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April 5-12, 1999Volume 27, Number 27




























Renowned artists to take part in panel
and symposium at Yale Art Gallery

Talks by renowned artists will highlight a panel discussion and a symposium being held this week at the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St.

Artists discuss new exhibits. Two graduates of the School of Art -- renowned American artist Brice Marden '63 M.F.A. and noted photographer Lois Conner '81 M.F.A. -- will lead a panel discussion at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, at the the gallery. The event is free, and the public is invited.

The event marks the opening of their focused exhibitions, "After Looking at Chinese Rocks: Brice Marden's Works in Progress" and "After Looking at Chinese Landscapes: Lois Conner's Works in Progress."

The two artists will be joined by David Pease, professor of painting at the School of Art; Richard S. Field, curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Yale Art Gallery; Joachim Pissarro, the Seymour H. Knox Jr. Curator of European and Contemporary Art; and David Sensabaugh, curator of Asian art.

Since his first solo exhibition in 1964, Marden has exhibited almost continually, and his works are in the permanent collections of leading museums throughout the world. The exhibition "Brice Marden, Work of the 1990s: Paintings, Drawings and Prints" is currently on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, and an exhibition of his drawings just closed at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Marden has long been interested in Chinese culture -- particularly its calligraphy, philosophy and landscape. The works in the new exhibition at Yale were created by the artist in response to the ancient rock gardens of China. The selection includes one large oil painting and a group of 39 drawings and reproductions.

Conner, an associate professor at the School of Art, has taken photographs in Europe, Africa and throughout the United States, but it is to China that she journeys most often. She travels with her antique 7" x 17" banquet camera -- so named because it was originally used for group portraits at dinners and rallies -- and creates panoramic portraits of the landscape.

"Conner's photographs of the Chinese mountains," says Field, "capture such a long gradient of tone that the viewer is moved to the slow exploration of landscape so tresured by traditional Chinese painters." Conner's work has been exhibited and published extensively. The Yale exhibition includes about a dozen of her photographs of China.

Symposium on New York art scene. "Where in the World is Chelsea? Exploring the New York Art Scene" is the title of this year's spring symposium sponsored by the Members of the Yale Art Museums.

The symposium will take place 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 10, in the Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St.

The participants, who will discuss current issues of creating and collecting art, are:

* James Rosenquist, an artist whose career spans close to four decades -- from the 1960s when he was one of the most eagerly collected Pop artists, to the present when he is working on monumental murals for the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum in Berlin.

* Bill Arning, who writes on art for The Village Voice and New York Magazine, among others. He is adjunct professor at New York University's School of the Arts and at the Rhode Island School of Design.

* Curators Laura Hoptman and Joachim Pissarro, who will offer insights into the ways museums can encourage contemporary artists. Hoptman is assistant curator in the department of drawings at the Museum of Modern Art. Pissarro is the Seymour H. Knox Jr. Curator of European and Contemporary Art at the Yale Art Gallery.

* Rochelle Feinstein, professor of painting and printmaking at the School of Art, who will moderate the discussion.

The cost is $30 for Members of the Yale Art Museums; $40 for non-members. A $100 patron's ticket includes lunch with the speakers at the Union League Cafe prior to the program. Students with current I.D. will be admitted free, as space permits. The proceeds from the symposium will support educational programs at the Yale Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art.

For information and reservations, call 432-9658.


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