Gallery Talk: Walead Beshty and Dana Miller on Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective
Thurs, May 9, 2013
7 pm
Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), After Image, 1970. Graphite, gouache, and transparent synthetic polymer on paper with cut-and-torn tracing paper, 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (36.8 x 49.5 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston; gift of Glenn Fukushima. © 2012 The Jay DeFeo Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Paul Hester
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Walead Beshty uses the material conditions of photography to explore the gap between the physical world and the image world, between presence and absence, and between representation and abstraction. For this evening program, join Beshty and exhibition curator Dana Miller as they examine the material practices of Jay DeFeo and her lasting influence on other artists.
$8 general admission; $6 senior citizens and students; free for members.
