Part of the Curatorial Lecture Ser ies: “Artistic research? What research?"
The University of B
ritish Columbia’s Critical and Curatorial Studies Program and the Morris an
d Helen Belkin Art Gallery present a talk by Jan Verwoert\
,Just how green\, wet\, close or far away? as part of the Curatori
al Lecture Series:
“Artistic research? What research? The history of a
rtistic inquiry goes back to the days of alchemy. Did we ever stop trying t
o turn crap into gold? If not\, what concepts are around to again understan
d art as dedicated to elementary transformations and the discovery of very
particular states and qualities?"
Jan Verwoert is a critic and writer on contemporary art and cultural theory based in Berlin. He is a contributing editor of frieze magazine and his writing has appeared in journals\, anthologies and monographs. He teaches at the Piet Zwart Ins titute Rotterdam\, the de Appel Curatorial Programme and the H’Midrasha Sch ool of Art\, Tel Aviv. Verwoert is the author of Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous (MIT Press/Afterall Books\, 2006) and the essay collection Tell Me What You Want What You Really Really Want (Sternberg Press/Piet Zwa rt Institute\, 2010). In the summer of 2009\, Verwoert led the Why Are Conc eptual Artists Painting Again? Because They Think it is a Good Idea residen cy at The Banff Centre.
For more information contact:
Jana Tyner
\, tel: 604-822-1389 jana.tyner@ubc.ca