Classi Conversations on Contemporary & Modern Art with Lizzie Perrotte

This series of three sessions on Modern and Contemporary art will feature Painting, Sculpture, and Photography.

Through an in-depth exploration of works by two major artists each week, the talks will raise some big issues, providing key tools for you to approach a wide range of art produced across the 20^th & 21^st centuries.

Elizabeth Perrotte will untangle the terms Modernism and Postmodernism and delve into some questions about art’s changing techniques, subjects and aesthetics (the experience of art) which have been hotly debated over the past century.

Session 1 will focus on Jackson Pollock & Gerhard Richter

For session 1 we put works by American painter, Jackson Pollock into conversation with painting by contemporary German artist Gerhard Richter. Both artists experimented with methods of painting, interrogating its boundaries and capabilities, subverting traditional values of artistic skill and creativity.

In the series:

Thurs. Dec. 15 – Painting
Thurs. Dec. 29 – Sculpture
Wed. Jan. 4, 2023 – Photography