In conjunction with the exhibition Studio Systems, an exploration of the status and functions of the artist’s studio in recent art, opening on May 19 at the American Academy in Rome, Peter Schjeldahl, the art critic of The New Yorker, will conduct an informal reading from a recent essay and talk about the changing role of the contemporary critic.

Schjeldahl ranks among the most authoritative and eloquent writers about art in the United States. Before joining The New Yorker in 1998, Schjeldahl, born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1942, published five books of poetry and served as the regular critic for The Sunday New York Times (1969-1975), The Village Voice (1966, 1980-1982, 1990-1998), and 7 Days (1988-1990). His four books of criticism include The Hydrogen Jukebox: Selected Writings (1991), and Let’s See: Writings on Art from The New Yorker (2008). He has also taught a seminar for studio seniors in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University. He has received the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing from the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute; the Frank Jewett Mather Award for excellence in art criticism from the College Art Association; the Howard Vursell Memorial Award for “prose that merits recognition for the quality of its style” from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

La lettura sarà in lingua inglese. You can watch this event live at https://livestream.com/aarome.

EVENTI PER STUDIO SYSTEMS

Lettura
Peter Schjeldahl - The Critic as Artist: Updating Oscar Wilde
12 maggio 2016
ore 18,30, Sala Conferenze

Inaugurazione Mostra
Studio Systems
19 maggio 2016
ore 18,00-21,00, Galleria e Criptoportico

Conferenza
Theaster Gates - Un’orazione sugli edifici
19 maggio 2016
ore 18,00, Sala Conferenze

Performance
Dawn Kasper - Sul desiderio, ovvero IL METODO
26 maggio2016
ore 18,30, Galleria

Performance
Bryony Roberts
16 giugno 2016
18,00-20,00, TBA

ORARI STUDIO SYSTEMS
giovedì, venerdì, sabato, 16,00-19,00
fino al 3 luglio 2016