Online Learning Series Lecture: Painting, Architecture, and Public Imagination
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
1:30–2:30 pm
Julie Mehretu, Stadia II, 2004. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 108 × 144 in. (274.3 × 365.7 cm). Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicolas Rohatyn and A. W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment Fund 2004.50. ©️ Julie Mehretu
Become a member today!
Join now to enjoy early access to exhibitions and events, unlimited free admission, guest privileges, and more.
Join nowLearn more about access services and programs.
Online, via Zoom
Looking ahead to Julie Mehretu’s upcoming Whitney exhibition, teaching fellow Ayanna Dozier will explore the relationship between architecture and art from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Alongside paintings by Mehretu, the lecture will consider works by Diego Rivera, Mark Rothko, Gordon Matta-Clark, David Hammons, and Lorna Simpson.
Architectural and urban design organize the zones within which we reside, work, and interact. By shaping our space, these practices also shape attitudes and frame perception, giving rise to a shared public imagination—our sense of who belongs in or to a space. Artists who have drawn architecture into artmaking provide new ways to approach this dynamic with greater understanding and agency. When brought into the realm of art, architecture becomes charged with expansive political potential.
Option 1: Saturday, February 27
1:30–2:30 pm
Option 2: Wednesday, March 10
6:30–7:30 pm
Option 3: Wednesday, March 31
6:30–7:30 pm
Ayanna Dozier is an artist, lecturer, curator, and scholar. She recently completed her Ph.D. in art history and communication studies at McGill University. She is the author of the 33 ⅓ book on Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope. Currently a Joan Tisch Teaching Fellow at the Whitney, she is also a lecturer in the department of communication and media studies at Fordham University.
