Summer Lit Series | “Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West” Saturday, August 17, 2024 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
(left to right) Farrah Fang and Reyes Ramirez
Raqib Shaw, Last Rites of the Artist’s Ego at Shankryacharya Temple (after Ludovico Mazzolino), 2015–16, acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood, private collection. © Raqib Shaw / Photo © White Cube (Ben Westoby), courtesy of the artist and White Cube
August 17, 2024
Experience Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West through the written word. This event features a performance from local writers, Farrah Fang and Reyes Ramirez, inspired by the exhibition. Performances will take place inside the exhibition gallery.
Plan Your Visit
- Admission to this event is included with museum admission. This event takes place in Millennium Gallery located in the Beck Building.
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About the Speaker
Farrah Fang is a Latina trans woman, artist, and writer from Houston, TX. She is the author of the poetry chapbook Quererme En La Luz, published by Abode Press. Her poems have appeared in Raspa Magazine and Odessa Collective, with upcoming work in The Texas Review and Defunkt Magazine.
Reyes Ramirez is a Houstonian writer, educator, curator, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He authored the short story collection The Book of Wanderers, a 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award finalist from the University of Arizona Press’ Camino del Sol series, and the poetry collection El Rey of Gold Teeth from Hub City Press. His latest curatorial project, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids, explores the use of grids in contemporary Houston art, literature, history, and politics.
Learning and Interpretation programs receive generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Samuel H. Kress Foundation; The Brown Foundation, Inc.; Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; Houston Junior Woman's Club; Sharon G. Dies; Sterling-Turner Foundation; Susan Vaughan Foundation; and additional generous donors.