Emmett Till: His Afterlives In the Visual Arts
7000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
Saturday, May 6 at 2:00 PM 4:00 PM
Ends May 6, 2017
The catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, the Till case remains a potent gauge for our progress as a society. Images were key to the event's ability to go from being a case to being a cause. As an affront to the imagination, the iconic image of Till's mutilated body poses questions deeply critical of art. Please join LAXART's Director, Hamza Walker and University of Chicago art historian Darby English for an informal discussion surveying visual representations of the Till case.