Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Rupert García, ¡Fuera de Indochina!, 1970, screenprint, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marcus © Rupert García, Courtesy Rena Bransten Gallery, Photo courtesy the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Join us for a day of lectures and conversations related to the exhibition Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975. In the morning session, a distinguished group of scholars offer insight into the intersection between the Vietnam War and contemporary art practice in the United States. The afternoon session is dedicated to two panel discussions. A panel of artists, representing varied aesthetic approaches, reflect on their experience of the Vietnam War as creators and, in many cases, as activists. One panel focuses on artists who were working in California during the Vietnam War period, the other on artists then based in New York.
Speakers:
- Judith Bernstein, artist
- Harry Gamboa, Jr., artist
- Rupert García, artist
- Hans Haacke, artist
- Melissa Ho, curator of twentieth-century art, SAAM
- Mignon Nixon, professor of modern and contemporary art, University College London
- Chon Noriega, professor, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
- Fred Ritchin, dean emeritus, International Center of Photography
- Martha Rosler, artist
Moderators:
- Julia Bryan-Wilson, professor of modern and contemporary art, University of California, Berkeley
- Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
- Katherine Markoski, independent scholar
The program is free and open to the public.
Symposium Webcast
Join us for a day of discussions and lectures on topics related to Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975. A group of distinguished scholars provides insights into how artists of the Vietnam War era sought to engage—with their current moment, with the public sphere, and with politics. Six artists whose work is in the exhibition—including Rupert García, Hans Haacke, and Martha Rosler—also speak, addressing their varied experiences of the war period.
Morning Session
9:30 a.m.
Stephanie Stebich, Margaret and Terry Stent Director, SAAM
Welcome
9:40 a.m.
Melissa Ho, exhibition curator, SAAM
Introduction
10:15 a.m.
Mignon Nixon, professor of modern and contemporary art, University College London
10:45 a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Chon Noriega, professor, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
11:30 a.m.
Fred Ritchin, dean emeritus, International Center of Photography
12:00 p.m.
Discussion with morning speakers
Moderated by independent scholar Katherine Markoski
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Break for lunch
Join us for a day of discussions and lectures on topics related to Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965–1975. A group of distinguished scholars provides insights into how artists of the Vietnam War era sought to engage—with their current moment, with the public sphere, and with politics. Six artists whose work is in the exhibition—including Rupert García, Hans Haacke, and Martha Rosler—also speak, addressing their varied experiences of the war period.
Afternoon session
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Artist panel I: Art in California
Harry Gamboa Jr., Rupert García, and Martha Rosler
Discussion with panelists moderated by Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
3:30-3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45-5:30 p.m.
Artist panel II: Art in New York
Judith Bernstein, Hans Haacke, and Carolee Schneemann
Discussion with panelists moderated by Julia Bryan-Wilson, professor of modern and contemporary art, University of California, Berkeley
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Artists Respond exhibition open for viewing