Portrait of Julian Charrière, 2017. Photo: Studio Julian Charrière
Artist Talk Julian Charrière
February 13, 2024
Due to inclement weather, Artist Talk: Julian Charrière on Tuesday, February 13 has been postponed. We look forward to welcoming you on a future date.
Join us for the dedication of Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More by Julian Charrière.
This program is in celebration of one of the newest additions to MIT’s Public Art Collection. Julian Charrière works in multiple mediums creating elegant conceptual works of art. This is a site-specific work that will serve as the new lobby and grand entryway to the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, the Environmental Solutions Initiative, and the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program.
About the Artist
Julian Charrière's work examines the representation and perception of the natural world in an age of planetary ecological change. He is known for his elegant conceptual works that investigate how humans inhabit the world, and how it in turn inhabits us. Charrière's first major public art commission in the United States is installed at MIT’s new Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building (Building 55), designed by Cambridge-based Anmahian Winton Architects.
About MIT’s Percent-for-Art Program
The MIT List Visual Arts Center maintains one of the most active Percent-for-Art programs in the country. Over the years MIT’s campus public art collection has continued to grow with new commissions by important and critically acclaimed contemporary artists.