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Nancy Holt Symposium

Saturday, February 9, 2019, 10 am–5 pm
Dia Chelsea

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Event DetailsSaturday, February 9, 2019, 10 am–5 pm Dia:Chelsea535 West 22nd Street, 5th FloorNew York City $5 for Dia members; $10 general admission; $8 admission for students and seniors The event is sold out. Advance reservations are no longer available. On the occasion of Dia Art Foundation’s acquisition of Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels (1973–76) and the Dia:Chelsea exhibition devoted to Holt’s work, this symposium brings together scholars in the fields of architecture, art history, astronomy, and geology. Focusing on Sun Tunnels as a primary point of departure, the symposium considers defining features of the artist’s practice, including emphasis on experiential forms of viewership, engagement with the built and natural environment, material conditions of visual perception, site specificity, and universal time. Speakers include Marcel Agüeros, James Meyer, J. Myers-Szupinska, Jack Oviatt, Brigitte Shim, and Alena J. Williams, with moderators Lisa Le Feuvre (Holt/Smithson Foundation) and Courtney J. Martin (Dia Art Foundation). The program is organized by Dia Art Foundation and Holt/Smithson Foundation, and is planned in conjunction with the concurrent presentation of Holt’s work at Dia:Chelsea in New York City. This event is made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Symposia and other DiaTalks are part of the Sackler Institute at Dia Art Foundation. Schedule 10–10:25 am Welcome and Introductory RemarksJessica Morgan and Courtney J. Martin 10:30–11 am James Meyer 11–11:30 am Brigitte Shim 11:30–12 pm Discussion and Q&AModerated by Lisa Le Feuvre 12–1 pm Lunch break and gallery viewing 1–1:30 pm J. Myers-Szupinska 1:30–2 pm Jack Oviatt 2–2:30 pm Discussion and Q&AModerated by Courtney J. Martin 2:30–2:45 pm Break 2:45–3:15 pm Alena J. Williams 3:15–3:45 pm Marcel Agüeros 3:45–4:15 pm Discussion and Q&AModerated by Kelly Kivland 4:15–4:30 pm Final thoughts

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Rita McBride and Ulrich Lehmann on Charlotte Posenenske

Saturday, March 9, 2019, 2 pm
Dia Beacon

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Event DetailsSaturday, March 9, 2019, 2 pm Dia:Beacon3 Beekman StreetBeacon, New York Free with museum admission. No reservations required. Rita McBride was born in Des Moines in 1960. She currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Los Angeles. She received a BA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. In 1988 she began to explore architectural and sculptural form in works ranging from small-scale objects to large-scale commissions. Her major public works include Obelisk of Tutankhamun in Cologne, Germany (2017), Bells and Whistles at the New School in New York (2014), and Mae West in Munich, Germany (2011). In 2017 Dia Art Foundation commissioned a sculptural intervention with lasers, Particulates, which was on view at Dia:Chelsea in New York City through 2018. McBride’s contribution to the exhibition catalogue Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress explores her own interest in progressive assembly and industrial logistics in relationship to Posenenske’s pioneering practice. Ulrich Lehmann studied philosophy, sociology, and art history in Frankfurt, Paris, and London. His research interests include the histories of ideas and material culture in late 18th-century and early 19th-century Europe, and the materiality, meaning, and praxis of contemporary design. He has contributed to a wide range of journals and edited collections on art, design, and material culture; his books include Josiah McElheny: Interactions of the Abstract Body (2014) and Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity (2000). Lehmann is an associate professor in design practice and theory at Parsons School of Design in New York City, where he teaches studio practice and cultural histories. One of these courses, on the concept of prototyping, featured Rita McBride, whose expansive 2014 sculpture Bells and Whistles is installed at the New School.

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