Can a person's appearance determine their identity? Delve into the study of African American artists with this question Adrian Piper (New York, 1948), “Too White for Blacks, Too Black for Whites,” from Today, March 19th. Milan's PAC. traitor of the race This is the first European retrospective dedicated to Piper in more than 20 years, and the exhibition includes many of Piper's works on loan from MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, the Tate Museum, and others. her 60 year career. Conceptual and minimalist artist and performer Adrian Piper investigates the complex mechanisms associated with racial determination and mestizaje history. As a female artist, in addition to issues of racism and xenophobia, the artist reflects on her personal experiences of suffering related to issues of racism and xenophobia. sexism and misogyny. But let's start at the beginning of the journey and explore the different techniques and themes suggested by the curators. Diego Sileo I wanted to summarize them in this retrospective exhibition.
30.4 x 20.3 cm Studio Museum, Harlem, New York © Adrian Piper Research Archive (APRA) Foundation Berlin
«What is “race”?» Agata Hoffrichter asked Adrian Piper during an interview for PAC Catalog.
It's nothing. There is no verifiable thing, condition, event, or condition called race. The term “race” does not refer to anything real. Rather, like the Tooth Fairy, it is a fantasy that people have used for nearly 300 years for various purposes of self-aggrandizement and self-deprecation.
Adrian Piper, who has dedicated his life to: fight against racism, seeks to eliminate the concept of “race” from her thinking. “I do my best to remove 'race' as a concept from my own thinking and replace it with empirically based concepts of ethnic and geographical origin. During the conversation, I try to never use the word “race” without raising a flag or rolling my eyes with a quote gesture. I try never to use the adjectives “black” or “white” to describe others, but I now feel that they are racist insults, plain and simple. I try to substitute more accurate terms such as “pink,” “ivory,” “cream,” “beige,” and “mahogany.” But sometimes, outdated racist language slips out during natural conversations. The mind is very deeply programmed by them. ”
Bringing together more than 100 works including installations, videos, photographs, paintings, and drawings, PAC's itinerary begins with: Adrian Piper's early works, can provide visitors with highly accurate temporal and cultural context. We are in her 1960s. Although this artist has not yet entered art school, her attempts to see beyond the surface of things are already evident. with “LSD paint” Piper is looking for something else, later he intends to do so with philosophical research, especially research on German philosophers. immanuel kant He shares the belief that real reality is not what we see. In other words, what Piper wants is nominal worldAccording to Kant, it is a plane of reality that exists independently of human experience.
Adrian Piper's male alter ego
And the highlight is the performance. Adrian Piper's activities.think about mythical being, her male alter ego that first appeared in 1973. He wears a mustache, wig, and sunglasses, and appears repeatedly in her performances until 1976. Piper's goal is to Possible experiences of people with their own genetic history, is acknowledged to be of African descent, but differs in gender and appearance from her. However, from 1976 onwards, political consciousness decisively entered her research, and she began to enter media discussions, such as in 1991. Anita Hill Centrally located and triggered the beginning of the third wave international feminism.
This introduction to Adrian Piper's PAC exhibition concludes with some advice from the artist himself in response to Agata Hofrichter's question.If a reader interested in this article were to ask you to name one habit they can practice every day to end racism, what would you recommend?»
I propose to use the concept of “race” to counter the pre-programmed impulse to generalize about large groups by stubbornly and persistently focusing on certain particular human beings. Masu. For example, imagine a particular situation whenever you find yourself in the process of making a judgment about “black” or “black” or “white” or “white” in response to the latest bad news about humanity as a whole . You actually know coffee, peach, ivory, or mahogany colored specimens. Then ask yourself if that judgment actually applies to you. If you don't know anything, or if you only date people with the same skin color as you, you need to be more out there.
The Race Traitor exhibition will be on view at PAC in Milan until June 9, 2024.
Cover: Adrian Piper All #2.82003 Fotografia fotocopiata su carta millimetrata, levigata con carta vetrata, sovrastampata con testo a getto d'inchiostro, 21,6 x 27,9 cm Collezione privata © Adrian Piper Research Archive (APRA) Foundation Berlin
