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Wardell Milan delivers an Artist Talk on the occasion of the Menil’s display of Pulse, in the exhibition Fragments of Memory. Milan is known for his drawings and collages of paradisiacal landscapes inhabited by composite, fragmented figures.

Milan will be in conversation with Kelly Montana, Associate Curator, Menil Drawing Institute.

Building upon his background in photography, Wardell Milan (b. 1977) makes art across media that engages questions of the body, beauty, and how freedom is expressed. Significant solo and group exhibitions featuring his art include Amerika, God Bless You If It’s Good to You, Bronx Museum of Art, New York; Kingdom or Exile: Parisian Landscapes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia; Drawings of Harlem. Studio Museum Harlem, New York, and the touring exhibition Multiplicity, most recently seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Milan’s work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, among others. Milan lives and works in New York.

This program takes place in the Menil Drawing Institute, located at 1412 W. Main St. Further information regarding accessibility and parking can be found here.

The Artist Talk series is generously supported by the Cockrell Family Fund.

Glasstire is the media sponsor of Artist Talk: Wardell Milan