Decade in Focus: Painting in the 1980s
Wed, Feb 8, 2017
6:30–8 pm
Jean-Michel Basquiat, "LNAPRK”, 1982. Acrylic, oil, oil stick, and marker on found paper on canvas and wood, with rope, 72 1/4 × 66 5/16in. (183.5 × 168.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of June and Paul Schorr in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Whitney Museum of American Art 91.83
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Floor Three, Seminar Room, Laurie M. Tisch Education Center; and Floor Eight, Tuft Trustee Room
Inspired by works on view in Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s, this course explores the wide-ranging artistic practices that defined the 1980s and have shaped the contemporary American art world. This pivotal decade continues to influence the art of today. We will examine Street Art, the art scenes of the Lower East Side and the East Village, AIDS activism, feminism, and the return of painting. Artists to be featured include Jean-Michel Basquiat, the Guerilla Girls, Susan Rothenberg, Nancy Spero, David Wojnarowicz, and Martin Wong.
Instructor: Paula Burleigh is a Joan Tisch Senior Teaching Fellow at the Whitney and a PhD candidate in Art History at the CUNY Graduate Center. Paula has taught adult education courses at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as undergraduate courses in Art History and the History of Photography at CUNY Baruch College, Hunter College, and Bard High School Early College.
Three–session course:
Option 1: Wednesdays, February 8, 15 and 22
6:30–8 pm
Option 2: Thursdays, February 9 (postponed)*, 16 and 23
2–3:30 pm
Enrollment: $325
Members: $250
Please email courses@whitney.org for inquiries and information about this course.
*Due to the snow storm, the Thursday, February 9 course session has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 1 at 2-3:30pm. We apologize for any inconvenience and are happy to prorate the course fee if you are not able to join the make-up session. Please email courses@whitney.org with any questions.