The Jewish Museum Presents a Dialogue With Feminist Artist Martha Edelheit
New York: Between Artwork and Life
Martha Edelheit and Rebecca Shaykin in Dialog
At the side of the present New York: 1962–1964 exhibition, the Jewish Museum will current an in-person dialog between artist Martha Edelheit and Affiliate Curator Rebecca Shaykin.
Edelheit (b. 1931 in New York Metropolis, now based mostly in Sweden) is a groundbreaking feminist artist whose decades-long profession has resulted in a deeply probing investigation into the topic of the feminine physique, from early works exploring the expressive energy of tattoos to erotic watercolors and vivid depictions of girls at varied levels of their lives. Her 1962 work, “Tattooed Girl” — created simply blocks from the Jewish Museum — is included in New York: 1962–1964 and can function the leaping level for a dialogue that may contact on the artist’s life, work, and distinctive imaginative and prescient.
This in-person occasion will happen on Thursday, November 17, from 6:30–7:30pm (EST) on the Jewish Museum, positioned at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Road in New York Metropolis.
To study extra and get tickets, go to thejewishmuseum.org.
This season, the Jewish Museum can even current different public packages associated to New York: 1962–1964, together with:
Artwork in Context: New York: 1962–1964
Dwell Digital Artwork Historical past Course
This collection of three courses will give attention to shut artworks on view in New York: 1962–1964 and their relationship to the Jewish Museum’s institutional historical past via an exploration of the sprawling two-floor exhibition. Matters for the course are: Supplies and Materiality, Language and Mass Media, and The Physique.
This on-line program will happen on November 29, December 6, and December 13 from 2–3pm (EST) through Zoom.
New York: Between Artwork and Life
Free Video Sequence
Out there to observe anytime on the Jewish Museum’s YouTube channel, this collection of talks contains interviews with artists, critics, and artwork historians, exploring quite a lot of exhibition-related themes. New movies will likely be added all through November and December.
Discover the exhibition and extra associated packages at thejewishmuseum.org.