Revisiting PS1’s Afro-American Abstraction (1980): Hard Art

Connie Butler, The Agnes Gund Director, moderates a panel with Hard Art artists Howardena Pindell and James Little, who all took part in PS1’s Afro-American Abstraction (1980). The exhibition underscored a shared aesthetic among the artists, characterized by “a bold physicality, rhythmical vitality, and textural richness, as well as a tendency to use linear, geometrical imagery, and high-energy color.” Revisit this landmark exhibition through a conversation that explores these artists’ legacies on the occasion of PS1’s 50th Anniversary.