Art Critic Dr. Jeanette Zwingenberger visits SUNY New Paltz

Wednesday, December 5, 2007


Curator, critic and author, Dr. Jeanette Zwingenberger will present a lecture titled The Human Landscape – the artistic visions of anthropomorphic landscapes as a dialogue between historical and contemporary artworks, exploring embodiment and the interaction between the human body and the natural environment.

Dr. Zwingenberger has organized several related exhibitions including Human-Landscape: Artistic Visions of Anthropomorphic Landscapes; and Transformations – Bodyspaces. Since 1998 she has written for several newspapers including Die Neue Züricher Zeitung, Die Welt and O’Oeil; and was a correspondent for France for ART Das Kunstmagazin. Dr. Zwingenberger’s publications include Hans Holbein the Younger: The Shadow of Death; Vanités; and Egon Schiele among others. She has also contributed to several exhibition catalogues. Dr. Zwingenberger has taught at universities in Europe and Chicago and recently organized the seminar, Bodies: Geography of the World, at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris.

The Art Lecture Series is sponsored by the Student Art Alliance, a funded member of the Student Association.

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Sean Star Wars @ SUNY New Paltz

Thursday, April 26, 2007

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Sculptor and Book Artist Cynthia Thompson visits SUNY New Paltz

Wednesday, March 14, 2007


Sculptor and Book Artist Cynthia Thompson

Cynthia Thompson uses paper pulp as a sculptural medium. She is Professor of Book and Paper Arts at Memphis College of Art, and Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Lectures. Thompson has organized numerous shows including a recent exhibition titled On Paper: Collaborations in Print and Pulp which comprised works using handmade paper and printmaking techniques. She has presented solo exhibitions at the Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, the Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College in Memphis, and the Lewis Gallery at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.

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