Public Programs
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The Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art |
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The annual Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art was established in memory of Max Wasserman (MIT Class of 1935), a founding member of the Council of the Arts at MIT. This public forum is funded through the generosity of the late Jeanne Wasserman, and addresses critical issues in contemporary art and culture through the participation of renowned scholars, artists, and arts professionals. The most recent Wasserman Forum A Matter of Time: Feedback and Immersion in Video Installation Art featured panelists Stan Douglas, Thomas Y. Levin, Diana Thater, and moderator Christopher Eamon, in a discussion on the evolution of video art over its first three decades. | |
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Arts patron Jean Wasserman with artist Paul McCarthy. Photo courtesy List Visual Arts Center |
2000 Wasserman Forum participants with Jean Wasserman (l-r) Judith Rodenbeck, Allan Kaprow, Jean Wasserman, Vanessa Beecroft, Paul McCarthy. Photo courtesy List Visual Arts Center. |
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Wasserman Forum panelists (l–r) Thomas Levin, Diana Thater, Stan Douglas. Courtesy of the List Visual Arts Center |
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A Matter of Time: Feedback and Immersion October 14, 2006 Moderator: Christopher Eamon (curator) |
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The Scholarly and Artistic Contributions June 14, 2006 Presenters: Arthur Beale (Chair Emeritus of Conservation and Collections Management at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Senior Lecturer on Fine Arts at Harvard University), Ivan Gaskell (Margaret S. Winthrop Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University) |
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left to right: Moderator William Mitchell with panelists |
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The University as Patron of Cutting Edge Architecture May 8, 2004 Moderator: William J. MitchellPresenters: James Ackerman, Kimberly Alexander, Charles Vest Panelists: Frank Gehry, Robert Venturi Respondents: John R. Curry, Kyong Park |
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Post-revolutionary Sex and the Future of Visual Desire April 5, 2003 Moderator: Bruce Hainley (cultural critic)Panelists: Larry Clark (filmmaker), Glenn Ligon (artist), Claude Wampler (artist) Respondent: Sturtevant (artist) |
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Losing the Revolution a discussion on the loss of seditious potential when avant-garde art and rock music stopped sleeping in the same bed December 1, 2001 Moderator: Andrea Miller-Keller (curator) |
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Stopping Time: Performance and the Archive December 9, 2000 Moderator: Judith F. Rodenbeck |
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Emerging Portraits: Women of the Arab-Islamic World October 13, 1998 Moderator: Sarat Maharaj (art historian and critic) |
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Facture/Faction: Form and Discontent in Contemporary Art October 13, 1994 Leon Golub (artist), Silvia Kolbowski (artist, editor), Peter Schjeldahl (art critic) |
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Giving Birth to Brightness: African Art In The Post-Colonial World October 15, 1993 Kwame Anthony Appiah (Harvard Prof. of Afro-American Studies), Michael Brenson (art critic), Moyo Okediji (Lecturer in Afro-American Studies at University of Wisconsin), Clyde Taylor (Prof. of English and Film Studies, Tufts), Sylvia Williams (Director of the National Museum of African Art, DC) |
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Seeing is Believing: History, Art, and Interpretation May 1, 1992 Keynote speaker: Michael Kammen (Prof of American History, Cornell) |
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Quality Control: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity May 2, 1991 Keynote Speaker: W.J.T. Mitchell Respondents: Kimberly Camp (Director of Experimental Gallery, Smithsonian Institute), Trevor Fairbrother (curator of contemporary art, MFA), Catherine Lord (Chair of studio Arts, UC Irvine) |
