The First Annual Distinguished Art History Alumni and Scholars Lecture— Women of Abstract Expressionism: Artists and Their Critics
with Dr. Joan Marter, Distinguished Professor of Art History, Rutgers University
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| Joan Mitchell, August, Rue Daguerre, 1957, oil on canvas, 82 x 69 in. |
Thursday, March 15
4:00 PM
Tyler School of Art
Room B004
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Dr. Joan Marter, a distinguished Temple alumna, is an internationally respected and widely-published art historian and curator. She is editor of Woman's Art Journal and served as editor-in-chief of the Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. In 2011, Marter received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Caucus for Art at the College Art Association meetings. She has been guest curator for 16 exhibitions and her show, "Women and Abstract Expressionism," was honored by the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). This lecture problematizes the received canon of Abstract Expressionism by presenting the critical reception of women artists from the 1950s to the present. As the organizer of the only exhibition devoted to these artists—"Women and Abstract Expressionism"—she will also consider some of the ethical problems in working as a guest curator. Marter was among the first to receive a B.A. in Art History from Temple University, graduating magna cum laude in 1968.
This event is free and open to the public. Lecture sponsored by the Department of Art History, Tyler School of Art; Tyler School of Art Alumni Association; the University General Activities Fund (GAF); and Women's Studies, Temple University.