Public Lecture: ART AS RESEARCH

September 3, 2010 Guest Lecture

ART AS RESEARCH A NECESSARY PRACTICE

 

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Dr. Graeme Sullivan

Director of the School of Art, Pennsylvania State University

Tuesday, Sept.
14 at 7:00

Lord Hall, 100

 

For information, contact the Department of Art at 207.581-3245.
Lord Hall is handicapped accessible.

This presentation explores a range of practices contemporary artists use in their creative and critical responses to the world around them. Of particular interest is the role the imaginative intellect and visualization plays in transforming human understanding. The claim is made that artists are ‘researchers’ whose practice is theoretically robust, ideas-based, purposeful and strategic, and makes use of forms and methods that are connected to, but distinct from, traditional systems of inquiry. Using many examples of contemporary art it is argued that art practice as research is a creative and critical process whereby imaginative leaps are made into what we don’t know as this can lead to crucial insights that can change what we do know.

 

This event is sponsored by the Intermedia MFA Program, the Department of Art, the Graduate School, and a grant from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.