Wednesday, March 26, 2025
2 – 3:30 pm EDT
Zoom, Virtual Program

Visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to join us for a descriptive teleconference tour exploring the exhibition Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston.

Free with RSVP

About the Exhibition:

Draw Them In, Paint Them Out presents the work of painter Philip Guston (American, b. Canada 1913–1980), the child of Jewish immigrants from Odessa (present-day Ukraine), and Trenton Doyle Hancock (American, b. 1974), a leading Black contemporary artist based in Houston, Texas, in dialogue for the first time. It explores resonant connections between their work and the role that artists play in the pursuit of social justice.

The exhibition features key works by Guston including his now iconic, late satirical Ku Klux Klan paintings in dialogue with major works Hancock created in response to his inspirational mentor, highlighting their parallel thematic explorations of the nature of evil, self-representation, otherness, and art activism. Foregrounding works that depict the Klan, the exhibition demonstrates how both artists engage with and at times even inhabit these hateful figures to explore their own identities and more broadly examine systems of institutionalized power and their feelings of complicity within them. Yet, despite the difficult subject matter and at times violent imagery presented in their work, both Hancock and Guston share an ability to conquer the pain and emotion of their art through humor that is both dark and undeniable, engaging with their shared embrace of the visual language of comics. 

The Jewish Museum is committed to making its programs accessible to all. Please let us know if you need any additional accommodations.

This exhibition contains explicit language, depictions of violence and lynchings, and reference to suicide. If you have any questions about registration, accommodations, or the content of this tour, please reach out to us at access@thejm.org or 212.423.3289.