Summer Lit Series | “Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West”
(left to right) Farrah Fang, Reyes Ramirez, and César Ramos
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 performances by local writers Farrah Fang, Reyes Ramirez, and César Ramos inspired by the exhibition.
Plan Your Visit
- Free with Museum admission.
- The performances take place in the exhibition gallery in the Beck Building.
- Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map
About the Speakers
Farrah Fang is a Latina trans woman, artist, and writer from Houston. She is the author of the poetry chapbook Quererme en la Luz. Her poems have appeared in Raspa Magazine and Odessa Collective. Upcoming work includes The Texas Review and Defunkt Magazine.
Reyes Ramirez is a Houston writer, educator, curator, and organizer of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. He is the author of the short story collection The Book of Wanderers and the poetry collection El Rey of Gold Teeth. His latest project, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids, explores the use of grids in contemporary Houston art, literature, history, and politics.
César Ramos is an editor, publisher, and founder of Raspa Magazine, a queer Latinx literary publication. Ramos organizes Rough Nights: A Reading Series, literary events featuring queer Latinx writers across the US. He is a fellow of the Intercultural Leadership Institute and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC).
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.
Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West is organized by the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
In Houston, generous support is provided by:
contemporary@mfah
Pace Gallery
White Cube