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Artist Mickalene Thomas − whose colorful self-portrait was included in the 2005 Greater New York show at P.S.1 − creates sequin and rhinestone paintings that activate questions about Black identity and Black femininity in popular culture. This talk was presented as part of the Conversations with Contemporary Artists series at MoMA on September 23, 2005. Brett Littman, Deputy Director of P.S.1, introduces the artist.
During MoMA's 1994
Twombly retrospective, curator Kirk Varnedoe brought a stellar group of contemporaries − Brice Marden, Francesco Clemente and Richard Serra − to his table to speak all kinds of things about the mighty scrawler in their midst.
A lecture presentation by sound and media artist Stephen Vitiello. Vitiello has composed music for independent films, experimental video projects and art installations, collaborating with artists such as Nam June Paik, Tony Oursler and Dara Birnbaum. In 1999 he was awarded a studio for six months on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center's Tower One, where he recorded the cracking noises of the building swaying under the stress of the winds following Hurricane Floyd. Vitiello is currently Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University and Archivist for The Kitchen, NYC. This event was recorded Nov. 14, 2005 at the Museum of Modern Art and was presented as part of the museum's Mediascope Series through the Film and Media Dept. (67 minutes)
Photographer Carrie Mae Weems is interviewed by Debra Willis, an internationally acclaimed artist, curator and historian of photography.
The program is sponsored by The Friends of Education, an affiliate committee of the MoMA that supports a greater appreciation of art created by African Americans and the participation and membership of African Americans at MoMA. Friends of Education Chairman Stuart Lewis hosts the evening's program and introduces Glen Lowry, the director of the MoMA. Chief Curator of Photography at the MoMA, Peter Galassi, introduces the artist. Recorded live by WPS1 on May 3, 2005 at the MoMA in New York.
Carrie Mae Weems has created a rich array of documentary series, still lives, narrative tableaux, and installation works. Her art balances rich and universal themes with the specifics of personal, cultural, national, and world histories. Often mixing hard realities with a personal vision, some works are pointedly political, bitter with the pain of past injustices and still prevalent prejudices, while other work is playful and even celebratory. - from nathanielturner.com
With MoMA curator Monroe Wheeler moderating an amusing panel discussion with poet Marianne Moore, playwright Elmer Rice, philosopher Kenneth Burke, the New Yorker's Janet Flanner and novelist Glenway Wescott. Recorded at MoMA on February 26, 1952. (Be patient: Wheeler is a bit longwinded in his intro, but the rest is worth the wait.)
