Of Mythic Worlds: Works from the Distant Past through the Present
March 8 – May 14, 2023
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In Conversation: Olivia Shao and Bob Nickas
March 23, 2023, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Cameron, Pluto Transiting the Twelfth House, 1978–86. Ink on Paper, 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm).
Courtesy Nicole Klagsbrun and The Cameron Parsons Foundation. Photo by Daniel Terna
Join the exhibition curator Olivia Shao, and writer and curator Bob Nickas for a conversation and walkthrough of Of Mythic Worlds: Works of the Distant Past through the Present.
Bob Nickas is a writer and curator based in New York who has organized over 100 exhibitions since 1984. He has served as Curatorial Advisor at MoMA/PS1 between 2004-07, and on the teams for the 2003 Biennale de Lyon, and organized a section for Aperto at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Nickas's daily writing diary from 2019, Yesterworld, was recently published by Karma.
Olivia Shao is an Independent Curator based in New York.
Credits
The Drawing Center's Education and Community Programs are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation.