Panel Discussion
Through the Viewfinder: Midcentury New York Artists in Photography, Film, and Mass Media
In conjunction with the exhibition Rudy Burckhardt and Friends: New York Artists of the 1950s and '60s
Through the Viewfinder: Midcentury New York Artists in Photography, Film, and Mass Media
Friday, June 9, 2–5 pm
Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, Rm. 006
Investigating the roles played by photography, film, and mass media, this program explores the New York art world’s dynamic rise to international prominence in the 1950s and ’60s. Participants include Dore Ashton, Professor of Art History, Cooper Union; Douglas Dreishpoon, Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Vincent Katz, poet, critic, and cocurator of the exhibition; Rebekah Kowal, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Performance Studies and Assistant Professor of English, Haverford College; and Brian Wallis, Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator, International Center of Photography. Moderated by Alyosha Goldstein, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies Program, New York University.
Cosponsored by New York University’s American Studies Program and American Photography Institute—National Graduate Seminar, Department of Photography and Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts