Professor Lynne Cooke, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Contesting Boundaries: Outliers and American Vanguard Art
Image: Joseph Yoakum, Briar Head Mtn,c. 1969, Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Modernist art history routinely situates the work of self-taught artists, along with that of various other unschooled creators — so-called “primitives,” visionaries, children and the insane — on the margins, a source and stimulus to the avant-gardes who plundered it at will. In recent years, challenges to that canonical model of a privileged center and dependent periphery have come from many quarters. By examining key intersections between credentialed American artists and their disenfranchised peers over the past century, this lecture will bring into focus key issues facing curators and art professionals working today.
Lynne Cooke is Senior Curator, Special Projects in Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. She was formerly Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid (2008-2012) and Curator, Dia Art Foundation, New York. Cooke has published extensively in the fields of contemporary and modern art.
Public Lecture – all welcome
Date and time: Friday 9th August 2019, 6.30-8pm
Venue: Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010.
Registration: Register at http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/lcooke
Enquiries: Dr Anthony White, a.white@unimelb.edu.au Supported by the Macgeorge Bequest.
The Keir Lectures on Art series is supported by the Keir Foundation and presented in partnership with The Power Institute, The University of Sydney and The University of Queensland.
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