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My Art and Social Issues
April 14, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Prof. Pedro Lasch will speak to us about his art, and how social issues inform his work. Prof. Lasch is a visual artist, and a Duke professor. He is also director of the FHI Social Practice Lab at Duke. Solo exhibitions and presentations include Open Routines (QMA), Black Mirror (Nasher), Abstract Nationalism (Phillips Collection) and Art of the MOOC (Creative Time). Group exhibitions include MoMA PS1, MASS MoCA (USA), RCA, Hayward Gallery, Baltic (UK), Centro Nacional de las Artes, MUAC, National Palace Gallery (Mexico), Prospect 4 Triennial New Orleans (2017), Gwangju Biennial (2006), Havana Biennial (2015), Documenta 13 (ANDANDAND, 2012), and 56th Venice Biennale (CTS, 2015). He is the author of four books, and his work has appeared in numerous catalogues, as well as journals such as October Magazine, Saber Ver, Art Forum, ARTnews, Cultural Studies, The New York Times, and La Jornada. His online pedagogical artwork ART of the MOOC has had over 29,000 enrolled participants in 134 countries since it was launched in 2015.
