VIRTUAL TALK: Making the Invisible Visual with Anna Grossinger
Sunday, Mar. 9, 3 - 4:30 pm - Zoom Link to Watch Lecture
In this virtual lecture offered through Zoom, Grossinger will discuss photographing the invisible, using documents and ephemera in long-form visual projects, and mixing family lore with historical memory. Grossinger explores Guatemalan history through the lenses of power, identity and memory in her new book, Serpent Tongue, which weaves together personal memoirs, archival imagery, and portraits. Lecture will be followed by a Q&A.
In 1954, during the height of the Cold War, the CIA carried out a coup to overthrow the first democratically-elected president in Guatemala. In the months leading up to the coup, the CIA Station Chief in Guatemala City was Grossinger's grandfather--a man who died long before she was born, but whose presence loomed like a mythological creature throughout much of her childhood.
Annie Grossinger is a documentary photographer, writer, and photo editor in Brooklyn, NY. Grossinger is a photo editor and project manager and graduated from Lehigh University with a B.A. in Journalism and History. She was awarded a “Director’s Scholarship” to attend the Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography (ICP). Her work focuses on long-term visual projects surrounding the carceral system, global health, and the effects of government policy on communities. She’s particularly interested in humanizing complex systems to drive a deeper connection. Most recently, Grossinger published a photo book, Serpent Tongue, with Daylight Books.
Website: www.anniegrossinger.com
VIRTUAL TALK: Pigment Painting - Introduction to Process, Material, History, Pt. II
Sunday, Apr. 27, 3 - 4:30 pm - Zoom Link to Watch Lecture
In part two of this virtual lecture, artist Gunjan Chawla Kumar will introduce students to the process, material, and history of painting with organic and inorganic pigments, shedding light on important schools derived from prehistoric cave art, such as Nihonga, Japanese traditional paintings, Thangka, Tibetan Buddhist painting, and Indian miniature paintings. Lecture will be followed by a Q & A.
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Gunjan Chawla Kumar is an American-Indian artist living and working in Chicago. Kumar was born in Punjab, India in 1980, and moved to the United States in 2011. She is a materialist and works widely with various pigments and textiles from around the world, as she has spent many years traveling through India and other countries in South Asia, observing age-old practices in textiles and indigenous arts. Her interest in archeology, particularly prehistoric cave paintings and related schools of art that she has been researching for many years, play an important role in carving her process and ideology.
Kumar is a textile graduate from National Institute of Design and Technology, New Delhi (2003) and holds a Bachelor’s in Arts from DAV College, Chandigarh, India (2001). Her works have been exhibited and are a part of noted private collections globally - Art Dubai, UAE, TEDx, Chicago, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Donnelley Foundation, Chicago Artist Coalition, South Asia Institute in Chicago, National College of Arts, Lahore, India Art Fair, among others. She is currently a Resident at the Chicago Art Department and has formerly been a Resident Fellow at the Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk. Her works are apart of public and private collections worldwide.
Website: www.gunjankumar.com
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