&A session.
