Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970
Thursday, October 19, 2023
7:30 PM
The installation art of Ed Kienholz, Eva Hesse, and others expanded into immersive life size environments, while the performance art of Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramovich, and Allan Kaprow incorporated the participation of the viewer into live happenings. Beuys was also a member of the Fluxus group with video artist Nam June Paik and others.
The Light and Space movement, represented by Dan Flavin, James Turell, Robert Irwin, John McLaughlin, Larry Bell, Peter Alexander, John McCracken, DeWain Valentine, was a West Coast art movement inspired by the California sun and the wide-open spaces. The Earth/site Art of Walter de Maria, Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, and Robert Long moved art out of the gallery space and into the open landscape. The Conceptual artists Joseph Kosuth, John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman, and Jenny Holzer placed prime importance on words and ideas.
About Cornelia Feye:
Cornelia Feye received her M.A. in Art History and Anthropology from the University of Tübingen, Germany. After five years in New York, she moved to San Diego, where she taught Eastern and Western Art History. Her museum experience includes the Mingei International, the San Diego Museum of Arts, the Museum of Man, and the California Center for the Arts in Escondido. From 2007 to 2017 she was the School of the Arts Director at the Athenaeum. Her first novel, Spring of Tears, an art mystery set in France won the San Diego Book Award for the mystery category in 2011. Her second art mystery, House of the Fox, is set in Anza Borrego desert and San Diego. Her third novel, Private Universe, a coming-of-age story and art mystery, was released in 2017. Publications include art historical essays and reviews in English and German. She is the founder of Konstellation Press, an independent publishing company specializing in genre fiction and poetry at the intersection of art, music and literature. Konstellation Press just won another San DIEGO Book Award for our short story anthology Magic, Mystery & Murder.
Individual lecture tickets: $15/20
The lectures will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Your name will be on an attendee list at the front door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each lecture.
Masks optional. If you have a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms, please stay home.