Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Artist Talk: Abel González Fernández on Charles McGee
Time and Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7:30pm – 8pm
Location: Art Windsor-Essex, 401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, ON, third floor gallery
Cost: This program is part of AWE at Night
- Current AWE and/or Museum Windsor Members: Free admission to both Art Windsor-Essex and the Chimczuk Museum
- Non-Members: $13.25 – Admission to both Art Windsor-Essex and the Chimczuk Museum
Join Abel González Fernández, Associate curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), as he discusses Charles McGee’s work and legacy. McGee’s Tunnel to Detroit (1965) is featured in the exhibition The Once and Future City co-curated by Shanthi Senthe and Anneke Smit (Windsor Law’s Centre for Cities) and Emily McKibbon (AWE). Charles McGee was an influential artist in the Detroit art scene known for his use of vibrant colors and bold geometric shapes.
Abel González Fernández
Abel González Fernández (Havana, 1991) is a writer and curator focusing on Mid-century art and design and global contemporary art practices. González Fernández is the Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD). At MOCAD, González Fernández is working on an exhibition about the legacy of Gallery 7, founded by Charles McGee in 1969 to foster and promote Black artists in the city of Detroit. Previously to MOCAD, he graduated from the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College, in 2023, and has curated exhibitions in Havana, Berlin, Detroit, Tokyo, and New York. He is one of the contributing writers and advisors for “Latin American Artist: From 1785 to Now,” published by Phaidon Press in 2023.
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