CONF 28.09.2022

Howardena Pindell: New Perspectives (Cambridge, 30 Sept 22)

Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, 30.09.2022
Anmeldeschluss: 30.09.2022

Jamie Danis

Join Kettle’s Yard, the Centre for American Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge for this conference on Howardena Pindell’s practice, on the occasion of her retrospective at Kettle’s Yard. The exhibition brings together work from Pindell’s six decade long career including paintings, works on paper and video. The exhibition tracks the development of Pindell’s artistic language and examines her work as exemplary in articulating empowerment.

This conference, held on September 30, 2022, will bring together an international group of prominent academics and curators to discuss Pindell’s long history of art and activism, including Naomi Beckwith (Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Professor Sarah Louise Cowan (DePauw University), Dr. Amy Tobin (University of Cambridge and Kettle's Yard), Professor Joan Kee (University of Michigan and Museum of Modern Art, New York), and Helena Vilalta (PhD Candidate, University College London). Speakers will address a wide range of aspects of Pindell’s multidisciplinary practice, including her resignification of abstraction with relation to the Black Arts Movement and the Women's Movement, her work in east Asia, and her engagement with systems aesthetics. A limited number of in-person tickets are available, with lunch included, and tickets can also be booked to attend via livestream. There will also be a video recording available online after the conference. Registration is free.

To register or learn more, click here: https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/events/symposium/

Full conference program:
Howardena Pindell: New Perspectives
Friday, September 30, 2022
Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge

9:30–10:00 am: Registration, coffee provided

Panel 1
10:00–10:15: Introduction by Andrew Nairne, OBE (Director, Kettle’s Yard) and Dr. Amy Tobin (Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art and Curator, Contemporary Programmes, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge), with Professor Jo Applin (Professor, Courtauld Institute of Art)

10:15–11:00: Professor Sarah Louise Cowan (Assistant Professor, Art & Art History Department, Depauw University): “Moving Modernisms”
Q&A: Dr. Amy Tobin

11:00–11:45: Naomi Beckwith (Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York): “Feeling Her Way Through It: Howardena Pindell’s Bodily Explorations”
Q&A: Dr. Amy Tobin

11:45–12:15: Comfort break, with tea and coffee provided, in the Ede Room

Panel 2
12:15–1:00: Dr. Amy Tobin: “Howardena Pindell’s Correspondences”
Q&A: Professor Dorothy Price

1:00–2:00: Lunch, provided by the conference, in the Ede Room

Panel 3
2:00–2:45: Helena Vilalta (PhD Candidate, Department of History of Art, University College London): “The Memory of Touch: Howardena Pindell”
Q&A: Professor Jo Applin

2:45–3:30: Professor Joan Kee (Professor, History of Art Department, University of Michigan): “Not Just America”
Q&A: Professor Jo Applin

3:30–4:15: Conference break; attendees may visit the exhibition or the House.

Closing session
4:15–5:00: Roundtable and audience discussion
5:00–6:00: Late opening hours at Kettle’s Yard and drinks reception

Conference organized by Dr. Amy Tobin and Professor Jo Applin with Jamie Danis. Conference presented by Kettle’s Yard with the Courtauld Center for American Art and the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge.

Quellennachweis:
CONF: Howardena Pindell: New Perspectives (Cambridge, 30 Sept 22). In: ArtHist.net, 28.09.2022. Letzter Zugriff 29.03.2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/37534>.

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