The City II (La ciudad II)

Description

Here Dr. Roberto Tejada, poet, writer, art historian, and faculty at the University of Houston elaborates on the connection between The City II and the larger narrative of white supremacy evident in the adjoining The City I.

Contributors

Roberto Tejada, poet, writer, art historian, and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor at the University of Houston.

Description

Aquí, el Dr. Roberto Tejada, poeta, escritor, historiador del arte y profesor de la Universidad de Houston, profundiza en la conexión entre “La ciudad II” y la narrativa más amplia de la supremacía blanca evidente en la obra contigua “La ciudad I”. 

Contributors

Roberto Tejada, poeta, escritor, historiador de arte, y Profesor Distinguido Hugh Roy y Lillie Cranz Cullen en la Universidad de Houston.

Vincent Valdez, The Beginning is Near (An American Trilogy), Chapter One: The City, The City II, 2016. Oil on canvas, 74 x 90 inches. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of Guillermo C. Nicolas and James C. Foster in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein, with additional support from Jeanne and Michael Klein and Ellen Susman in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein, 2017.
Vincent Valdez, The Beginning is Near (An American Trilogy), Chapter One: The City, The City II, 2016. Oil on canvas, 74 x 90 inches. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Purchase through the generosity of Guillermo C. Nicolas and James C. Foster in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein, with additional support from Jeanne and Michael Klein and Ellen Susman in honor of Jeanne and Michael Klein, 2017.