Visiting Minds. Lasting Influence.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Visiting Artists Program (VAP) is pleased to announce the fall 2012 lecture schedule. Join us for one of the city’s leading public forums on the presentation and contemplation of contemporary art, design, and scholarship.
All lectures are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and lectures begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. All seating is first come, first served. Reservations may be accepted for groups of 10 or more made at least two weeks prior to the event. Please contact events@saic.edu or 312.899.5185 for more information.
VISITING ARTISTS PROGRAM FALL 2012 SCHEDULE
Catherine Opie, Kate, 2007, Chromogenic Print, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Catherine Opie: William and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Professor
Monday, September 10, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
Since the early 1990s, Catherine Opie’s photography has documented sexual, communal, and cultural identity. Her subject matter is diverse, ranging from portraits of personal relationships and social and lifestyle networks, to cityscapes, still lifes, and landscapes. Opie’s formally rigorous aesthetic and deep investigation of how communities form and are defined bind together a practice that honors the humanity of all her subjects.
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Stephen Burks, Man Made Material Composition (Crown), 2011. Photo: Kevin Kunstadt and Andrew Kenney. Courtesy of Readymade Projects Inc., New YorkStephen Burks
Tuesday, September 25, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
Stephen Burks is one of the most recognized American industrial designers of his generation. His New York studio, Readymade Projects, has been responsible for creative direction and industrial design on retail interiors, events, packaging, consumer products, lighting, furniture, and home accessories. He has developed innovative concepts for renowned international brands and continues his commitment to sustainable design by collaborating with artisans in the developing world to transform raw and recyclable materials into functional products.
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Bitch, the Frontier Issue, #54 (cover). Courtesy of Bitch Media
Andi Zeisler
Wednesday, October 3, 6:00 p.m.
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Andi Zeisler is cofounder and editorial/creative director of Bitch Media, the nonprofit organization best known for publishing Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Bitchbegan in 1996 as an all-volunteer ‘zine with a circulation of 300 and is now an internationally distributed quarterly magazine with a circulation of 50,000. Bitch Media, a mission-driven, reader-supported organization, also publishes a thriving website and hosts programming related to feminism, activism, and media literacy.
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Tania Bruguera, Tatlin Whisper # 6(Havana version), 2009, Stage, podium, microphones, one loudspeaker inside and one loudspeaker outside of the building, two persons dressed in a military outfit, white dove, one minute free of censorship per speaker, 200 disposable cameras with flash. ©Tania Bruguera, 2009
Tania Bruguera: Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
Monday, October 15, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
SAIC alumna Tania Bruguera (MFA 2001) is one of the leading political and performance artists of her generation. Her work researches ways in which art can be applied to everyday political life, creating a public forum to debate ideas shown in a state of contradiction, focusing on the transformation of the “viewer” into one of “citizenry.” Bruguera’s terms “arte de conducta” (conduct/behavior art) and “arte útile” (useful art) define her practice.
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Aaron Koblin, The Sheep Market, 2006.The Sheep Market is a collection of 10,000 sheep created by workers on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Workers were paid $.02 (USD) to “draw a sheep facing to the left.” Animations of each sheep’s creation may be viewed atTheSheepMarket.com.
Aaron Koblin
Thursday, October 25, 6:00 p.m.
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Aaron Koblin is an artist and designer specializing in data and digital technologies. His work takes real-world and community-generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and the systems they create.
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Jean Shin, Everyday Monuments, 2009. Sports trophies, painted cast and sculpted resins, projections. Floor Installation: Dimensions variable, approximately 7.33 ft h x 5 ft w x 45 ft d, Wall Projection: 9.33 ft h x 42 ft w. Commissioned by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. for the exhibition, Jean Shin: Common Threads. Courtesy of theartist.
Jean Shin
Wednesday, November 7, 6:00 p.m.
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Jean Shin’s monumental installations transform everyday objects into elegant expressions of identity and community. For each project, she amasses vast collections of a particular object—prescription pill bottles, sports trophies, sweaters—often sourced through donations from a participating community. These intimate objects then become the materials for her conceptually rich sculptures, videos, and site-specific installations.
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Lari Pittman, A Transcendent Mutability Produced by Camouflage, 2012, Cell-Vinyl and aerosol lacquer on gessoed canvas over panel, 102 x 88 inches. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Lari Pittman
Lari Pittman
Monday, November 12, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
Lari Pittman’s work presents juxtapositions between the utopic and dystopic, the sacred and the profane, and the public and the private, drawing simultaneously on elements of abstraction and figuration. Pittman’s paintings and works on paper present a multifaceted image field that appears to be constantly shifting and reinventing itself.
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Marilyn Minter
TODAY! Monday, March 12, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr.
(Use Columbus Drive entrance)
Free admission
Marilyn Minter’s paintings, videos, and photographs explore humanity’s search for pleasure by depicting lushly rendered high heels, mouths, or babies. Her recent work, created by placing a pane of glass between herself and her subject, becomes splattered with glistening paint, infusing her hyper-realistically rendered work with oozing abstraction.
Minter’s solo exhibitions include Salon 94, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati; La Conservera, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Ceutí/Murcia, Spain; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland; and the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany and Venice Biennale, both in 2011. Her videoGreen Pink Caviar was exhibited in the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for more than a year and shown on digital billboards on Sunset Boulevard in LA, and the Creative Time MTV billboard in Times Square, New York.
Visiting Minds. Lasting Influence.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Visiting Artists Program (VAP) is pleased to announce the spring 2012 lecture schedule. Join us for one of the city’s leading public forums on the presentation and contemplation of contemporary art, design, and scholarship.
All lectures are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and lectures begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. All seating is first come, first served. Reservations may be accepted for groups of 10 or more made at least two weeks prior to the event. Please contact VAP at events@saic.edu or 312.899.5185 regarding your request.
For podcasts of previous lectures and additional information, including articles, videos, and more, please visit our web page atsaic.edu/vap, sign up to receive VAP e-news, and “Like” us on Facebook!
If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation for this program, please contact the Disability and Learning Resource Center at dlrc@saic.edu or 312.499.4278 as soon as possible to allow adequate time to make proper arrangements.
Sam Lipsyte and Ben Marcus
Tuesday, February 7, 6:00 p.m., book signing to follow
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Emily Pilloton
Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series
Thursday, February 16, 6:00 p.m.
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Marilyn Minter
Monday, March 12, 6:00 p.m.
Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
Brent Green
Lecture and Live Musical Performance
Wednesday, March 28, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
Kellie Jones
EyeMinded: the lives of a curator
Thursday, April 5, 6:00 p.m., book signing to follow
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Pearl Fryar
Wednesday, April 18, 6:00 p.m.
SAIC Columbus Auditorium, 280 S. Columbus Dr.
Tehching Hsieh
Tuesday, April 24, 6:00 p.m.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium, 230 S. Columbus Dr.
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Visiting Artist Program presents: Suzanne Lee : Tuesday 6-9pm
Suzanne Lee is the Director of The BioCouture Research Project and Senior Research Fellow in Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (University of the Arts London). BioCouture is a research project harnessing nature to propose a radical vision for future fashion. It investigates the use of microbial cellulose grown in a laboratory to produce clothing with the ultimate goal of growing a dress from a vat of liquid. Suzanne is collaborating with scientists to unite design with cutting edge bio and nano technologies.
She is the author of the groundbreaking book Fashioning the Future: Tomorrow’s Wardrobe (Thames & Hudson 2005/7) and lectures and exhibits internationally. BioCouture is exhibiting as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Power of Making exhibition and the Craft Council’s Block Party (UK). She is a 2011 TED Fellow.
Free and open to the public!
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VAP Lecture: Homi Bhabha, AIC Fullerton Hall 6 p.m. TODAY
The Visiting Artist Program presents Homi K. Bhabha
If the 19th century has frequently been represented as the great age of empire, articulated in ideals of progress and development, then the 20th and 21st centuries have been marked by a growing securitization of life, politics, and culture in an age of global expansion. What are the aesthetic and political technologies that attempt to provide security and solidarity while activating the anxiety and excitation of abandonment and annihilation? This lecture will dwell on a wide range of ideas and objects in order to explore the thin line that lies between barbarism and civility.
Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English, director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, and senior advisor on the humanities to the President and Provost at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous works exploring postcolonial theory, cultural change and power, and cosmopolitanism, among other themes, including Nation and Narration and The Location of Culture. Bhabha is a member of the Asian Art Council at the Guggenheim Museum, New York and an advisor on the Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives project at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He is also the chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Human Rights, and a trustee of the UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity.
Presented by SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program and Department of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago.
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The full fall Visiting Artists Program lineup is now listed online. Who are you excited to see?
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Yael Bartana
Thursday, March 10, 6:00pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street
Admission: $10 general admission, $7 students, $5 Film Center members, $4 SAIC faculty, FREE for students of SAIC
Amsterdam- and Tel Aviv-based artist Yael Bartana’s slippery, sophisticated films and videos reflect upon contemporary Israeli culture, the ideas and rituals that bind its citizens together, and its larger geopolitical context. Drawing upon ethnographic traditions, utopian Soviet-style propaganda, and historical reenactment, Bartana’s work provocatively shuttles between irony and sincerity, playfulness and dead seriousness to examine relationships between the individual and the state. Bartana is a recent recipient of the prestigious Artes Mundi prize and her work has been exhibited internationally. This presentation is in collaboration with Conversations at the Edge and SAIC’s Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation.
