MMoCA Fall 2020 newsletter

MUSEUM EVENTS
MMoCA offers a variety of ways for you to stay connected, creative, and inspired this fall, from virtual studio visits
and art talks to online family resources and to-go art adventures. We look forward to welcoming you to in-person
talks and workshops in the months ahead.
TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
A series of talks focused on current exhibitions is presented
online either live or as pre-recorded discussions.
Please check mmoca.org and our social media
channels for details.
FRIDAY, SEP 25 • 7 PM
VIRTUAL STUDIO VISIT:
SEBURA&GARTELMANN
Sebura&Gartelmann: Bonded features the video
work of collaborative duo Jonas Sebura and Alex
Gartelmann, whose practice challenges expressions
of traditional masculinity by creating contemporary
rituals that cultivate trust and express intimacy
between the artists. The sometimes calamitous situations
in which they place themselves highlight
not only their vulnerability but also their care for
each other, and operate as models for non-hierarchical
interdependence. In this hour-long studio
visit, Sebura&Gartelmann will discuss themes key
to their work, the process they have developed over
their decade long collaboration, and how their practice
has changed in response to the ongoing pandemic.
Axsom is a nationally recognized art writer who has
published definitive texts on the prints of Frank
Stella, Claes Oldenburg, Terry Winters, and Ellsworth
Kelly. He is also professor emeritus of art history at
the University of Michigan, where he taught courses
on modern and contemporary art.
FRIDAY, OCT 16 • 6:30–7 PM
VIRTUAL STUDIO VISIT:
JOJIN VAN WINKLE
Filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer Jojin Van
Winkle discusses The Destruction Project, with its
focus on destruction as spectacle and an act that can
be playful and creative, violent and entertaining.
In addition to her artistic practice, Jojin Van Winkle
is assistant professor of art and program director for
the Photography, Film, and New Media Program at
Carthage College.
FRIDAY, OCT 2 • 6:30–7 PM
ALTERED VISION:
THE INFLUENCE OF
CHICAGO IMAGISM
Citing examples in Uncommon Accumulation, Fred
Stonehouse will discuss the impact of the Chicago
Imagists, including their continuing influence on
contemporary figurative art. Stonehouse notes that
the Imagists’ “…embracing of vernacular forms and
rejection of the prevailing critical discourse in favor
of a personal and even eccentric vocabulary seems
prescient now.”
A professor of painting and drawing at the
UW-Madison Art Department, Fred Stonehouse is
internationally known for his superbly rendered,
exquisitely imagined prints, drawings, and paintings.
FRIDAY, OCT 9 • 5 PM
JAMES CAGLE:
WITH AN OPEN EYE
James Cagle’s photographs cause us to focus on elements
of our surroundings that might otherwise go
unnoticed. His acute sensibilities, formal rigor, and
embrace of the quotidian imbue his works with an
extraordinary level of intimacy. MMoCA curator
emeritus Richard H. Axsom discusses Cagle’s penetrating
vision, and the associative and structural
devices he employs.
FRIDAY, OCT 23 • 6:30–7 PM
THE EXUBERANT BODY: GLADYS
NILSSON’S IMAGES OF WOMEN
Gladys Nilsson’s images of women are playful, tantalizing,
spirited, and audacious. This virtual gallery
talk will explore Nilsson’s representations of
the female body, shaped by her keen observation of
human behavior, her inimitable sense of humor, the
wisdom she has gained through lived experience, and
her fantastical imagination.
Melanie Herzog is professor emerita of Art History
at Edgewood College. Her areas of expertise include
North American art and visual culture, with an
emphasis on race, ethnicity, gender and representation,
and cross-cultural exchanges among artists.
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