The Ceramicist as Social Critic: An International Perspective
Lecturer: Judith Schwartz, USA
The lecture, entitled The Ceramicist as Social Critic: An International Perspective, provides an international survey of contemporary sculptors who express powerful statements about time and place. Working in styles that are aggressive, violent, disturbing, irreverent, sometimes humorous, but always passionate, it establishes the continued use of ceramics in contemporary art and shows that the material has never been more viable as a means of conveying ideas about life and society. In addition, the lecture provides historical context for current and late twentieth-century protest as it places the artists within these thematic groupings: war and politics, the social and human condition, gender issues, the environment, and popular and material culture.
Dr. Schwartz is a professor emeritus from New York University. She “wrote the book on Confrontational Ceramics and her curated exhibitions include NYNY: Clay; All Fired Up; Confrontational Clay; and InCiteful Clay among others. Her service on important boards and advisory committees includes the current board presidency of the Museum of Ceramic Art, New York. MoCANY.org, She holds education awards from the Everson Museum and the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery and is Fulbright Senior Specialist to the National School of Art and Design, Dublin, among other national and international appointments. She has been an international juror and consultant to – the Ceramic Biennial in Icheon, Korea, European Biennale, Bornholm, Denmark, Faenza #61 and #62nd Ceramic Biennales and The Figure Competition at the Westerwald Museum in Germany. She is an honorary member of the National Council for Education in Ceramic Art, a J. D. Rockefeller III grantee. For more about Dr. Schwartz visit: www.judyschwartz.com
Cost: 40 NIS per meeting / 30 NIS for Benyamini students- advance registration required / *Registration will close at 19:00 on the day of the lecture.
*You can purchase a package of 7 lectures for only 210 NIS . If you purchase the whole package, you will also have access to the recorded lecture (via Gmail account). If you missed a lecture, please contact us by email.
Go to payment / For further details: [email protected] or 03-5182257
*The lectures are suitable for the general public
*Changes in the events may occur during the year
