Artist Talk: Looted
Schedule
Sat Sep 28 2024 at 03:30 pm to 04:15 pm
UTC-07:00Location
736 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94103 | San Francisco, CA
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Join the artists behind the exhibition "Looted" for a conversation about the inspiration behind their project and the powerful symbolic gesture depicted in the installation. Moderated by Senior Curator Heidi Rabben, the artists will offer insights into the relationship between art, memory, politics, and loss."Looted" is a multimedia installation that reflects on the history of Polish-owned paintings stolen by the Nazis during World War II. The installation presents videos of four artists—Dorota Mytych (Poland), Jessica Houston (Canada), Marcia Teusink (UK), and Tracy Grubbs (USA)—each painting reproductions of fifty-nine of the looted artworks documented in Poland’s National database. Watching this mesmerizing process comes with an unexpected conclusion: before each canvas can dry, the artists wipe away their own painstaking work in a stunning erasure that challenges the meaning of authorship, ownership, and recovery. Paintings by Raphael, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, and others are infinitely recreated and erased, offering new ways to process the impact of these stolen works and experience art as a means for resilience.
Come earlier in the day to attend a painting workshop led by the artists, where you can create your own reproduction of a looted artwork.
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Where is it happening?
736 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94103Event Location & Nearby Stays:
