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Exploring History And The South In SECCA's Exhibit Alternative Modernisms

Pedro Lasch, Dining Room 1, Naturalizations mirror mask intervention at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2015. Image Courtesy the Artist and The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art

Mexico City native and North Carolina-based artist Pedro Lasch's work has been described as intersecting the international immigrant's movement, and the philosophies of critical pedagogy, radical democracy, and the coloniality of power.

Tennessee native and North Carolina-based artist Jeff Whetstone uses photography and video to explore connections between man, nature, and masculinity. The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art brings them both together with contemporary artists Harun Farocki, Leslie Hewitt, and Jumana Manna for the exhibit Alternative Modernisms, exploring history, the South, and historical traditions of painting through the lens of photography and film. 

Alternative Modernisms continues through August 16th.

Jeff spoke with David by phone from his home in Tennessee, and David was joined in the studio by Pedro and SECCA curator Cora Fischer.

Before his arrival in the Triad, David had already established himself as a fixture in the Austin, Texas arts scene as a radio host for Classical 89.5 KMFA. During his tenure there, he produced and hosted hundreds of programs including Mind Your Music, The Basics and T.G.I.F. Thank Goodness, It's Familiar, which each won international awards in the Fine Arts Radio Competition. As a radio journalist with 88.5 WFDD, his features have been recognized by the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Inc., Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals, and Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. David has written and produced national stories for NPR, KUSC and CPRN in Los Angeles and conducted interviews for Minnesota Public Radio's Weekend America.

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