Held in conjunction with the exhibition Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness—the first-ever US retrospective of the artist’s work—this series of scholarly presentations and creative disruptions addresses issues in Williams’s work, including its engagement with the history of early-20th-century avant-garde photography and film, epic dramaturgy, the society of the spectacle, and installation as a medium. Participants include Devin Fore, associate professor of German at Princeton University; Julia Robinson, assistant professor in the Department of Art History, New York University; R. H. Quaytman, artist; John Kelsey, artist and art critic; John Miller, artist and professor of professional practice in the Department of Art History, Visual Arts Concentration, Barnard College/Columbia University; and Jeff Wall, artist. The discussion is moderated by Roxana Marcoci, senior curator in MoMA’s Department of Photography and organizer of the exhibition at MoMA.
Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness Seminar
Held on Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 6:00 p.m.
Recording now available
MoMA, Mezzanine, Theater 3
The Celeste Bartos Theater
- This event accompanies Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness.
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