From Picasso to Banksy to Pussy Riot, for centuries artists have used
their work to enforce messages of protest against contemporary social
issues, including war, gender or racial inequality, LGBT+ rights and
more. But how important is art as a form of protest? How effective is
it as a conduit of change?In this exclusive panel discussion we will
be joined by four UCL alumni, who will be looking to debate these and
other questions using their own professional and personal experiences.
Whether you are an art buff or just keen to join an informed debate on
key contemporary issues, come along to this exciting evening of idea
sharing.
Event Details
6.00pm - 6.30pm: Arrival and drinks
6.30pm - 7.15pm: Panel discussion, followed by Q&As
7.15pm - 8.30pm: Networking with refreshments
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PANEL BIOGRAPHIES
MARIANNA ELLENBERG [http://www.mariannaellenberg.com/] (UCL FINE ART
MA 2005)
Marianna Ellenberg is an artist working with performance and the
moving image currently based in Brooklyn, NEW YORK. Ellenberg’s work
centers around a re-imaging of female subjectivity and desire within
collaged texts, performance and experimental narratives. Look out for
her at The Kitchen [http://thekitchen.org/] next year.
MORGAN FALCONER | ART CRITIC AND HISTORIAN | UCL HISTORY OF ART PHD
2001
Morgan Falconer
[http://www.sothebysinstitute.com/why-sothebys/our-faculty-and-guest-speakers/morgan-falconer/]
is a lecturer at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. He has written
about contemporary art for publications including The Times (London),
The Economist, Frieze, The Village Voice, and Art in America. His
recent publications include Painting Beyond Pollock (Phaidon, 2015), a
history of painting after 1945, and The Art Lovers’ Guide to New
York, a guide to the city’s art collections (Rizzoli/ Thames &
Hudson, 2011).
STÉPHANIE JEANJEAN | ADJUNCT FACULTY | SOTHEBY’S INSTITUTE OF ART
- CHAIR
Stéphanie Jeanjean is an art historian and curator. She received her
MA from Bourgogne University and her PhD from the Graduate Center of
The City University of NEW YORK. She co-founded _Hors d’œuvre: le
journal de l’art contemporain_ and worked at the contemporary art
center Le Consortium and for the publisher Les presses du réel. Her
recent research contributes to the history and the
institutionalization of video art and the projected image, informing
about feminist militant video and sociological art, and more recent
relational and new media contemporary art. As expert in modern and
contemporary European art, she is also a regular lecturer and
speaker. In addition to Sotheby’s Institute, Stéphanie currently
teaches at The CUNY Graduate Center and The Cooper Union in New
York.
CASSIE PACKARD (UCL HISTORY OF ART MA 2014)
Cassie Packard is currently a researcher at leading international
gallery Hauser & Wirth, a role which involves conducting in-depth
research on artworks and artists, writing academic texts, and
researching and documenting provenance, exhibitions, and literature
histories.
GEOFFREY STEIN [http://www.geoffreystein.com/] (UCL FINE ART MFA
2007)
Geoffrey Stein is a recovering lawyer, who has been painting full-time
since 2000. He received an MFA from the Slade School of Fine Art,
London in 2007. Stein lives and paints in New York City. He is
represented by the Lionheart Gallery in Pound Ridge, NY and the
Minster Gallery in the UK.
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