Issues and Artists will focus on key issues in contemporary art, art theory, and curatorial practice through lectures, discussions and readings. The course will consist of a weekly series of lectures designed to familiarize students with the theories and practices surrounding current and shifting topics of interest in the larger art world. These lectures are free and open to the public.
UCSC 2007 Visiting Artist Lecture Series
April 10 Terri Cohn on postmodernism and recent exhibition practices. link
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April 12 Joel Slayton and Geri Wittig on C5: New initiatives.link
April 19 Barbara Benish on non-hierarchical creative practices
April 26 Fred Wilson* on revealing the frame
May 3 Sergio De La Torre on diaspora and identity politics
May 10 Daniell Cornell on seeing through contemporary art
May 15 Joyce Brodsky on globalism & transnationalism
May 24 John Weber* on thinking spatially. link
May 31 Pepón Osorio**
Lectures sponsored by:
Visiting Artist Program: UCSC Art Department "Issues and Artists"
*Center for Art and Visual Studies "Museum without Walls" project
**Arts Research Institute
Sesnon Gallery