Ever find yourself spending more time reading the label about a work of art than looking at the artwork itself? This happens to all of us, especially when we are curious about the artist, the artwork, and its meaning. But there are benefits to slowing down our eyes and our minds to fully take in…
This lecture focuses on themes and movements in modern and contemporary art such as Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Fluxus, and performance art, specifically examining the role of choice and chance as a means for creating artwork. We will discuss how and why artists use selection versus arbitrariness in their artistic creations and consider the benefits…
This talk introduces artists, artworks and relevant themes and movements in modern and contemporary art that incorporate text. We will begin by reviewing the historical relationship between art and text, including Egyptian hieroglyphics, medieval manuscripts, and Asian calligraphy. Then we’ll focus on twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists who engage in wordplay, popular culture, as well as…
Walking into a beautiful exhibition of fine art can present the illusion that it was effortlessly curated and produced out of thin air. Yet countless hours of planning, negotiations, shipping, writing, promotion, and more, take place before a single artwork is hung on the wall and lit properly – all of which require expert skill…
