Panels, Lectures, and Films

Thursday, February 7

Lecture: Willie Doherty
6:30 pm
Steinberg Hall Auditorium

Willie Doherty is an artist from Northern Ireland working in video and photography. A two-time nominee for the Turner prize, Doherty's video piece Ghost Story (2007) is included in On the Margins..

Saturday, February 9

Panel: On the Margins
11 am
COCA (524 Trinity)

Jane Hammond, Willie Cole, Willie Doherty, and Paul Krainak with moderator Eleanor Heartney will explore the themes of On the Margins. Hosted by COCA.

Monday, February 11

Lecture: Howard French
"The Great Transformation: China's Rush to Urbanize and the Fate of its Cities"
4 pm
Steinberg Hall Auditorium

With the eye of a photographer and the pen of a writer, Howard French has documented the unprecedented economic development that has swept China in recent decades. Part of this "modernization" is the creation of many new cities and the rebuilding of old urban areas. All of these developments come at a cost. Here French comments on the changes he has witnessed and recorded in his years of reporting on China, most recently as a resident of Shanghai himself. Presented in conjunction with an installation of French's work on display at the Museum during the month of February and East Asian Studies at Washington University.

Followed by a special reception at 5 pm in the Kemper Art Museum.

Friday, February 15

Lecture: Douglas Fogle
6:30 pm
Steinberg Hall Auditorium

Douglas Fogle is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh where he is organizing the 2008 Carnegie International. He has published widely in books, exhibition catalogs, and journals such as Artforum, Frieze, Flash Art, and Parkett. While at the Walker Art Center, Fogle curated the exhibition Painting at the Edge of the World that included an extensive catalog addressing the practice of painting in the contemporary global context from a diverse array of disciplines. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings, Fogle will discuss his curatorial experiences and the practice of contemporary painting.

Accompanied by a special reception at 6 pm in the Kemper Art Museum.
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Thursday, February 28

ART:21 "Protest"
6 pm
Steinberg Hall Auditorium

In conjunction with the exhibition On the Margins the Museum will be hosting special screenings of the episode "Protest" from Season 4 of the PBS Series Art:21--Art in the Twenty-first Century. This episode examines the ways in which contemporary artists challenge war and violence, express outrage, and empathize with the suffering of victims.

Thursday, March 6

Architecture, Art, and the Experience of Blackness
9:30 am
Steinberg Auditorium

This all day Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts symposium brings together speakers whose creative and scholarly work intersects with race and identity, providing an opportunity for critical reflection on the role that race plays in the creation and interpretation of art and architecture.
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