It was clear that Peoples and Jackson — both incredibly accomplished, honest, down to earth, and still close to the communities they came from — understood each other, and both had a lot to say about the complex task of representation
Photo: Mason Milson The Cut has partnered with the New Museum on a speaker series about the intersection of self, society, and contemporary art and drawing inspiration from the museum’s exhibitions. This week, the Cut’s editor-in-chief, Lindsay Peoples, spoke with award-winning playwright, composer, and lyricist Michael R. Jackson about representation.
Their conversation reflected what’s currently on view at the museum — including a career-spanning exhibition of Robert Colescott’s bold, satirical portraits that reimagine iconic artworks with Black people. “Off-Grid,” an exhibition of Paris-based artist Kapwani Kiwanga’s larger-than-life installations, parallels the layered nature of A Strange Loop. Kiwanga’s works are at once subtle and imposing in scale, and, like in Jackson’s narrative, there’s much more to them than first meets the eye.
In the museum’s airy Sky Room, surrounded by panoramic views of the city, the crowd took in every word of the lively, thoughtful, and very funny conversation. .There was a writer from the Times who sort of just lumped A Strange Loop in with this article about artists responding to Trump or something like that. And the thing I had to sort of clap back at a little bit online about that was like, listen, I started writing this when George W.
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