Lene Berg "Stalin by Picasso or Portrait of Woman with Moustache"
Cooper Union (7 E 7th Street)
This event has ended.
The Cooper Union School of Art presents Art and politics as usual, a one-time series of programming that explores the political power of the visual arts.
The final event is an exhibition entitled Stalin by Picasso or Portrait of Woman with Moustache by Norwegian artist Lene Berg. Staged in two locations, the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Gallery on the second floor of The Cooper Union's Foundation Building, and on the south façade of the building, the exhibition reflects on political portraiture and the power of drawing. Stalin by Picasso began as a video project in which Berg traces the consequences for Picasso following his drawing of Stalin after his death in 1953. In addition to this video, the exhibition will also include an experimental documentary about the CIA's anti-communist cultural initiatives during the Cold War. This exhibition is made possible with generous support from the Office for Contemporary Art and Larsen + Pilgaard.
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Schedule
from October 29, 2008 to December 06, 2008
Opening Reception on 2008-09-29 from 18:00 to 21:00