Humanitas Chair of Contemporary Art, University of Oxford, UK
02/05/2011
Ivorypress has organized and sponsored the first Humanitas Art Contemporary Chair at the Magdalen College, University of Oxford (UK). The first Visiting Professor during this academic year 2010/11 was the German photographer Thomas Struth. The artist has given his Main Lecture on May the 2nd at 4.30 p.m. Along the next days Struth will give workshops to students and has participated in two Symposiums related to contemporary art, photography, museums, galleries and libraries. As part of the C Photo Project, Ivorypress supports since several years different educational and academic initiatives. The close relationship between Ivorypress and the University of Oxford through the Humanitas Chair on Contemporary Art will brought to the students and the general public outstanding academics and artists of our time along the years. Lectures, workshops, debates, symposiums will be hold every first week of May in Magdalen College and the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.
The program for the general public for this academic year was as follows:
Monday 2 May
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, Saïd Business School, Oxford
4.15 pm Doors open
4.30 pm Thomas Struth on picture-making
5.45 pm Glenn D. Lowry on the abodes of the muses: theorising the modern art museum
6.45 pm Drinks reception
Thursday 5 May
Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, Saïd Business School, Oxford
4.15 pm Doors open
4.30 pm Do pictures contribute to identity and cultural difference?
A symposium with Thomas Struth, Glenn D. Lowry (Director, The Museum of Modern Art, New York), James Lingwood (Co-Director, Artangel) and Michael Stanley (Director, Modern Art Oxford)
5.45 pm The museum and the artist
A symposium with Glenn D. Lowry, Thomas Struth (Artist), Neil MacGregor (Director, The British Museum) and Penelope Curtis (Director, Tate Britain)
6.45 pm Drinks reception
For further information, please contact María Morenés (mmorenes@ivorypress.com)
Thomas Struth (1954, Geldern, Germany) is one of the world´s foremost photographers. He studied at the Düsseldorf Academy, were he was taught by Gerhard Richter and Bernd and Hilla Becher. During the 70´s, he began to take photographs that explore the character of urban spaces, and what these can reveal about the history and identity of communities. Beginning with the streets of Düsseldorf, he gradually expanded his project to include other cities in Wester Europe, the United States and Asia. Along his career, Struth has received several awards and his work has been shown in main museums and art centers worldwide.
