Baatarzorig Batjargal (Mongolia, 1983), Smoke, 2017, acrylic on canvas, The Larey E. Lindberg and Larey Swanson Endowment for Art Acquisition 2018.11 © Baatarzorig Batjargal

7th Annual Student Art History Symposium

This half-day event highlights academic contributions made to the history and interpretation of art by emerging art historians from area colleges and universities.

 

Presentations

Augsburg College: Gabriella Granbeck, “René Magritte: Mysteries of the Mundane”

Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Benjamin Merritt, “Saintly Acts: Dürer, Leprosy, and Rituals of Exclusion”

St. Catherine University Clark Rock: “Is Cereal Soup? A Critical Analysis of Impressionism, Monet’s Japanese Bridge, and the Shortcomings of Taxonomic Classification in Early 20th-Century Art”

St. Olaf College: LaMar R. Gayles, Jr., “Splintering and Stunning: An African American Writing Desk”

University of Minnesota: Aleisha Barton, “A Manual Manifesto: The Rise of the Silkscreen Evangelist,” and Laurel Darling, “No Angel: Anne Brigman’s Reclamation of the Gendered American Landscape.”

University of St. Thomas: Samantha Wisneski, “The Politics of Pollution in Baatarzorig’s Smoke” and Gabriella Gillette, “Reframed: Paintings, Perception, and the Visitor Experience”

A reception will follow. To register, call 612.870.6323 or reserve online.

Baatarzorig Batjargal (Mongolia, 1983), Smoke, 2017, acrylic on canvas, The Larey E. Lindberg and Larey Swanson Endowment for Art Acquisition 2018.11 © Baatarzorig Batjargal