Apr 16, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
Art, like life, is full of recurring themes, variations on historical models and thematic evolutions. Those moments that create iconic visual images or objects are the very stuff of ephemerality; they are gaussian and recurring, yes, however the dependability of when...
Apr 9, 2018 | Essay, From the Chair
I gave a lecture to my Contemporary Art History class recently called Slippages and Resets: Re-booting Identity and Jump-starting the Art World. It begins with a performative, photographic self-portrait by the artist Renee Cox, Yo Mama, from 1993. It is a self...
Apr 2, 2018 | ArtsatUW, Events
Friday, April 20 @ 6-9:30p Saturday, April 21 @ 10am-9:30p Location: UW Stock Pavilion, 1675 Linden Dr, Madison, WI The UW Light Show is back and this year will feature neon and light work from over 45 artists! Live entertainment and the neon art will make for a...
