In Conversation: The Work of Miroslaw Balka
Join Catherine Portuges, professor of comparative literature and director of the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies; Jenny Perlin, Five College Visiting Artist in Film Studies; and James E. Young, chair of the Department of Judaic and New Eastern Studies and professor of English and Judaic Studies; for a discussion, at the forefront of interdisciplinary contemporary art and thought, on the work of Miroslaw Balka.
Miroslaw Balka was born in 1958 in Warsaw, Poland. He has exhibited internationally in group exhibitions, including Venice Biennale (2005), Site Santa Fe (2006), and Sydney Biennale (2006). Recent solo shows include K21, Dusseldorf (2006); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2007); Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia (2007); National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2008); and WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland (2008).
A brochure will be published containing an essay by Barbara London, curator of media, Museum of Modern Art, and an interview between Miroslaw Balka and guest curator Gregory Salzman.
University Gallery gratefully acknowledges support from the Polish Cultural Institute, New York, and assistance from the Gladstone Gallery, New York, and White Cube, London.