Breakfast with the Director
Thurs, May 18, 2017
8:30–10 am
Aliza Nisenbaum (b. 1977), MOIA’s NYC Women’s Cabinet, 2016. Oil on linen, 68 × 85 in. (172.7 × 215.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jackson Tang in honor of Christopher Y. Lew 2017.274. © Aliza Nisenbaum. Image courtesy the artist; T293 Gallery, Rome; and Mary Mary, Glasgow. Photograph by Bill Orcutt
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For this edition of the semiannual Breakfast with the Director, 2017 Whitney Biennial artist Aliza Nisenbaum (b. 1977) will join Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director, for an engaging conversation about her practice. Aliza Nisenbaum’s portraits make use of bold color and pattern in order to frame modest, intimate scenes. She often depicts undocumented immigrants, many of whom Nisenbaum first met while she was teaching a class called “English through Art History.” Nisenbaum considers the encounter between artist and sitter an ethical one in which the two parties come to trust and know each other well. Her images personalize the immigrant experience and give visibility to the normally unseen.
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