LISA TREVER: Pre-Columbian Art History in the Age of the Wall
April 5, 2019
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
Gallery 400 Lecture Room
Address
400 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL 60607
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Download iCal FileIn an era of renewed politicization of the US southern border, and with federal calls for nearly 2000 miles of border wall construction, what are the stakes of Pre-Columbian art history in the United States in 2019? In this talk, Trever exchanges the language of walls and borders for metaphors of intellectual horizon lines and evidentiary wells. She addresses the multilayered potential of Pre-Columbian art history during a time when the scholarly work of humanistic recognition of indigenous America’s past and present bears an especially heavy weight of representation. Her talk concludes with discussion of examples of contemporary artists who are using the forms of Pre-Columbian art as renewed muses for artistic expression and social activism.
Lisa Trever is the Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the ancient Andes as well as later reception and reimagining of the art of ancient Latin America.
Date posted
Mar 5, 2019
Date updated
Mar 30, 2019