MFAH - The 34th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Photography Sympsosium

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The 34th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium
Ruptures and Continuities:
Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection

Friday and Saturday,
March 26 and 27, 2010

This symposium is made possible by a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc.


The 34th Annual Ruth K. Shartle Symposium focuses on the confluence of contemporary art and photography, tracing the dynamism and diversity of today´s global photographic practice to the moments of "rupture" in art, photography, and politics in the early 1960s, when the formalities and boundaries of various genres of art practice began to dissolve. This symposium will contextualize the exhibition Ruptures and Continuities: the Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection, on view through May 9, 2010.

The speakers will discuss the genealogy of artistic practice surrounding contemporary photography and their own works of art, finding "ruptures and continuities" in their artistic, curatorial, and scholarly practice in light of the histories of art and photography. The symposium intends not only to reflect the past and present of photographic art but also to project its future, particularly at a time when the current state of the medium is deemed in crisis.


Opening Address
Friday, March 26, 2010, 6:30 p.m.


Richard Misrach: Pastorals and Politics
Richard Misrach
Photographer



Saturday Presentations
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 1:00—6:00 p.m.



Welcome and Opening Remarks
Yasufumi Nakamori
Assistant Curator of Photography, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

"The Grass is Always Greener": Self-Performance in the Age of Globalization
Shelley Rice
Arts Professor, Department of
Photography and Imaging and Department of Art History, New York University

Short Refreshment Break

Naoya Hatakeyama´s Photography: Its Environments Within and Outside
Naoya Hatakeyama
Photographer

Chance and Control: Photography as Contemporary Art
Charlotte Cotton
Creative Director, National Media Museum, United Kingdom

Questions/Discussion
At the conclusion of the symposium the audience is invited to join the speakers for a wine reception in the lobby of the museum´s Audrey Jones Beck Building and to view the exhibition Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection.


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Brown Auditorium Theater
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet Street
713-639-7300
lectures@mfah.org
www.mfah.org

This symposium is open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free admission. No registration required.