The UCLA Hammer Museum presents artist Mark Bradford and Brandeis University professor Anita Hill in a discussion of feminism as a gateway to activism and social justice, 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Billy Wilder Theater.
Bradford is a member of the National Academy, a 2009 MacArthur Fellow, and a 2015 recipient of the National Medal of the Arts. The Los Angeles artist's work includes wall-size collages and installations that utilize materials scavenged from the street as a way to respond to underground economies, migrant communities and abandoned public spaces that emerge within a city. His collages and videos also refer to events ranging from the civil rights demonstrations of the 1960s to contemporary protests concerning immigration issues. His latest work centers on the 1992 Los Angeles riots, pervasive cultural racism and homophobia.
Equality and civil rights advocate Anita Hill is a professor of law, public policy and women’s studies at Brandeis University's Heller Graduate School of Policy and Management. She is the author of “Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race and Finding Home” (Beacon Press, 2012) and “Speaking Truth to Power” (Anchor, 1998), in which she described her experience as a witness during the controversial 1991 U.S. Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas.
The event, the latest in the Hammer Conversations series, is open to the public and free, but tickets are required and available at the box office an hour prior to the program. Tickets are distributed on a first- come, first-served basis, so early arrival is recommended. The event will also be live-streamed; find more information on the Hammer website.
