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  • February 26, 2011

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    Into the Twenty-First Century: Sculpture

    Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:15 am

    All four “Into the Twenty-First Century” lectures will tackle the sometimes perplexing, yet always fascinating, world of twenty-first-century art, focusing on some of the most recent works in the Gallery’s Collection.

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  • February 19, 2011

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    Into the Twenty-First Century: Painting

    Saturday, February 19, 2011, 11:15 am

    All four “Into the Twenty-First Century” lectures will tackle the sometimes perplexing, yet always fascinating, world of twenty-first-century art, focusing on some of the most recent works in the Gallery’s Collection.

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  • February 18, 2011

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    Ken Shockley (Philosophy): "Who We Are, What We Do, and Why I Owe You a Beer"

    Friday, February 18, 2011, 4 pm

    This series transforms AK café into an "intellectual salon," joining the University at Buffalo and the center of cultural life in the city. Scholars at AK features lectures by UB faculty who have been awarded Humanities Institute fellowships and provides an opportunity for the University and the Buffalo community to build connections through conversation.

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  • February 12, 2011

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    Into the Twenty-First Century: Photography

    Saturday, February 12, 2011, 11:15 am

    All four “Into the Twenty-First Century” lectures will tackle the sometimes perplexing, yet always fascinating, world of twenty-first-century art, focusing on some of the most recent works in the Gallery’s Collection.

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  • February 5, 2011

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    Anything Goes: Sculpture, 1970s–1990s

    Saturday, February 5, 2011, 11:15 am

    No more heroes on horseback or marble busts! Anything goes in contemporary sculpture from this period, including cubes created with explosives and fire, life-sized camels, a family made of television sets, bronze lakes and waterfalls, immense tools standing in an Italian plaza, and intense psychological spaces. Artists discussed will include Nancy Graves, Bryan Hunt, Nam June Paik, Martin Puryear, and Jackie Winsor.

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  • February 4, 2011

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    Lunch Lecture: “Pablo Picasso”

    Friday, February 4, 2011, 11 am–12:30 pm

    Curator of Education Mariann Smith discusses artists from the Gallery’s Collection over lunch in AK café.

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  • January 29, 2011

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    It’s Back! Painting, 1970s–1990s

    Saturday, January 29, 2011, 11:15 am

    The news of the death of painting had been greatly exaggerated by the Minimalists! Good thing the painters weren’t listening! Stories, imagination, expression, and meaning were all resurrected by artists such as Neil Jenney, Anselm Kiefer, Susan Rothenberg, and Julian Schnabel.

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  • January 28, 2011

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    David Schmid (English): "Popular Cultures of Violence in the United States"

    Friday, January 28, 2011, 4 pm

    This series transforms AK café into an "intellectual salon," joining the University at Buffalo and the center of cultural life in the city. Scholars at AK features lectures by UB faculty who have been awarded Humanities Institute fellowships and provides an opportunity for the University and the Buffalo community to build connections through conversation.

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  • January 22, 2011

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    Nothing’s New under the Sun: Post-Modernism

    Saturday, January 22, 2011, 11:15 am

    Did you know that modernism is over? Many feel it ended in the 1970s, when truth and history were called into question by the philosophy known as postmodernism. Before you come to this lecture, make sure to throw away all of your preconceptions about what art is, what artists do, and what art history has been!

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  • January 15, 2011

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    Physical Fact/Fleeting Idea: Minimalism and Conceptual Art

    Saturday, January 15, 2011, 11:15 am

    Is it possible for a work of art to refer to nothing but itself? How much can be eliminated before nothing is left? Come find out about artists who don't always make their own work and artists for whom the idea—rather than the object—is supreme. Artists discussed will include Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Agnes Martin, and Robert Morris.

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