From the 1950s the avant-garde artist Jay DeFeo (1929-1989) was a member of a vibrant bohemian community of artists, musicians, poets and writers based in San Francisco. Best known today for her magisterial painting titled听The Rose听(1958-1966), which the artist described as 鈥榓 marriage between painting and sculpture鈥, over the course of her long career DeFeo experimented widely, and intensely, with a range of unorthodox materials, exploring the parameters and expansive limits of painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, photocopies and photography.
This one-day conference brings together a group of scholars based in the United States, Europe, and the UK, to discuss the work of DeFeo, shedding light on aspects of her work from a range of new perspectives. Speakers include听Lucy听Bradnock听(Associate Professor听University of Nottingham),听Judith听Delfiner听(Associate听Professor of Contemporary Art History, Paris Nanterre University),听Pia听Gottschaller听(Senior Lecturer,听The Courtauld),听Suzanne Hudson听(Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts, University of Southern California),听Corey Keller听(Curator of Photography and Acting Department Head, Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art),听Joy Mazurek听(Assistant Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute), and听Catherine Spencer听(Lecturer, University of St Andrews).
Programme
4:30pm: Introduction by Jo Applin and Pia Gottschaller
4:40pm: Lucy Bradnock, 鈥淛ay DeFeo鈥檚 Bodies: Painting as a Muscular Principle鈥
5:00pm: Catherine Spencer, 鈥淎bstraction in Pieces鈥
5:20pm: Pia Gottschaller and Joy Mazurek, 鈥淭he Dialectics of Painting鈥
5:40pm: Q&A
6:00pm: Break
6:10pm: Judith Delfiner, 鈥淛ay DeFeo: Xerox Images鈥
6:30pm: Suzanne Hudson, 鈥淓ncore鈥
6:50pm: Corey Keller, 鈥淪idestepping the Image Directly: The Growth of Jay DeFeo鈥檚 Cabbage Rose鈥
7:10pm: Q&A
7:25pm: Closing remarks by Leah Levy, Executive Director of The Jay DeFeo听Foundation
Organised by Professor Jo Applin (The Courtauld) and Dr Pia Gottschaller (The Courtauld)
Supported by
