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VAS Lecture: Ron NaglePost an Event »
San Francisco Art Institute (Lecture Hall)
October 6 - October 6, 2015Info
San Francisco Art Institute800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, CA 94133 Google Map »
Ron Nagle, "Sebaceous Sister," 2014, Mixed media, Courtesy of the artist
The Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series (VAS) provides a forum for engagement and dialogue with major figures in international contemporary art and culture. Through lectures, screenings, and performances, the series creates intimate connections between SFAI and the public, and invites individuals to contribute to the spirit of curiosity that drives the SFAI community. SFAI Social Hour: Join the SFAI community for informal social gatherings to each VAS lecture. SFAI Café, 6-7pm.
It’s about time Ron Nagle was invited back to SFAI, which was last blessed with his presence in his landmark 1978 Adaline Kent Award exhibition. Nagle taught at SFAI until the same year, when in his words, “I was kicked out because they called me a shoemaker!” He then taught at Mills College for 32 years, and consistently produced achingly beautiful, compact, and acidly potent sculptures of cultish status that have recently taken venues such as the Venice Biennale and Matthew Marks Gallery by a trenchant storm.