Visiting Artists
Each semester, the School of Visual Arts' Contemporary Perspectives Lecture Series presents a series of lectures by various professional artists, including renowned painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers, art educators, and art critics. Undergraduate and graduate students benefit from exposure to these lecturers' work, open dialogues with them about the processes of art making, as well as individual studio visits and critiques. These visiting artist lectures are also open to the public.
2009-2010 Visiting Artists
THOMAS STRUTH - Timothy Hamill Lecture
Monday, October 19, 2009, 6pm, BU Morse Auditorium 602 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA
Free and open to the public
German photographer Thomas Struth is best known for the ambitious range and global reach of his work, from classic black-and-white streetscapes to intense family portraits to vivid, large-scale natural landscapes. One of the world's leading contemporary photographers, Struth has been the subject of the numerous exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East.
FRED WILSON - Contemporary Perspectives Lecture Series
THURSDAY, November 5, 2009, 6:30PM, BU Morse Auditorium 602 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA
Free and open to the public
Acclaimed artist Fred Wilson works within the scapes of cultural institutions, rearranging and representing existing artifacts and artworks in museum collections to create new cultural and histroical contexts that force the viewer to question the way in which these institutions convey historical truth and artistic value through the language of display.
ALYSON SHOTZ - Contemporary Perspectives Lecture Series
wednesday, january 27, 2010, 6pm, BU Morse Auditorium
602 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA
Free and open to the public
Sculptor and mixed media artist Alyson Shotz is known for her ethereal sculptural works and installations that address space, light, and perception. Her work also reflects her interest with environmental concerns and topology--a branch of mathematics related to the properties of geometric forms--reflected in repeated patterns and structures.
Beverley Semmes- Contemporary Perspectives Lecture
Tuesday, February 9th 6 PM Morse Auditorium
Free and open to the public
Beverly Semmes first won attention for her monumental dresses that powerfully invoke the female body. She merges a formal investigation of color, pattern, and texture with social commentary. Her fabric sculptures simulate and exaggerate such articles of attire as housedresses, ball gowns, and robes. By exaggerating the forms of clothing, Semmes draws attention to cultural stereotypes. In addition, Semmes uses her work to ruminate on the question of craft: her use of fabric allows for her consideration of textiles as well as fashion. In addition, Semmes has a long track record of working with vessel forms in glass and ceramic. Semmes was educated at Museum School and earned her MFA at Yale School of Art.
KERRY JAMES MARSHALL - Contemporary Perspectives Lecture
Thursday, April 8th 6PM Morse auditorium
Free and open to the publiC
Renowned artist Kerry James Marshall draws upon aspects of African-American popular culture in his paintings, sculptures and installations, reflecting the social and political context of his upbringing in such geographic hotbeds of the Civil Rights Movement as Birmingham, Alabama, South Central, Los Angeles, and Watts, New York.
All lectures are held at the College of Fine Arts building, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, unless otherwise noted. Artist's Lectures from 2006 and onward will be availble on the Boston University BUniverse web site