Join a panel of scholars for a symposium that examines Western sculpture in relation to the histories of transatlantic slavery, colonialism, and empire. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast.
Session One: Looking at Slavery
The following presentations explore the complexities that arise through acts of witnessing and representing slavery.
Introductory Remarks:
Heidi Holder, Frederick P. And Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education
Sarah Lawrence, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Elyse Nelson, Assistant Curator, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Wendy S. Walters, Associate Professor of Writing and Director of Nonfiction, Columbia University and Guest Curator
Bearing Witness: Fictions of Abolition
Sarah Thomas
Director, Centre for Museum Cultures, and Senior Lecturer, History of Art, Birkbeck, University of London
Speak, Mammary
Farah Peterson
Professor of Law, The University of Chicago Law School
Carpeaux and the Erotics of Slavery
David Bindman
Emeritus Durning-Lawrence Professor of the History of Art, University College London, and Visiting Fellow, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University
Discussion
Chaired by Natasha Lightfoot
Associate Professor, Department of History, Columbia University
Original Air Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022
The symposium is made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lockwood Chilton, Jr.
Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 521, Wrightsman Exhibition Gallery, through March 5, 2023.
The exhibition is made possible by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.
Additional support is provided by Allen R. Adler and Frances F. L. Beatty.
© 2022 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
