stedelijk│forum Lucy Lippard

The Stedelijk Museum, de Appel arts centre, and the University of Amsterdam are delighted to present a new stedelijk|forum session with acclaimed writer and curator Lucy R. Lippard. Lippard will present a keynote lecture, entitled “Three Escape Attempts,” revisiting some of her earlier work in conceptual, feminist, and activist art in order to deliver a critique of – and possible escapes from – the commercial art world.

The Stedelijk Museum, de Appel arts centre, and the University of Amsterdam are delighted to present a new stedelijk|forum session with acclaimed writer and curator Lucy R. Lippard. Lippard will present a keynote lecture, entitled “Three Escape Attempts,” revisiting some of her earlier work in conceptual, feminist, and activist art in order to deliver a critique of – and possible escapes from – the commercial art world.

Location: Teijin Auditorium, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Language: English
Entrance: Entrance price to the Stedelijk Museum
Reservations: It is necessary to make a reservation. Send an e-mail to reservations [​at​] stedelijk.nl, stating your full name, e-mail address, telephone number, and the date of the program you want to attend.

Lippard began her long career as an art critic in 1962, when she began contributing to such journals and magazines as “Art International” and “Artforum.” Her 1966 exhibition “Eccentric Abstraction” (Fischbach Gallery, New York) is now widely recognized as one of the first exhibitions of post-minimalist art, and included work by Eva Hesse and Bruce Nauman, among others. Lippard continued her curatorial work with “557,087” (Seattle Art Museum, 1969), a major exhibition of conceptual artists that introduced this art movement to a wider audience. Her publication “Six Years” (1973), a fully annotated record of the contemporaneous evolution of conceptual art, further established her reputation as an advocate and expert of conceptual art.

In addition, Lippard is known for her activist and feminist work. She helped co-found the Art Worker’s Coalition (an activist group seeking improvement of artists’ living and working conditions); was a founding member of the feminist journal “Heresies” (1977); and published widely on activist and feminist politics. Some of her publications include “Changing: Essays in Art Criticism” (1971), “From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women’s Art” (1976), “Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America” (1990), and “On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place” (1999).

Her keynote lecture, “Three Escape Attempts,” presented as part of the ongoing stedelijk|forum series, is a semi-autobiographical account of three attempts to “escape” from the commercial art world: conceptual art, feminist art, and activist art. Lippard will revisit her early career and assemble elements to provide a critique of the increasing commercialization of the contemporary art world.

After the keynote lecture, the audience is encouraged to ask questions. The discussion will be moderated by Hendrik Folkerts (Curator Public Program, Stedelijk Museum).


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Lucy R. Lippard is a writer and activist, co-founder of several artists’ organizations, and the author of 21 books, mostly on contemporary art and culture, with two more books to appear in 2013: “Time and Time Again” (with photographer Peter Goin), about time and archaeology at Chaco Canyon New Mexico and Mesa Verde, Colorado; and “Undermining,” a collage of parallel visual and verbal narratives about the politics of land use in the New West.