Wednesday, March 15, 2006 – 5:30 p.m.
Folk Hall auditorium, Myers School of Art, The University of Akron, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron
Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator of Exhibitions, Wexner Center for the Arts, to speak at Myers School of Art, The University of Akron – March 15
Visiting the Myers School of Art on Wednesday, March 15, Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, will lecture at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Folk Hall. Helen Molesworth's most recent exhibition at the Wexner, "Part Object Part Sculpture", charted a geneology of transatlantic sculpture produced in the wake of Marcel Duchamp’s erotic objects and his hand made readymades of the 1960s.
From 2000-2003 Molesworth was the Curator of Contemporary Art at The Baltimore Museum of Art, where she organized "Work Ethic", which traced the problem of artistic labor in post-1960s art, and BodySpace, which explored the legacy of Minimalism for contemporary artists. She is the author of numerous articles and her writing has appeared in publications such as Art Journal, Documents, and October. Her research areas are concentrated largely within and around the problems of feminism, the reception of Marcel Duchamp, and the socio-historical frameworks of contemporary art.
This presentation is free and open to the public. Ms. Molesworth is a guest lecturer for Asst. Professor of Art Kevin Concannon's special topics class, "Mass Production: Artist’s Multiples from the 1960’s Through the Present”. Seating is limited.
Contact dwatt@uakron.edu for more information, or call 330-972-5951.