Decolonial Abstraction: Frank Bowling’s Atlantic Errantry
Zoom PrincetonThe color field abstraction Frank Bowling produced during his time in New York from 1966 to 1975 was made possible by transatlantic journeys that cast the narrative of late modernism in an altered light. By looking closely at Bowling’s improvisational approach to the materiality of paint, this lecture examines cross-cultural frictions that placed this Guiana-born, […]
Scriptural Vitality in Ancient Judaism: Poesis and Forward Moving Philology
010 East Pyne PrincetonAncient Judaism exemplifies a dynamic and emerging tradition of creativity, resilience, imagination, and new ritual. The lecture focuses on expressions of ongoing vitality from a variety of genres in the Hellenistic period and on processes of writing and interpretation that are embedded in the history of ancient scriptures. The processes and the growth of tradition […]
Taking Pause Exhibition: Artist Talk with Robin Resch GS ’03
Dohm Alley 102 Nassau Street, PrincetonHosted by the Arts Council of Princeton and supported by the Humanities Council, the ongoing portrait project Taking Pause represents local people through photos and stories about things deeply meaningful to them. Creator Robin Resch GS '03 asks each participant to consider, “What is irreplaceable to you?" Since the fall of 2020, she has been […]
Unlearning Architecture
VirtualFernanda Canales (Mexico City, 1974) is an architect based in Mexico City committed to design, urban planning, and research. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, an MA from the Universidad Politecnica de Cataunya in Barcelona and a BA from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Canales has […]
SAB Artist Conversation: Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney
Zoom PrincetonThe Art Museum’s Student Advisory Board welcomes the painter Arnold Chang, based in New Jersey, and the photographer Michael Cherney, based in China. The artists began collaborating in 2007 and have created a series of objects that blur the boundaries between painting and photography—and challenge accepted notions of Chinese ink art, both contemporary and traditional. […]
