Dates:
November 18, 2010
Times:
Thursday, 5:30 p.m.
Location:
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
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During the “culture wars” in America of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the very words “beauty” and “the beautiful” were banned in certain academic and cultural circles. To some, those words were no longer relevant to the highly politicized period the country was experiencing, and they did not in any way describe the art that was being produced. This lecture will examine the work of artists Kiki Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andres Serrano and others who were at the center of controversies about the anti-aesthetic in art. Finally, the current state of affairs regarding the arts and the beautiful will be discussed with an eye toward the future of beauty in America. SERIES OVERVIEW: This three-part series conducted by Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell examines the idea of beauty throughout the ages in Western Europe and America, as well as in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Using images from museums abroad and in this country, including works from the Farnsworth collection, Dell will trace the idea of what was considered beautiful in early Greek and Roman society to the different theories of beauty in other countries and finally to the current controversies about beauty in today’s art world.
Location: Strand Theatre, Rockland
Cost: $8 members, $10 nonmembers |
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Phone Number:
207-596-0949
Base Price: $8.00