Through this exhibition, we hope to bring renewed attention to the Asante and
deepen public appreciation and understanding of their history, culture, and aesthetics.»
Of course I fully agree with many of the more accepted goals of the liberal variants of critical pedagogy whose arch-categories include the following — to foment dialogue, to
deepen our
appreciation of
public life, to create spaces of respect and
appreciation for diversity, to encourage critical thinking, to build culturally sensitive curricula, to create a vibrant democratic
public sphere, to try to change the hardened hearts and minds of our increasingly parasitic financial aristocracy, to build knowledge from the experiences and the histories of students themselves, to make knowledge relevant to the lives of students, and to encourage students to theorize and make sense of their experiences in order to break free from the systems of mediation that limit their understanding of the world and their capacity to transform it, to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, to fight against white supremacy, etc..
Working with curators, writers, and art historians, DGCP aims to illuminate and
deepen the
public's understanding and
appreciation of issues and trends in contemporary art.
Our programs of independently - curated exhibitions, publications, curator's and artist's talks, panel discussions, and art donations seek to illuminate and
deepen the
public's understanding and
appreciation of contemporary art as well as to foster a dialogue about contemporary art.