Daily Stream - Miguel Gutierrez: Does Abstraction Belong to White People?

For today's #TBT stream, we have a fascinating conversation from January inspired by the recent work of performance artist Miguel Gutierrez, which in turn was inspired by a seminal collection of feminist essays. Gutierrez visited the Wex to present performances of This Bridge Called My Ass, in which he joined five Latinx performers in a choreography of bodies, materials, and sound to explore identity, politics, the absurdities of popular culture, and the celebrations of diversity that can be found in familiar dramatic structures.

As part of his time at the Wex, Gutierrez also took part in a panel discussion prompted by his November 2018 BOMB Magazine essay, "Does Abstraction Belong to White People." He was joined by Ohio State professors Nadine George-Graves (Departments of Dance and Theatre), Guisela Latorre (Department of History of Art), and Shannon Winnubst (Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies), as well as moderator Joni Boyd Acuff of Ohio State’s Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy. We're happy to reshare their talk with you today.