Art Study Center Seminar: The Grand Gesture—Art Informel in Germany
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the artist through the German Art Dealers Association, 1992.143.
Seminar
Harvard Art Museums32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Following the end of World War II, a movement known as “art informel” spread throughout Europe. The movement abandoned geometric abstraction in favor of a more intuitive form of expression, similar to action painting in the United States. This seminar, led by Ilka Voermann, the Renke B. and Pamela M. Thye Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Liz Sorokin, the Craigen W. Bowen Paper Conservation Fellow, will explore the art historical and technical aspects of a selection of works on paper by German artists from the 1950s, including K. O. Götz, Carl Buchheister, and Bernard Schultze.
The seminar will take place in the Art Study Center, Level 4.
Free admission, but capacity is limited to 15 and registration is recommended. To register, please email am_visitorservices@harvard.edu.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the program to allow sufficient time to sign in at the Art Study Center reception desk. Note that there is a wait list for this program; spots unclaimed by 11am will be released to those on the wait list. Please be prepared to present a photo ID.
Lockers are available on the Lower Level, Level 1, and Level 4 to check bags, coats, umbrellas, and any food or drink.
Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.