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Abstract Expressionism Behind the Iron Curtain
Tue, October 17, 2018
Co-sponsored by the Dedalus Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, a panel of distinguished scholars discussed the issues raised by the exhibition, “Abstract Expressionism Behind the Iron Curtain,” which was on view at the Pollock-Krasner House and the Steinberg Museum of Art at Long Island University in Brookville, New York in 2018/2019.
Panelists:
David Anfam, author of Abstract Expressionism (Thames & Hudson); curator of “Abstract Expressionism,” Royal Academy of Arts, London, and Guggenheim Bilbao.
Joana Grevers, founder and director, Fundatia Joana Grevers, Munich, and 418 Contemporary Art Gallery, Bucharest.
Charlotta Kotík, independent curator and author; former chair, Department of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art; lecturer, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague. Michael L. Krenn, professor of history, Appalachian State University; author of Fall-Out Shelters for the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War (University of North Carolina Press).
Moderator:
Helen A. Harrison, Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.
Tue, October 17, 2018
Co-sponsored by the Dedalus Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, a panel of distinguished scholars discussed the issues raised by the exhibition, “Abstract Expressionism Behind the Iron Curtain,” which was on view at the Pollock-Krasner House and the Steinberg Museum of Art at Long Island University in Brookville, New York in 2018/2019.
Panelists:
David Anfam, author of Abstract Expressionism (Thames & Hudson); curator of “Abstract Expressionism,” Royal Academy of Arts, London, and Guggenheim Bilbao.
Joana Grevers, founder and director, Fundatia Joana Grevers, Munich, and 418 Contemporary Art Gallery, Bucharest.
Charlotta Kotík, independent curator and author; former chair, Department of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art; lecturer, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague. Michael L. Krenn, professor of history, Appalachian State University; author of Fall-Out Shelters for the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War (University of North Carolina Press).
Moderator:
Helen A. Harrison, Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.
