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May 10, 2007 6:30 p.m.PANEL DISCUSSION: KNOWING NEVELSON
The Gertrude and David Fogelson Lecture
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The public persona of legendary sculptor Louise Nevelson is well documented.Yet those who knew her best point to a private and fierce determination to create vanguard sculpture that distinguishes Nevelson as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Three eminent individuals who knew Nevelson will consider her life and career. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition, The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend.
Panelists:
Edward Albee is the author of 30 plays, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Three Tall Women, and most recently, Me, Myself, and I. Mr. Albee has been awarded three Pulitzer Prizes, four Tony Awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the National Medal of Arts. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council, and President of The Edward F. Albee Foundation.
Merce Cunningham presented his first solo concert with John Cage in April 1944. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company was formed at Black Mountain College in the summer of 1953. Since that time, he has choreographed nearly 200 works for his company.
Mia Westerlund Roosen is a sculptor. She is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Her work can be found in numerous public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Albright-Knox Gallery.
Moderator: Martin Friedman, emeritus director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis organized the traveling exhibition Nevelson: Wood Sculpture in 1973 which propelled national recognition of the artist.
This program was endowed by gifts in honor of Gertrude and David Fogelson.
Tickets: $15 general public; $12 students/over 65; $10 members
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