SPECIAL EVENTS
Join us for a lively discussion between artist and Chair of the Columbia Master of Fine Arts Department Gregory Amenoff and two of his former students Francesca DiMattio (represented by Salon 94) & Josephine Halvorson (represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co ). The trio will discuss Amenoff’s work in the 1980s and now, as well as the influence the 1980s had on their art practice.
Gregory Amenoff (b. 1948) is a painter who lives in New York City and Ulster County, New York. He is the recipient of numerous awards from organizations including the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts and Tiffany Foundation. He has had over fifty one-person exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe.
His work is in the permanent collections of more than thirty museums, including the Whitney Museum of America Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He served as President of the National Academy of Design from 2001-2005. He serves on the Board of Directors of the CUE Art Foundation and as the CUE Art Foundation's Curator Governor. Amenoff has taught at Columbia for the last fifteen years, where he holds the Eve and Herman Gelman Chair of Visual Arts and is currently the Chair of the Visual Arts Division.
IN DIALOGUE:
Gregory Amenoff, Francesca DiMattio & Josephine Halvorson
Gregory Amenoff, Francesca DiMattio & Josephine Halvorson
Sunday, April 22, 3 to 4 pm
Free with Museum Admission
Free with Museum Admission
Join us for a lively discussion between artist and Chair of the Columbia Master of Fine Arts Department Gregory Amenoff and two of his former students Francesca DiMattio (represented by Salon 94) & Josephine Halvorson (represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co ). The trio will discuss Amenoff’s work in the 1980s and now, as well as the influence the 1980s had on their art practice.
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| Gregory Amenoff Groundswell, 1985 Oil on canvas 92 x 92 inches |
His work is in the permanent collections of more than thirty museums, including the Whitney Museum of America Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He served as President of the National Academy of Design from 2001-2005. He serves on the Board of Directors of the CUE Art Foundation and as the CUE Art Foundation's Curator Governor. Amenoff has taught at Columbia for the last fifteen years, where he holds the Eve and Herman Gelman Chair of Visual Arts and is currently the Chair of the Visual Arts Division.
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