Dark Memory Panel Discussion Slated for April 6 (Rudolf Baranik)
(Santa Fe Homes Blog) On April 6, 2009, at 6pm at Tipton Hall there will be a panel discussion titled, “Dark History: Rudolf Baranik and Art About History”. The panel discussing the life and work of Rudolf Baranik includes: David Craven, Jim Drobnick, Lucy Lippard, and May Stevens
Rudolf Baranik was a painter and rare character in the art world of the 1970’s and 80’s, refusing to choose between making work that was beautiful and work that was political in an environment that was not keen to blur the line between the two.
Although well-known amongst the activist communities of the late 60’s and early 70’s, Baranik continues to be strangely absent from the histories and collections of
the mainstream art world. Richard Leslie wrote in 1998 a few months after Baranik’s death:
“One of the dirty little secrets of the more canonical art world is that it continues to claim for art the ‘aura’ of social relevance derived from the
early politicized history of the avant-garde while at the same time it marginalizes art forms such as Baranik’s that are developed from fully-committed political positions.”
The panel will discuss Baranik’s role in art history in addition to his art about history, and how art serves as a way of memorializing, in the strictest sense of the word, the past. Admission is $5.
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