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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
CONVERSATION and BOOK-SIGNING: Douglas Crimp presents Before Pictures
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016
02:00 PM
US/Central
Image: Dorothea Tuch
Douglas Crimp’s work as a critic, art historian, curator, and activist has profoundly influenced generations of artists. On the occasion of the release of his new memoir Before Pictures, Crimp will present a reading, followed by a conversation with Curator Dean Daderko.
About the Discussion
While best known for his work with the “Pictures Generation,” which includes artists such as Jack Goldstein, Louise Lawler, and Sherrie Levine, Crimp has produced significant scholarship on Alvin Baltrop, Joan Jonas, and Agnes Martin, among others. Part biography and part cultural history, Before Pictures is "a courageous account of an exceptional period in Crimp’s life and the life of New York City” that addresses his experiences as a young gay man and art critic during the late 1960s and the turbulent 1970s. Crimp will sign copies of the book, which will be available for purchase in CAMH’s Museum Shop, at the close of the event.
About Douglas Crimp
Douglas Crimp is an art critic and the Fanny Knapp Professor of Art History at the University of Rochester. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Pictures, AIDS: Cultural Analysis/Cultural Activism, On the Museum’s Ruins, and “Our Kind of Movie”: The Films of Andy Warhol.
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