February 29, 2012

Eleanor Heartney in WNC for Two Contemporary Art Talks

March 5, at  5 PM in Western Carolina University's Bardo Art Center, room 130th and 6th. - Tales of Plastic Surgery, Genetically Altered Rabbits, and Other Acts of Art.   The lecture title refers to two of the many artists examined in Eleanor Heartney's book Art and Now. "One of those artists, Eduardo Kac, genetically altered a rabbit to glow green under certain light; the other, French artist Orlan, had parts of her face surgically altered to resemble women in famous art historical paintings," according to WCU Associate Professor of Art, Marya Roland. "Both Kac and Orlan push the limits of what we consider art, and in her book, Heartney poses the question, 'should we do things simply because we can?'" The lecture is free and open to the public.

March 6, 7:30  PM  at the BlackMountain College Museum and Arts Center, 56 Broadway, Asheville, NC  -  Out of the Shadows: the Changing Place of Women Artists in Our Times.  Eleanor Heartney, distinguished art critic, editor, and author will discuss the broader topic of women artists' changing roles and relate it, in particular, to painter Pat Passlof who has concurrent exhibitions at Western Carolina University's Fine Art Museum and BMCM and AC.


Heartney wrote the essay contained in the exhibition catalogue for the exhibitions. Admission is $5 for BMCM+AC members and students w/ID and $10 for others.

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