Lincoln, Neb.—Julia Blaut, senior director of curatorial affairs at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at Sheldon Museum of Art’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Celebrating the artist’s centennial, Blaut’s lecture will examine Rauschenberg’s enduring legacy with special attention to his prints, and Leo Steinberg’s concept of the flatbed picture plane. This lecture is presented in conjunction with Sheldon Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Robert Rauschenberg at the Flatbed Picture Plane.” The exhibition and related programs are supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
A graduate of Smith College, the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University and the Whitney Independent Study Program, Blaut was formerly assistant curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where she worked on Rauschenberg’s late career retrospective. She has curated, taught and published in the field of postwar American art.
The remaining lectures in the series are:
• Nov. 20: Pablo Helguera. Helguera is a visual artist living in New York and often considered a pioneering figure in the field of socially engaged art. His practice involves performance, drawing, pedagogy, installation, theater and other literary strategies. Coming from a family of classical musicians, his work also frequently includes musical elements.
• Dec. 4: Kristina Paabus. Paabus is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores systems of power, particularly in Soviet and post-Soviet contexts. Working primarily in printmaking, she exhibits internationally and teaches at Oberlin College, where she is associate professor of studio art in reproducible media.
The School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students. The series is presented in collaboration with Sheldon Museum of Art.
Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations.
For more information on the series, contact the School of Art, Art History & Design at (402) 472-5522 or e-mail schoolaahd@unl.edu.
