Whitney Museum of American Art: Watch and Listen: Annenberg Lectures

November 5, 2012Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Sarah Sze

Whitney Museum of American Art — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:29:44 -0400

Known for large-scale sculptural installations, wall-mounted reliefs, and works on paper, Sarah Sze transforms our perception of quotidian items, such as notebook paper, plastic spoons, string, and straws, by assembling works of extraordinary beauty, movement, balance, and surprise. By playing with scale and illusion created through the mass accretion of small objects, she creates architectonic pieces that seem to defy gravity and form their own model universe. The Whitney has exhibited and supported Sze’s work since early in her career and remains steadfastly committed to her vision of what an artwork can be. In this eighth Walter Annenberg Lecture, Sze speaks about her work in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director.

In honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador, the Whitney Museum of American Art established the Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture to advance this country’s understanding of its art and culture. Support for this lecture and for public programs at the Whitney Museum is provided, in part, by Jack and Susan Rudin in honor of Beth Rudin DeWoody, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the Museum’s Education Committee.

November 1, 2011 Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Claes Oldenburg

Whitney Museum of American Art — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:05:21 -0500

One of the most innovative artists of the postwar period, Claes Oldenburg is best known for work that disrupts our expectations of how objects “behave.” Since the beginning of his career, Oldenburg has focused his attention and immense talent on ordinary, commonplace items, such as kitchen appliances, bathroom fixtures, and various foods. As he once explained, “I make my work out of my everyday experiences, which I find as perplexing and extraordinary as can be.” The Whitney has championed his work for several decades and now possesses one of the world’s largest collections of his art. In this seventh Annenberg Lecture, Oldenburg speaks about his work in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director.

In honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador, the Whitney Museum of American Art established the Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture to advance this country’s understanding of its art and culture.

November 3, 2010 Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Susan Rothenberg

Whitney Museum of American Art — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:46:06 -0400

Over the course of her thirty-five-year career, Susan Rothenberg has pushed the vocabulary of painting and created canvases of poetic beauty that celebrate the artistic process. Her work emerged at a time when minimal art prevailed, and her paintings, with subject matter ranging from horses to fractured figures and spinning bodies, reinstated the power of figurative imagery. As a pioneer, she was featured in the Whitney's landmark exhibition New Image Painting in 1978. Since that time she has produced extraordinary work that remains dedicated to exploring the nature of the medium. In this sixth Annenberg Lecture, Rothenberg speaks about her work in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney's Alice Pratt Brown Director.

In honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador, the Whitney Museum of American Art established the Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture to advance this country's understanding of its art and culture. Support for this lecture and for public programs at the Whitney Museum is provided, in part, by Jack and Susan Rudin in honor of Beth Rudin DeWoody, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the Museum's Education Committee.

October 27, 2009 Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture:Bill Viola

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:48:42 -0400

A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola has been instrumental in establishing video as a vital form of contemporary art. Often drawing on religious iconography and historical narratives, Viola’s work exhibits a simple and elegant beauty that exceeds the complex technology of its presentation. As he states, “It only takes an instant for an impression to become a vision.” In this fifth Annenberg Lecture, Viola will speak about his work in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director.

November 20, 2008 Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: John Baldessari

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:04:44 -0400

In honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador, the Whitney Museum of American Art established the Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture to advance this country’s understanding of its art and culture. In this fourth Annenberg Lecture, John Baldessari speaks about his work in conversation with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director. For more than fifty years, Baldessari has masterfully juxtaposed painting, photography, sculpture, and other media to probe how meaning is created through images, objects, and text.