Join an in-depth presentation on one of the most influential Black architects of the 20th century, J. Max Bond Jr. (1935–2009).
Brian D. Goldstein, Paul Mellon Senior Fellow at the National Gallery’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, will explore Max Bond’s understanding of the architect as only one player in the long life of a building through projects in Harlem, Mississippi, and Atlanta between the 1960s and 1980s. His experiments with grassroots participation in planning, flexible designs shaped by residents, and the histories and expertise embodied in construction labor displayed Bond’s desire to create more just architecture.