11/18 Athenaeum at 1pm – Contemporary Abstraction and the Pictures of Robert Ryman by Vittorio Colaizzi

Join us on Wednesday, November 18, at 1pm for a presentation by Vittorio Colaizzi titled, "Contemporary Abstraction and the Pictures of Robert Ryman."

This lecture will discuss the work of painter Robert Ryman in the context of contemporary abstract painting. This is unusual because Ryman emerged in the late 1950s and is associated with Minimalism. His work is very different in appearance and motivation from younger abstract painters’ interest in hybridity and multiplicity of quotations and references, and yet their strategies share an aversion to the Abstract Expressionist ideal of direct communication through the painterly mark. Dr. Colaizzi will discuss the colorful, active, hedonistic appearance of contemporary abstraction against the supposedly austere and reserved work of Ryman.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side. The event is free and open to the public.

For the complete Fall 2009 Athenaeum schedule and for additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/