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Painted Presence

With Michael Ann Holly, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

Much of art history and art education has been devoted to discovering meaning in historical works of art. Holly will discuss an alternative critical path, wherein scholars need not always talk about what an artwork represents as much as what it presents. Works of art are about something far more magical, mysterious, and poetic than the transmittal of subject matter. The presence of an historical work of art in our contemporary visual world momentarily shifts the magnetic poles of what is seen and known.











When: Thu., Jun. 12, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Where: The Frick Collection
1 E. 70th St.
212-288-0700
Price: Free
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With Michael Ann Holly, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

Much of art history and art education has been devoted to discovering meaning in historical works of art. Holly will discuss an alternative critical path, wherein scholars need not always talk about what an artwork represents as much as what it presents. Works of art are about something far more magical, mysterious, and poetic than the transmittal of subject matter. The presence of an historical work of art in our contemporary visual world momentarily shifts the magnetic poles of what is seen and known.

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