2023 Terra Lectures in American Art. "Made in Japan: American Identity and the Arts of the East"

Lectures to be delivered by Professor Christopher Reed, Terra Visiting Professor of American Art.  

The last of these lectures discusses the relationships between Japanese aesthetics and American identity begins from responses to the artwork created by Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, and extends to recent and current art created by American artists of Japanese descent, with particular attention to the work of Ruth Asawa and Jacob Hashimoto. Here the trajectory from impersonation, through emulation, to empathy will conclude with an analysis that brings together these three dynamics in a way that attempts to recognize the complexities in relationships of aesthetics and identity.  

Lectures open to all.  No booking required.  Please note that there will be a post-lecture drinks reception.