Join us on October 21st for a discussion in partnership with Project Row Houses honoring the centenary Joseph Beuys!
His theory of “social sculpture” (
Soziale Plastik), envisions art having a formative effect on society. Through this lense, all actors and aspects of social life may change their conditions to restructure and shape society rather than to simply produce tangible artifacts.
The discussion will bring together artist and co-founder of Project Row Houses: Rick Lowe, founding Executive Director of the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University: Alison Weaver, and life-long artist advocate and former-Executive Director of Project Row Houses: Linda Shearer.
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© Rick Lowe
Rick Lowe is a Houston-based artist who has worked both inside and outside of art world institutions by participating in exhibitions and developing community-based art projects. In 1993, Rick founded
Project Row Houses alongside James Bettison (1958-1997), Bert Long, Jr. (1940-2013), Jesse Lott, Floyd Newsum, Bert Samples, and George Smith.
© Geoff Winningham
Alison Weaver was a Director of Affiliates for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York where she oversaw many international traveling exhibitions. Her academic research focuses on post-war dialogues between United States and European artists, including Joseph Beuys. She is currently the Executive Director of the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University.
Linda Shearer has spent the last 40 years in art museums and artist organizations, including as a director of the Artist’s Space in New York, curator at the Museum of Modern Art, and as an art history professor at Williams College as well as Rice University.
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