Curatorial Walkthrough of ”Curtis Talwst Santiago: Can’t I Alter“

Artist Curtis Talwst Santiago and Chief Curator Claire Gilman host a virtual walkthrough of Santiago's exhibition Can’t I Alter, a site-specific installation that contemplates our interpretations of the past as well as our historical conditioning of the present. Through hand-built architectural constructions, stand-alone drawings, paintings, and sculptures, the immersive installation explores themes of ancestry and the struggle to access lost and tangled histories.

This program was recorded on April 15, 2020.

Works on view in Curtis Talwst Santiago: Can't I Alter:

Curtis Talwst Santiago

Curtis Talwst Santiago (b. 1979, Edmonton, Alberta) studied as an apprentice of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. Santiago has exhibited internationally at venues such as The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY; The New Museum, New York, NY; The Eli and Edythe Broad Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada; The Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; and the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; among others. The artist was included in the SITE Santa Fe SITELines.2018 Biennial, Casa Tomada, in Santa Fe, NM and was featured in the 2018 Biennale de Dakar in Dakar, Senegal. His work is in the permanent collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.

Credits

Free online programs are made possible by the Cy Twombly Foundation.

The Drawing Center's Education and Community Programs are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation.

Additional support is provided, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.