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Director's Lecture

Anna Tsouhlarakis, “She Made for Her”

11.01.2016

Event Summary

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Anna Tsouhlarakis's Director's Lecture, delivered at the opening of her solo show in the Neubauer Collegium gallery, charted the evolution of her artistic practice. Showcasing a body of work that ranges widely across media, Tsouhlarakis described her efforts to expand the terms of what constitutes Native aesthetics. Immediately following the talk, she was joined by Neubauer Collegium Curator Jacob Proctor and Department of Visual Arts Chair Jessica Stockholder for discussion on the complex interplay of personal identity, social bonds, and artistic expression. This lecture and exhibition were presented as part of the Open Fields project at the Neubauer Collegium.

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Research Project

Open Fields: Ethics, Aesthetics and the Future of Natural History

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Exhibition

Anna Tsouhlarakis: She Made for Her

Anna Tsouhlarakis is at the forefront of contemporary Native American art. In She Made for Her, she created three large-scale sculptures made of materials purchased from IKEA’s “as-is” section. As viewers encountered the sculptures, their visual experience was mediated by a multi-channel sound...

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Open Fields: Ethics, Aesthetics and the Very Idea of a Natural History

This partnership with the Field Museum brought together anthropologists, visual artists, curators, scholars of historic preservation, lawyers specializing in indigenous rights, and tribal elders from across North America, to help redefine the concept of “natural history.”
An ambitious collaboration that brought together anthropologists, visual artists, curators, scholars of historic preservation, lawyers specializing in Indigenous rights, and tribal elders from across North America, the Open Fields project (2017–2019) helped to redefine the concept of “natural ...

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