Black Manicule: Pointing Elsewhere

University Art Gallery (UAG) presents a live virtual event, “Black Manicule: Pointing Elsewhere” with Courtney R. Baker, Professor, Department of English, UC Riverside and hosted by UCI.

The manicule (☚) is a typographic symbol of a hand with a pointing index finger. This talk will discuss art practices and images that point to, away from, and beyond fixed ideas of Black life.

Join us for two conversations—artist Lava Thomas with professor Leigh Raiford, and artist Whitfield Lovell with curator LeRonn P. Brooks—about The Black Index, an online exhibition curated by Bridget R. Cooks at the Contemporary Art Center Gallery, the University of California, Irvine. These conversations explore the significance of the artists’ work featured in the exhibition along with the role of Black artistic practice within our current moment of political and social turmoil.

Lectures are part of the online exhibit –  The Black Index – Online January 14 – March 20, 2021