Supported in part by Johnson Art and Education Foundation
ISConnects is an exciting collaborative effort between the International Sculpture Center and other world-renowned organizations. Launched in 2011, ISConnects explores the unique perspectives on sculpture in the contemporary art world. Together, the ISC and its partner organizations offer intimate and accessible programming that addresses cutting-edge, timely trends in sculpture through lively and insightful discourse.
Each ISConnects program features presenters that include emerging and established artists, journalists and authors, academics and arts administrators, ISC Award winners and many other individuals with unique viewpoints on sculpture.
Programming includes special access to traveling exhibitions, conversations with artists, panel discussions and much more. Each event is different from the next! Can’t attend an event? You can watch for free, here, on the ISConnects website.
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Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA 50312
June 18, 2013 CONVERSATIONS ON ART: PHYLLIDA BARLOW 2:00pm-8:00pm Cost: FREE
The ISC is traveling to Des Moines! You are invited to this free ISConnects event in partnership with the Des Moines Art Center: an informal conversation between Phyllida Barlow, and Senior curator Gilbert Vicario about Barlow’s practice, influences, and unconventional choice of materials. Guests will be able to preview Barlow’s exhibit Scree, which opens June 20th and will run at The Des Moines Art Center from June 20 - September 22, 2013 in the Upper I. M. Pei and Anna K. Meredith galleries. Organized by Senior Curator Gilbert Vicario, Scree will include three large-scale sculptural installations, 55 works on paper, and a group of work from the Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections selected by the artist.
Known for her monumental constructions and unconventional choices in materials, Phyllida Barlow is enjoying a tremendous resurgence in attention since she retired from teaching at the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 2009. Join the artist and Senior Curator Gilbert Vicario for an informal conversation on her sculptural practice, artistic inspirations, and influence on recent generations of British artists.
Event Schedule
June 18, 2013 Schedule
Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Ave
Des Moines, Iowa
2:00PM – 3:30PM
Guided Tour of the Des Moines Art Center Collection
