Center for Curatorial Studies Presents

The Brant Foundation Lecture in Contemporary Art: Dr. Kobena Mercer -  “Basquiat, Mapplethorpe and Other Bodies”

CCS Bard is proud to present the fourth annual lecture in The Brant Foundation Lecture in Contemporary Art series that will be given by Dr. Kobena Mercer. The lecture entitled “Basquiat, Mapplethorpe and Other Bodies” will be delivered on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 5pm at Weis Cinema, Bertelsmann Campus Center, Bard College.

Kobena Mercer’s work has significantly transformed current thinking about art and identity. Currently Professor in the History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University, Mercer has maintained generative relationships with artists throughout his career. In the early 1980s he appeared in a number of significant projects by Isaac Julien; in the early 1990s his words appeared in a seminal project by Glenn Ligon. All the while he was looking at the art of his moment, including Robert Mapplethorpe’s work, from new and challenging viewpoints. His work has been key to understanding the art of our time, and in this way he contributes to the tradition of the Brant lectures, which attempt to understand artmaking and critical thought as one overall project.

More info: ccs.bard.edu

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For more information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://ccs.bard.edu/.

Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema

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