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Ilya Kabakov and the Rubbish Heap of History

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City

The current success of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov as internationally renowned installation artists builds on Ilya Kabakov’s work in the Soviet Union. In this talk, Komaromi will explore Kabakov’s artistic relationship to both the Russian and Soviet cultural legacy and the western gaze. Specifically, she will show how Kabakov’s work with found “trash” objects in the 1980s is distinct from…

Gender and Transformation Workshop | Elisaveta Dvorakk

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York

Resistance, Activism and Feminist Art in the GDR. Visions – (In)Visibilities – Commodification Elisaveta Dvorakk  PhD Candidate in Art History and Theory of Photography Department of Art and Visual History | Centre for transdisciplinary Gender Studies  Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. 

Monuments Without Heroes

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

Medardo Rosso and the Contemporary Origins of Modern Sculpture A lecture by Sharon Hecker, art historian Two decades after unification, Italy was characterized by uncertain nationalism and ambivalent internationalism. The generation that grew up in the aftermath of the Risorgimento was filled with hopes followed by disillusionment. The death of Risorgimento hero Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1882 intensified feelings of anxiety…