Updates to the Art in the First Person Lecture Series at SVA

For Immediate Release
Contact: Keri Murawski
212.592.2164, kmurawski@sva.edu

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS SPRING 2010 ART IN THE FIRST PERSON LECTURE SERIES - UPDATED FOR NEW SPEAKERS AND EVENTS

TALKS WITH NOTABLE ARTISTS, CRITICS AND CURATORS

School of Visual Arts (SVA) announces additions to the Spring 2010 Art in the First Person lecture series, a selection of free talks that bring together notable artists, critics and curators for in-depth discussions on issues in contemporary art. All Art in the First Person events are free and open to the public. No reservations are required. Please visit www.sva.edu/events or call 212.592.2010 for more information.

Event Details

The History of the Leipzig School of Painting
Monday, March 1, 6:30pm
133/144 West 21 Street, room 101C
Anna-Louise Kratzsch, founder and curator of the Leipzig International Art Programme (LIA), will present a history of Leipzig's schools of art, their protagonists and the historical and current reception of figurative art in Germany, particularly during Communist rule and continuing into the present. Presented by the BFA Visual and Critical Studies Department.

Between Paradigms: Invention, Interface and Intuition -- Note Panelist Change
Tuesday, March 2, 7pm
209 East 23 Street, 3rd-floor Amphitheater
A panel discussion exploring experimental systems and their application in art and design. Moderated by artist and BFA Fine Arts Department Chair Suzanne Anker, the panel includes: artists Frank Gillette and Michael Joaquin Grey, artist and interspecies communication researcher Aimee Morgana, and architect and urban designer Mitchell Joachim, PhD. Additional information available here. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts Department.

Robert Lazzarini
Tuesday, March 23, 6:30pm
133/144 West 21 Street, Room 101C
With emphatically lowercased titles like guns, knives and brass knuckles, the wall-mounted sculptures by artist and alumnus Robert Lazzarini (BFA 1990 Fine Arts) describe violence and anxiety. Currently a fellow at the Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, Lazzarini is represented by Deitch Projects, New York. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts and BFA Visual & Critical Studies Departments.

Alfredo Jaar: The Ashes of Pasolini
Thursday, March 25, 7pm
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street
Alfredo Jaar is an architect, artist and filmmaker who lives and works in New York City. He has created more than 50 "public interventions" around the world, and more than 40 monographs have been published about his work. Following a screening of Jaar's new short film The Ashes of Pasolini, he will discuss the film-and Pier Paolo Pasolini's importance as poet and critic-with MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department Chair David Levi Strauss. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.

Apertures of Awe: Windows to the World Made Strange by Images
Thursday, April 1, 7pm
209 East 23 Street, 3rd-floor Amphitheater
Art historian Shira Brisman, photographer Jason Eskenazi and art scholar Joel Upton will discuss the relationship between image and imagination, sight and insight, surprise and recognition; moderated by poet Ashley Makar. Presented by the Honors Program.

Barbara London: Cutting Edge: Still Sharp
Tuesday, April 6, 7pm
209 East 23 Street, 3rd-floor Amphitheater
SVA faculty member Barbara London is a curator of media at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she founded the video exhibition program and collection. She has organized more than 120 exhibitions, including one-person shows by Laurie Anderson, Nam June Paik and Bill Viola, and was the first curator in the United States to show the work of Asian artists Song Dong, Yang Fudong, Teiji Furuhashi and Feng Mengbo. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts Department.

Rochelle Feinstein
Tuesday, April 13, 6:30pm
133/144 West 21 Street, Room 101C
Rochelle Feinstein is a painter whose work makes frequent use of photography, video, light and sound. Her exhibitions have increasingly taken the form of thematic and atmospheric installations, most recently I Made a Terrible Mistake at the Art Production Fund Lab Space. Feinstein's work is included in numerous public and private collections, and she has exhibited in galleries across the United States and Europe. Presented by the BFA Fine Arts and BFA Visual & Critical Studies Departments.

Shirin Neshat: Women Without Men
Thursday, April 22, 7pm
SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street
Shirin Neshat is an Iranian-born artist and filmmaker. She will discuss the transition of her work from still photography to video installation, and most recently, to feature-length film. Her directorial debut, Women Without Men, based on a novella by Shahrnush Parsipur that had been banned in Iran, received the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. Presented by the MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department.

About SVA

School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists. From its inception in 1947, the faculty has been comprised of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields. SVA provides an environment that nurtures creativity, inventiveness and experimentation, enabling students to develop a strong sense of identity and a clear direction of purpose.

Media Contact: For more information, please contact Keri Murawski, publicist, at 212.592.2164 or kmurawski@sva.edu.

Image credit: Between Paradigms panelist Mitchell Joachim, courtesy Terreform ONE