An Evening with Karen Finley
dal 15/5/2011 al 15/5/2011
Segnalato da
15/5/2011
An Evening with Karen Finley
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
In conjunction with the exhibition 'Looking at Music 3.0', the artist how the worlds of music, art, and language have intersected in her practice
In conjunction with the gallery exhibition 'Looking at Music 3.0', the interdisciplinary artist Karen Finley (American, b. 1956) discusses how the worlds of music, art, and language have intersected in her practice. Finley honed her theatrical work on downtown Manhattan's "alternative" stages in the early 1980s, channeling the rage and sense of mourning caused by the AIDS crisis, violence against women, war, and censorship into personal expression. Her visual art, often taking the form of large-scale installations, encourages viewer participation by utilizing aspects of memento mori, theatrical staging, and tableau. Her recent work has embraced sentimentality and humor, while maintaining a definitive political point of view. Finley will read from her latest book, The Reality Shows (2011), and discuss her song Tales of Taboo, (1986) which is included in the Looking at Music 3.0 gallery exhibition. Organized by Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art. Part of the cicle 'Modern Mondays', a showcase for innovation on screen. Th eproject engage with contemporary filmmakers and moving image artists, and rediscover landmark works that changed the way we experience film and media. (Only Boys Can Be King, mixed media on paper 25-1/4 x 19-1/2 inches - 64.1 x 49.5 cm)