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For the 2013 Walter Annenberg Lecture, artist John Currin will speak about his work with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director. The annual lecture is given in honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador. Admission is free but registration is required. Please visit whitney.org to register for seats, which will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

About John Currin: One of the few contemporary painters to focus exclusively on the figure, John Currin is among the most provocative artists of his generation. Inspired by a broad range of historical and contemporary sources, from Italian Renaissance art to twentieth-century advertisements and fashion magazines, his work both references and examines the tradition of painting itself. Over the past three decades, Currin has remained dedicated to exploring the medium, demonstrating unparalleled technical virtuosity while producing bold portraits, nudes, and genre scenes.

Born in Boulder, Colorado in 1962, John Currin currently lives and works in New York City. He received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from Yale University. His work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions, including John Currin: Works on Paper (Des Moines Art Center, 2003, which traveled to the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado) andJohn Currin (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2003, which traveled to the Serpentine Gallery, London, and the Whitney Museum). He was also featured in the 2000 Biennial and several other group exhibitions at the Whitney from the 1990s through the present.

Currin’s work can be found in several major museum collections, including the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate Collection, London; and Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Image: John Currin (b. 1962), Skinny Woman, 1992. Oil on linen, 50 1/8 × 38 1/16 in. (127.3 × 96.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The List Purchase Fund and the Painting and Sculpture Committee 92.30. © Photograph courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photograph by Geoffrey Clements











When: Tue., Oct. 29, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Where: Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St.
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For the 2013 Walter Annenberg Lecture, artist John Currin will speak about his work with Adam D. Weinberg, the Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director. The annual lecture is given in honor of the late Walter H. Annenberg, philanthropist, patron of the arts, and former ambassador. Admission is free but registration is required. Please visit whitney.org to register for seats, which will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

About John Currin: One of the few contemporary painters to focus exclusively on the figure, John Currin is among the most provocative artists of his generation. Inspired by a broad range of historical and contemporary sources, from Italian Renaissance art to twentieth-century advertisements and fashion magazines, his work both references and examines the tradition of painting itself. Over the past three decades, Currin has remained dedicated to exploring the medium, demonstrating unparalleled technical virtuosity while producing bold portraits, nudes, and genre scenes.

Born in Boulder, Colorado in 1962, John Currin currently lives and works in New York City. He received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from Yale University. His work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions, including John Currin: Works on Paper (Des Moines Art Center, 2003, which traveled to the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado) andJohn Currin (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2003, which traveled to the Serpentine Gallery, London, and the Whitney Museum). He was also featured in the 2000 Biennial and several other group exhibitions at the Whitney from the 1990s through the present.

Currin’s work can be found in several major museum collections, including the Whitney and the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate Collection, London; and Centre Pompidou, Paris.

Image: John Currin (b. 1962), Skinny Woman, 1992. Oil on linen, 50 1/8 × 38 1/16 in. (127.3 × 96.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from The List Purchase Fund and the Painting and Sculpture Committee 92.30. © Photograph courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photograph by Geoffrey Clements

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