NASHVILLE, Tenn, September 10, 2009 -- Watkins College of Art, Design & Film is pleased to announce an artist panel and discussion in partnership with the Tennessee Abstract Painters exhibition at Cheekwood. This panel will be held at the College on Thursday, September 24, from 6-8pm in the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery on campus. Watkins is located at 2298 Rosa L Parks Blvd. in Nashville. This event is free and open to the public.
This artist panel follows the Tennessee Abstract Painters exhibition at Cheekwood, which closes September 20. The panelists will present ideas supporting and/or critiquing the discursive nature of abstract painting in our culture, in this day and time.
Panelists include:
· Gregg Horowitz, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University. Horowitz’s work focuses on the philosophy of art and art history, political philosophy and psychoanalysis. He has special research interests in the relation of aesthetics and cultural theory to critical social theory.
· Hans Schmitt-Matzen, Artist and associate exhibitions designer at the Frist Center for The Visual Arts.
· Jered Sprecher, University of Tennessee – Knoxville Art Professor and 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.
· Terry Thacker, Artist and Chair of the Fine Arts Department, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
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