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Andrea Blum: BIOTA Public Lecture
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:00pm
2nd Floor Flexspace, 205 Hudson Street (at Canal St.)
New York, NY 10013
PUBLIC LECTURE
In conjunction with her exhibition on view in the 205 Hudson Gallery, Andrea Blum will speak about her work from the 1970s to the present. The presentation will cover works for the public space throughout the United States and Europe, as well as more recent works including sculpture, video, and digital images. The talk will be followed by a conversation with guest curator Jenny Jaskey.
All HCAG public programs are free and open to the public. RSVP is required, please click HERE.
The Flexspace is accessible by second floor elevator. For questions about accessibility, please email hcag@hunter.cuny.edu.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andrea Blum (b. 1950, New York) has been engaged in the discourse between art and architecture since the 1970s. She has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland (2021); La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Murcia, Spain (2012); Stroom Den Haag, Netherlands (2004); and Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (1999), among others. Blum has designed numerous public commissions, including for the University of Pennsylvania (2018); Mudam, Luxembourg (2008); and the 51st Venice Biennale, Italy (2005). She was set designer for a Gaetano Donizetti Opera, commissioned by Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris (2013), and in 2005 was named Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters, by the French Minister of Culture. Blum has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, Graham Foundation Fellowship, SJ Weiler Award, Art Matters, NYSCA and NEA Fellowships, and a Design award from the American Institute of Architects. Blum holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. Blum taught in the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College for over thirty years and retired in 2023 as Associate Chair of Studio.
ABOUT THE HUNTER COLLEGE ART GALLERIES
The Hunter College Art Galleries, under the auspices of the Department of Art and Art History, have been a vital aspect of the New York cultural landscape since their inception over a quarter of a century ago. The galleries provide a space for critical engagement with art and pedagogy, bringing together historical scholarship, contemporary artistic practice, and experimental methodology. The galleries are committed to producing exhibitions, events, and scholarship in dialogue with the intellectual discourse generated by the faculty and students at Hunter and serve as an integral extension of the department’s academic programs.
