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RIGHT PABLO PICASSO Femme assise dans un jardin (Woman seated in a garden), 1938. Oil on canvas. 51 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. Wexner Family Collection © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH. BELOW AND FACING EDGAR DEGAS Petite danseuse de quatorze ans (Little dancer aged fourteen), cast 1922 from a mixed-media sculpture c. 1879–81. Bronze with brown patina, muslin skirt, satin hair ribbon, and wooden base. 38 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. Wexner Family Collection. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH. JEAN DUBUFFET Aubergine et lie de vin (Eggplant and wine dregs), 1950. Oil on canvas. 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. Wexner Family Collection © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH. WILLEM DE KOONING Pink Lady, c. 1944. Oil and charcoal on panel. 48 1/4 x 35 1/4 in. Wexner Family Collection © 2014 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH. SUSAN ROTHENBERG Three Spokes, 1977. Acrylic and flashe on canvas. 70 x 77 in. Wexner Family Collection © 2014 Susan Rothenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Grande femme debout I (Tall standing woman I), 1960. Bronze. 106 x 13 x 21 in. Edition 3 of 6. Wexner Family Collection; Art © 2014 Alberto Giacometti Estate / Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York, NY.
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LESLIE AND ABIGAIL WEXNER
Come to the Wexner Center this fall to experience an unprecedented exhibition of 60 masterworks from Leslie and Abigail Wexner’s personal collection. Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection features an in-depth selection of paintings, sculptures, and drawings by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean Dubuffet. With its concentrated focus on these three 20th-century virtuosos, along with additional works by Edgar Degas, Willem de Kooning, and Susan Rothenberg, the Wexner Family Collection is truly incomparable to any other private collection formed over the last 50 years. Guest curated by Robert Storr, professor and dean of the Yale University School of Art and former senior curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue bring fresh perspective to these artists and examine the figurative impulses that connect them. This is the first-ever public exhibition of this remarkable collection—and the Wexner Center is the one and only venue where you can intimately experience these timeless treasures. The exhibition includes an interactive gallery experience that explores the artists and objects on view, as well as video interviews with contemporary artists who reflect on their legacy. Continue your visit to the galleries at wexarts.org/explore, where you can delve further into the artists, works, and techniques represented in this extraordinary collection.
“This is the ideal moment to celebrate the profound and continuing impact of the Wexner Center, a multidisciplinary laboratory for new ideas, creativity, and freedom of expression....Abigail and I are happy to share the collection that we have had the privilege and pleasure to live with every day.” —LESLIE WEXNER
Chair of the Wexner Center Foundation Board of Trustees and Chairman and Founder of L Brands, Leslie Wexner began collecting art seriously in the mid-1970s, initially focusing on modern artists of the New York School, particularly Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. With the purchase in 1986 of a significant work by Picasso, Wexner began a partnership with the art dealer Richard Gray, and since then, the Wexners purposefully began to look more intently at earlier modern masters, primarily collecting the exemplary work of Picasso, Giacometti, and Dubuffet. The collection reflects a coherence of vision and passion for quality of the highest order. The Wexner Center for Arts’ distinctive building was made possible by a generous gift from Leslie Wexner in memory of his father, Harry Wexner.
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onStage The Events B Y D AV I D G R E I G
Actors Touring Company featuring Harmony Project MUSIC: JOHN BROWNE DIRECTION: RAMIN GRAY
“One of the most lauded productions to come out of this year’s Edinburgh Festival... inspired…5 stars.” —OXFORD TIMES
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TUE, SEPT 30–FRI, OCT 3 | 8 pm SAT, OCT 4 | 2 & 8 pm SUN, OCT 5 | 2 pm BLACK BOX ON MERSHON STAGE $20 members $25 general public $10 students The specter of the mass shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook, and at Chardon High School here in Ohio, along with too many other similar shockingly tragic events, endures and endures. Each of these horrifying and senseless incidents have torn at our hearts and left us wondering what has happened to our world. The Events is an award-winning play that insightfully deals with the aftermath of a tragic mass shooting and its reverberating impact on the immediate community. Penned by Scottish playwright David Greig (writer of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart) and performed by
outstanding cast members from Britain’s Actors Touring Company, each performance of The Events features a different live choir. Here, these ensembles are drawn from acclaimed community choir Harmony Project, which serves as a Greek chorus for this incisive drama. The Events tells the story of Claire— an enthusiastic and engaged female priest who leads a choir in a community setting. Claire experiences something terrible: a young man she vaguely knew turns a gun on those who “aren’t from here” in a misguided attempt to make his mark on society. The Events is not a depiction of such terrible events, and the play is not filled with violent acts. It follows Claire’s attempt to understand how someone could do such an awful thing, and how this struggle leads her on a path that comes close to self-destruction. Ultimately, Claire finds her peace and retakes her place in society as the
play offers a timely exploration of how communities respond to acts of unthinkable transgression. As the Oxford Times reviewer stated, “Greig’s art affirms that even broken, baffled humanity can mend, and sing on.” The Events was commissioned and developed by Actors Touring Company, London, and Dramatikkens hus, Oslo, and first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on August 4, 2013. This presentation of The Events is made possible with the support of the British Council and Puffin Foundation West, Ltd. This presentation is also supported by Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Ohio Arts Council and General Mills Foundation. THE EVENTS Images by David Levine
Landfall
By Laurie Anderson for the Kronos Quartet “A riveting, gorgeous new multimedia work.” —WASHINGTON POST
SAT, OCT 11 | 8 pm MERSHON AUDITORIUM Main floor (center section) and loge $40 members $45 general public $30 students Main floor (side sections) and mid-balcony $33 members $38 general public $18 students Upper balcony $27 members $32 general public $14 students A recent collaboration between composer, musician, and performance art pioneer Laurie Anderson and new music standard bearers Kronos Quartet, Landfall is not only a major highlight of our 25th Anniversary Season, but also a prime example of how the Wexner Center’s earliest objectives and promise as a unique multidisciplinary art center have been realized since its launch in 1989. A dazzling, deftly interwoven work of poetic storytelling, multimedia spectacle, and compelling music, Landfall is an imagistic rumination on what is lost and what is found in life, even amid seemingly tragic moments of catastrophe. Whether conjuring dreams or making wry observations about everyday events, Laurie Anderson’s gift for language will draw you in during the performance, while the members of Kronos Quartet, aided by digital wizardry, generate projected text through their playing to amplify her elliptical narrative. Together they’ll build towering, enveloping clouds of
mesmerizing music. And from the celestial vistas they create through sound, language, and dreamlike ritualistic activity, Landfall taps into life’s shared mysteries and the profound moments of wonder that lend us all our humanity. Landfall is certifiable verification that from day one the Wexner Center was not only intended to put Columbus and Ohio State on the cultural map in unprecedented ways, but also to be a special place where unique projects and collaborations are born and nurtured. Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet first met backstage at the center’s dedication event in November 1989, where they performed alongside Philip Glass, Trisha Brown, and other notable talents, forecasting what Columbus audiences could expect in the years to come. And on that occasion 25 years ago, Kronos’s David Harrington first suggested to Laurie Anderson that they should join forces and work together. In Landfall you’ll see how, over time, this spark caught fire. Landfall was commissioned by Adelaide Festival, Australia; Barbican, London; Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park; Peak Performances @ Montclair State University, New Jersey; Perth International Arts Festival, Australia; Stanford Live, Stanford University, California; and Texas Performing Arts, The University of Texas at Austin. Additional project support was provided to the Kronos Performing Arts Association by the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation of Landfall is supported by Mōd Advisors. World premiere: February 1, 2013, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Worldwide tour representation: Pomegranate LANDFALL Photo: Mark Allan LAURIE ANDERSON performing at the Wexner Center’s dedication ceremonies, 1989. Photo: Kevin Fitzsimons
Laurie Anderson on Landfall Laurie Anderson spoke with Director of Performing Arts Chuck Helm this summer about her collaboration with Kronos Quartet. Here is a brief excerpt.
CH: You’ve long been known for your embrace of technology. Are there particular technological ideas or tools that you are using for Landfall?
CH: Last winter I was chatting with David Harrington of Kronos about our plans to present Landfall and he said—I was astonished—“I first met Laurie Anderson backstage at the Wexner Center, and that was at the dedication event in the fall of 1989. I even said to her then, we need to collaborate on something.”
LA: I’m using a bunch of sampling and processing devices.…There are also some really creaky sounds in the piece. I worked with an Optigan, which is an old 70s sampling [playback] keyboard, so it has these beautiful shabby sounds as well as glistening digital stuff. I love the combination of those kinds of elements. Kronos, of course, can enter any of those worlds—the creaky one or the glossy one—very quickly and naturally, so that’s been an incredible pleasure.
LA: We finally got down to it for your anniversary. CH: Storytelling has always been a very central part of your work. What themes are you exploring in Landfall? LA: Stories about loss and disappearance, sort of inspired by [Hurricane] Sandy. I lost pretty much all of the stuff in storage in my basement with Sandy. At first it felt so devastating, and then I realized, wait a second, when am I going to bring up 30 slide projectors connected by MIDI…. and the answer is absolutely never. It was very very freeing.
CH: It will be great to have both you and Kronos back at the Wexner Center where you first met and so we can experience Landfall in full. LA: Exactly. It’s the kind of thing you can’t put on a record. Head to wexarts.org/blog to read the full interview.
onStage Mark Turner Quartet
FRI, SEPT 26 | 8 pm
PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members $18 general public $13 students
“One of the most productive and vital artists of the last dozen years...reason to take note of this agile quartet.” —NEW YORK TIMES
Saxophonist and composer Mark Turner is renowned for his rich dusky tone, exploratory intellect, and intimate expressive range on the tenor. Last seen at the Wexner Center with Israeli jazz guitar sensation Gilad Hekselman, Turner is now reestablishing himself as a band leader. He recently released Lathe of Heaven, his debut on ECM Records, under his own name leading a quartet of kindred spirits. Turner intertwines musically with dynamic trumpeter Avishai Cohen as they play long, mesmerizing, introspective lines supported by the lithe rhythm section of bassist Joe Martin and drummer Gregory Hutchinson. Join us for the first jazz event of our 25th Anniversary Season, one that promises to deliver exactly the kind of jazz sparks you’ve come to expect at the Wex. MARK TURNER Image © Paolo Soriani / ECM Records
US P REMIERE
Aakash Odedra Rising THU–SAT, OCT 23–25 | 8 pm SUN, OCT 26 | 2 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members $18 general public $10 students One of the hallmarks of the Wexner Center’s programs over the years is to not only introduce important innovators to our local audience, but to also highlight Columbus and Ohio State as the place where new talent and new work is first seen in this country. A case in point: this US premiere of Rising, the first solo program by British dance sensation Aakash Odedra. An ascendant young star on the international dance scene, Aakash Odedra has the dynamic dance energy to attract such top-tier choreographers as Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Russell Maliphant, who have each set new pieces for him in this program. The Wexner Center hosted the US premieres of both Khan and Cherkaoui, and now you can be among the first in this country to see Odedra, who follows in their footsteps while forging his own path with hypnotic grace and thrillingly virtuosic technique. Rising was commissioned by DanceXchange; Sampad; Eastman; The Hat Factory, Leicester; Leicestershire and Ruthland Dance; South East Dance; New Art Exchange; The Place; and Curve Theatre, Leicester; and supported by the English Arts Council and Akademi. AAKASH ODEDRA Photo: Chris Nash
NEW—PERFORMANCE S PA C E E V E N T B A G CHECK POLICY
Patrons attending events in our performance space will be subject to gallery policies during our fall exhibition (Sept 21–Dec 31, 2014). All bags will be inspected. Bags larger than 14 x 14 x 4 inches are not permitted in the galleries; after inspection, please store them in our free coat check or self-serve lockers in the lower lobby before proceeding to the performance. The lower lobby coat check will remain open through these events.
“Aakash Odedra is simply breathtaking…. Rising is a masterpiece of speed and virtuosity.” —GLOBE AND MAIL
Sharon Van Etten
with Tiny Ruins
THU, OCT 9 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $18 all audiences
“Van Etten continues to write incisively about the volatility of love, with no loss of urgency.” —PITCHFORK
Touring in support of her latest release, Are We There, in this concert Sharon Van Etten will reveal new songs that plumb the messy depths of love with daring openness. As a Guardian (UK) reviewer said of her live performance, “Van Etten’s songs are stealthy creatures. They skulk through the dark, cry to the moon, lick their own wounds with fragile pride. When they attack, their emotion is pulverizing.” Captivating singer/songwriter Hollie Fullbrook from New Zealand, who makes music under the moniker Tiny Ruins, will open the show with her intimate, evocative tunes. Note: This show is standing room only.
Metronomy
with Dawn Golden
SUN, SEPT 14 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $17 all audiences
“One of British music’s most exciting songwriters.” —EXCLAIM ON METRONOMY’S JOSEPH MOUNT
Following the infectious electropop of their 2011 album The English Riviera, artful English quartet Metronomy reveal darker, more analogue, and soulful tones with their most recent release, Love Letters. Singer/songwriter Joseph Mount’s leftfield, lovelorn songs create an undertow of melancholy while his band delivers stripped-back, Motown-like grooves that captivate. In concert, catchy minimalist synth oscillations and funky rhythms keep Metronomy’s unconventional charms percolating to full effect. Dawn Golden, another project of LA-based producer Dexter Tortoriello (of Houses renown), opens the evening with riveting, emotionally loaded songs starkly rendered with dark sonic textures. Note: This show is standing room only.
Bombino WED, SEPT 10 | 8 pm
Hot 8 Brass Band
BLACK BOX ON MERSHON STAGE
MON, OCT 20 | 8 pm
THU, OCT 30 | 8 pm
$15 members and students $18 general public
LINCOLN THEATER 769 EAST LONG STREET
PERFORMANCE SPACE
“Meet your new guitar hero.” —ROLLING STONE
Fans of globe-spanning music have found much to savor at the Wexner Center for years, and this fall we’re pleased to introduce Omara Moctar— nicknamed Bombino—another great Tuareg desert blues guitarist. Bombino’s most recent album, Nomad, brought him to wider attention for the soulful grooves he tapped with the help of producer Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Underpinning lyrical flights reflecting on love, the expansive beauty of the desert, and his heritage, Bombino’s guitar pushes the rhythmic pulse in the desert blues tradition with seductive coiling lines. As a New York Times concert reviewer noted, “It’s a groove of solidarity and tenacity, as serious as it is danceable.” Note: This show is standing room only.
ABOVE SHARON VAN ETTEN Image courtesy of the artist INSET FROM LEFT BOMBINO Photo: Tom Leentjes HOT 8 BRASS BAND Photo: Shawn Colin SINKANE Image courtesy of the artist BELOW METRONOMY Image by Gregoire Alexandre
$16.50 Wexner Center members, students $19.50 general public Tickets available at Ticketmaster and CAPA ticket office (614) 469-0939 Tickets include $1.50 CAPA Theater Preservation Fee
“No outfit has done more than the Hot 8 to recast the long tradition of New Orleans marching music for modern times.” —GUARDIAN (UK)
Bringing the traditions of New Orleans brass bands up to date, the Hot 8 Brass Band puts the fun into funk with their joyous sound. Hometown favorites, their rowdy jumble of jazz and soul, boisterous brass band traditions, and hip-hop attitude make up a spicy musical mix that could only have come from The Big Easy. Crowd-pleasing covers, such as Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing,” contrast with selections containing pointed messages, like their version of the Specials’ “Ghost Town” with its reflections on post-Katrina New Orleans. The band made essential contributions to Spike Lee’s documentary When the Levees Broke and its follow-up, If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise, as well as HBO’s hit series Treme.
Sinkane
with Helado Negro
$16 all audiences
“His music is freeform and fluid, somehow intense yet chilled … it’s jazzy and funky—but jazz-funk it ain't.” —GUARDIAN (UK)
Celebrate homegrown success and be there when Sinkane comes home to Columbus with his fourpiece band, touring in support of his upcoming DFA Records release. Growing up here as Ahmed Gallab, Sinkane developed into a talented multi-instrumentalist whose skills have illuminated bands like Yeasayer, Caribou, and Of Montreal. His recent stint as musical director for a series of tribute concerts hailing synth-driven African cult artist William Onyeabor paired him with the likes of David Byrne, Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), and Money Mark (Beastie Boys) among others. These sonic adventures inform how Sinkane stretches out on his own freewheeling music, which spans future funk, trance rhythms drawn from wah-wah disco, hints of various African musical strains, and much more. The subtly bewitching beats of opener Helado Negro will provide the ideal complement for this evening’s immersion into deep grooviness. Note: This show is standing room only.
onScreen RETROSPECTIVE
Catherine Breillat
“The pleasures of Ms. Breillat’s work are its commitment and seriousness and its raw, sometimes very funny perversity: she lets everything hang out, without apologies.”—NEW YORK TIMES We are honored to welcome novelist and filmmaker Catherine Breillat to the Wexner Center in one of the signature series of our 25th Anniversary Season. One of France’s most significant and controversial contemporary artists, Breillat is known for her provocative portrayals of sexuality and gender issues in films such as Fat Girl and Romance, which rank among the most-discussed of the last 15 years. Breillat joins us on September 25 to introduce our screening of Romance, and on September 26 to introduce and discuss her new film, Abuse of Weakness, starring Isabelle Huppert. Special thanks to Marcus Hu, of Strand Releasing, for his assistance with this series.
36 fillette (1988) Anatomy of Hell (2004) TUE, SEPT 16 | 7 pm 2nd film 8:40 pm No one under 18 admitted
Fat Girl (2001) Sex Is Comedy (2002) THU, SEPT 11 | 7 pm 2nd film | 8:35 pm One of the most controversial films of the last decade, Fat Girl is an unsettling portrayal of sibling rivalry and teenage sexuality punctuated by one of cinema’s most shocking endings. (86 mins., 35mm) Inspired by Breillat’s experiences making Fat Girl, Sex Is Comedy follows a filmmaker struggling to shoot an awkward sex scene with two young actors who can’t stand each other. (92 mins., 35mm)
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Sandra Macpherson Bad Romance: or, Heterosexuality
THU, SEPT 11 | 4:30 pm FREE Ohio State Associate Professor Sandra Macpherson examines Breillat’s work within the context of the “rape melodrama,” a subgenre with an interest in female masochism and subjugation that’s typified by such films as Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967), Liliana Cavani’s The Night Porter (1974), and more recently the work of Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier.
In 36 fillette, an attractive young girl experiments with her power over men as she grows more and more determined to lose her virginity. With Jean-Pierre Léaud. (88 mins., 35mm) The sexually explicit Anatomy of Hell follows a woman (Amira Casar) who meets a man (real life porn star Rocco Siffredi) in a gay disco and hires him for four consecutive nights, asking him to “watch me where I am unwatchable.” (77 mins., 35mm)
Catherine Breillat
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Romance (1999)
THU, SEPT 25 | 7 pm No one under 18 admitted Director Catherine Breillat joins us to introduce her provocative erotic thriller Romance. In Romance, a school teacher frustrated by her boyfriend’s lack of sexual attention begins look outside her relationship for satisfaction. As her degree of sexual adventurousness increases with each new encounter, so too does the level of peril. Though banned in several countries for its frank depiction of sex, the film was a breakthrough for Breillat as a formal stylist with a deeply philosophical bent. (95 mins., 35mm)
Catherine Breillat
introduces
Abuse of Weakness (2013)
FRI, SEPT 26 | 7 pm $8 members, students, and senior citizens $10 general public While recovering from a stroke she suffered in 2004, Breillat began working on a film project with someone who turned out to be a notorious conman. Abuse of Weakness is an unsentimental and fascinating adaptation of this autobiographical tale, with the great Isabelle Huppert in the lead role playing a filmmaker who seeks out a criminal to star in her next film. The balance of power slowly shifts as the crook begins to take advantage of his employer’s physical and emotional frailty. Breillat will join us to introduce the film and stay afterward for a Q&A with the audience. (105 mins., DCP)
Bluebeard (2009) The Sleeping Beauty (2010)
TUE, SEPT 30 | 7 pm 2nd film | 8:30 pm Bluebeard is the story of an aristocratic ogre with a history of murdering his wives and his most recent bride—just a child—who schemes to escape the fate of her predecessors. (78 mins., HDCam) In The Sleeping Beauty, a young girl cursed to die at 16 is reprieved when a spell is cast that causes her to sleep for 100 years instead. When awakened as an adolescent, she begins to learn that not all endings are happy. (82 mins., HDCam) FROM TOP ABUSE OF WEAKNESS Image courtesy of Strand Releasing CATHERINE BREILLAT Image courtesy IFC Films FAT GIRL Image courtesy of Code Red Films ROMANCE Image courtesy of Lions Gate Entertainment
RETROSPECTIVE
Terry Zwigoff Launched by his critically acclaimed documentary about underground cartoonist R. Crumb (pictured at right), Terry Zwigoff’s film career is marked by a penchant for the esoteric and a fascination with characters—both real and fictitious—that live and work on the fringes of the mainstream. We’re thrilled to present this full retrospective as part of our 25th Anniversary Season and to host the filmmaker on October 16 for a conversation about his career.
Crumb (1994) Louie Bluie (1985)
Bad Santa: The Director’s Cut (2003)
THU, OCT 9 | 7 pm 2nd film | 9:10 pm
FRI, OCT 17 | 8 pm
Zwigoff’s documentary portrait Crumb looks at the revered (and sometimes reviled) cartoonist Robert Crumb, known for his unmistakable visual style and provocative themes. Crumb was a pivotal figure in the 1960s underground comics movement and perhaps the first cartoonist of his generation to be hailed by the mainstream art world. (120 mins., 35mm) Zwigoff’s first film, Louie Bluie is a chronicle of country-blues string musician Howard Armstrong and his contemporaries. (60 mins., video)
The cult comedy Bad Santa stars Billy Bob Thornton as an alcoholic conman whose seasonal jobs as a department store Santa are cover for a series of robberies. His dysfunctional life of crime becomes even more complicated when a sad little boy works his way into the fleabitten Santa’s Grinch-like heart. With Tony Cox, Bernie Mac, and John Ritter in his last role. (88 mins., video)
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Ghost World (2001) Art School Confidential (2006) THU, OCT 23 | 7 pm 2nd film 9 pm
A Conversation with Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff THU, OCT 16 | 7 pm $8 members, students, and senior citizens $10 general public After Louie Bluie and his breakthrough with the landmark documentary Crumb, Terry Zwigoff has gone on to create a distinctive and unlikely career making feature films about alienated misfits. Join us for a discussion with Terry Zwigoff and Director of Film/Video David Filipi that’s punctuated by clips from Zwigoff’s films.
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The cult favorite Ghost World follows best friends Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) as they entertain themselves by ridiculing fellow misfits while navigating their evolving friendship. With Steve Buscemi and Illeana Douglas. (111 mins., 35mm). Art School Confidential follows an aspiring painter and new student (Max Minghella) who must contend with undercurrents of professional and romantic jealousy while a serial killer stalks the campus. Also with John Malkovich and Anjelica Huston. (102 mins., 35mm) FROM TOP CRUMB Image courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics LOUIE BLUIE Image courtesy of Janus Films BAD SANTA Image courtesy Dimension Films TERRY ZWIGOFF Image courtesy of the artist GHOST WORLD Images courtesy of Park Circus
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Inaugurated in 1989 as a bold experiment in presenting and supporting the creation of contemporary art in a university setting, the Wexner Center celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season this fall. We’re marking the occasion with the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the Wexner Family Collection, a series of related talks and lectures, plus an amazing slate of events on stage and on screen. Browse the pages of this calendar and wexarts.org, and don’t delay in purchasing your tickets for this season’s signature events.
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Metronomy with Dawn Golden Performance Space | 8 pm
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Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection Galleries | 11 am–6 pm Timed ticketing—advance purchase recommended
IN THE GALLERIES SEPTEMBER 21–DECEMBER 31
Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection
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The General Live musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Black Box on Mershon Stage | 8 pm
ABUSE OF WEAKNESS Image courtesy of Strand Releasing
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The Events by David Greig
T. J. Clark Picasso’s Two Great Nudes from 1932 Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Black Box on Mershon Stage | 2 pm
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Joshua Wolf Shenk Powers of Two Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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The Events by David Greig
5 Stop by the store to find a range of books, gifts, and other merchandise featuring the artists in Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection—including the handsome, lavishly illustrated catalogue for the exhibition. Wexner Center members save on all their purchases, including Herman Miller products. See our selection in store or online at store. wexarts.org. Remember, all your purchases help support the Wexner Center’s programs.
Bluebeard The Sleeping Beauty
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The Wexner Center's exhibition space for video returns in January 2015 for a new year of programming.
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30 FV RETROSPECTIVE: CATHERINE BREILLAT
Hot 8 Brass Band
Lincoln Theater | 8 pm 769 East Long Street
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Spotlight on the Criterion Collection Film/Video Theater | 7 pm followed by My Darling Clementine
Oct 20
PA NEXT@WEX
PA DANCE
14 FV SPECIAL EVENT
Aakash Odedra Rising
Performance Space | 2 pm
Wed 3 FV CLASSICS
Marketa Lazarová
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Thu 4 PP CURATOR’S TALK
Alexander Provan Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm
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Manakamana
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
10 PA NEXT@WEX
Bombino
Black Box on Mershon Stage | 8 pm
11 FV LECTURE
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5 FV NEW DOCUMENTARY
Emma Dante: Sud Costa Occidentale Film/Video Theater | 4 pm
FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
Sundance Film Festival Short Films Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
12 FV VISITING FILMMAKER
Sept Sandra Macpherson Bad Romance: or, Heterosexuality Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm
Exposed introduced by Beth B Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
FV RETROSPECTIVE: CATHERINE BREILLAT
Fat Girl Sex is Comedy
Film/Video Theater
7 pm | 2nd film 8:35 pm
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ME MEMBERS-ONLY PREVIEW DAY
Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection Galleries and Café | 10 am–10 pm
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Teacher Season Preview Wexner Center | 4:30–6:30 pm
FV RETROSPECTIVE: CATHERINE BREILLAT
Romance introduced by Catherine Breillat Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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The Events by David Greig
Black Box on Mershon Stage | 8 pm
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Roger Beebe
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
PA JAZZ
Mark Turner Quartet
Performance Space | 8 pm
3 FV CLASSICS
PA THEATER
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Charlie Victor Romeo Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Black Box on Mershon Stage | 8 pm
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Abuse of Weakness introduced by Catherine Breillat Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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The Events by David Greig
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FV RETROSPECTIVE: CATHERINE BREILLAT
9 PP ARTIST’S TALK
Sue Coe
Film/Video Theater | 4 pm
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Film/Video Theater | 7 pm The Events by David Greig
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HEIRLOOM CAFÉ OPEN 12–4 pm
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The Events by David Greig Black Box on Mershon Stage 2 & 8 pm
Black Box on Mershon Stage | 8 pm
10 FV CLASSICS
The Epic of Everest
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
FV RETROSPECTIVE: TERRY ZWIGOFF
11 PP FOR TEENS
WexLab: Human Form in Modern Art Performance Space | 11 am–4 pm
PA MUSIC
Crumb Louie Bluie
Landfall By Laurie Anderson for the Kronos Quartet Mershon Auditorium | 8 pm
Film/Video Theater 7 pm | 2nd film 9:10 pm PA NEXT@WEX
Sharon Van Etten with Tiny Ruins Performance Space | 8 pm
16 FV RETROSPECTIVE: TERRY ZWIGOFF
A Conversation with Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
17 PP FOR TEACHERS
Capital Day: Figures of Speech
Wexner Center | 10 am–3 pm
FV RETROSPECTIVE: TERRY ZWIGOFF
Bad Santa: The Director’s Cut
Film/Video Theater | 8 pm
22 FV VISITING FILMMAKER
Let Your Light Shine introduced by Jodie Mack Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
23 PP CURATOR’S TALK
Lucy Lippard
Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm FV RETROSPECTIVE: TERRY ZWIGOFF
Ghost World Art School Confidential
Film/Video Theater 7 pm | 2nd film 9 pm
24 FV NEW DOCUMENTARY
Through a Lens Darkly Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
PA DANCE
Aakash Odedra Rising
Performance Space | 8 pm
PA DANCE
Aakash Odedra Rising
Performance Space | 8 pm
30 FV VISITING FILMMAKER
Flood Tide introduced by Todd Chandler Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
PA NEXT@WEX
Sinkane with Helado Negro
Performance Space | 8 pm
31 FV CLASSICS
Vampire’s Kiss
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
25 FV NEW DOCUMENTARY
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies Film/Video Theater | 2 pm
PA DANCE
Aakash Odedra Rising
Performance Space | 8 pm
onScreen VISITING FILMMAKERS
Beth B
introduces
Exposed (2013)
FRI, SEPT 12 | 7 pm No one under 18 admitted Pioneering New York–based underground filmmaker and visual artist Beth B’s latest documentary Exposed looks at eight boundary-breaking burlesque stars. These cutting-edge artists combine politics, satire, and physical comedy to challenge their respective audiences’ notions of gender identity, disability, and sexuality. With World Famous *BOB*, Bunny Love, Dirty Martini, Tigger!, and more. (78 mins., HD video).
Roger Beebe WED, OCT 8 | 7 pm Join us for a lively screening and discussion with noted filmmaker Roger Beebe, a new faculty member of Ohio State’s Department of Art. The first half of tonight’s program focuses on Beebe’s recent videos, including the award-winning Historia Calamitatum (2014), and continues with a number of multiprojector films, culminating with Last Light of a Dying Star (2008). The elaborate work made for eight projectors is a tribute to both the excitement of the early days of space exploration and the utopian aspirations of expanded cinema. Plan for other surprise films and a memorable evening as we welcome Beebe to Columbus! (approx. 80 mins.; video, 16mm, and super-8mm) Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Art.
Jodie Mack
Todd Chandler
Let Your Light Shine
Flood Tide (2013)
introduces
WED, OCT 22 | 7 pm
“With a self-deprecating wit and a charm that is matched only by the keen precision of her art, Mack could be just what the avant-garde needs.” —CINEMA SCOPE
Featuring the work of Jodie Mack, one of the most talked-about filmmakers in recent years, this program of five experimental animations brings everyday objects to life— from rippling tie-dye t-shirts to dollar-store gift bags. At the center of this program is the 41-minute Dusty Stacks of Mom, a stop-motion animation tribute to the filmmaker’s mother and her defunct poster store. Mack will provide live, karaoke-style singing accompaniment to the film (using a popular classic rock album as a backdrop for her own lyrics), making this an evening that’s not to be missed. (approx. 75 mins., 16mm)
introduces
THU, OCT 30 | 7 pm Flood Tide both documents and reimagines a performance created by the street artist Swoon. Part of a group of artists who floated seven large sculptures down the Hudson River, Chandler interweaves documentation of the collaborative project with layers of fiction, mythology, and oral history. This screening begins with three new short films from the director that will be accompanied by live music from Chandler and Marshall LaCount, who are both members of Dark Dark Dark, the group that provided the film’s soundtrack. (approx. 90 mins., video) FROM TOP JODIE MACK Photo: Lizzy Rogers INSET FROM LEFT EXPOSED Photo: Ande Whyland, courtesy of Beth B Productions HISTORY OF CRYING Image courtesy of Roger Beebe GLISTENING THRILLS Image courtesy Jodie Mack FLOOD TIDE Image courtesy of Todd Chandler BELOW FLOOD TIDE Image courtesy of Todd Chandler
Wex at Gateway Wexner Center members receive free admission to select screenings at the Gateway Film Center, located in the South Campus Gateway. The films are selected (and often introduced) by Wex curators. Check wexarts.org and gatewayfilmcenter.com for a schedule and details
CLASSICS
N E W 35MM PRINT
Marketa Lazarová (František Vláčil, 1967)
WED, SEPT 3 | 7 pm Considered by many to be the greatest Czech film ever made, this dazzling feature recreates medieval life with inventive widescreen cinematography, editing, and sound design. The stirring depiction of a feud between two rival clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and paganism, humankind and nature, love and violence. (165 mins., 35mm)
The General
(Buster Keaton & Clyde Bruckman, 1926)
Live musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra MON, SEPT 29 | 7 pm
$7 members, students, and senior citizens $9 general public The musical ensemble that Roger Ebert called “the best in the world at accompanying silent film” makes its Columbus debut playing to Buster Keaton’s The General, one of the most beloved comedies of all time. Based in Cambridge, MA, and featuring Roger Miller of legendary postpunk band Mission of Burma, the Alloy Orchestra has accompanied a wide range of silent-era films in every corner of the US as well as in dozens of countries abroad. (78 mins., 35mm)
ABOVE THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY Image courtesy of Park Circus THE GENERAL Image courtesy of Cohen Film Collection INSET FROM LEFT MARKETA LAZAROVÁ Image courtesy of Janus Films VAMPIRE’S KISS Image courtesy of Park Circus BELOW MY DARLING CLEMENTINE Image courtesy 20th Century Fox
4 K RE S TORATI ON!
HA L LOW E E N SCRE E N I N G!
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Vampire’s Kiss
(Sergio Leone, 1966)
FRI, OCT 31 | 7 pm
FRI, OCT 3 | 7 pm
Free to OSU students with BuckID
See this new 4K restoration of the king of all Spaghetti Westerns on the big screen! In the third entry of the famous “Man with No Name” trilogy, a trio of gunslingers (Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach) scheme against each other to recover a cache of Confederate gold. Featuring one of the cinema’s most memorable scores, composed by Ennio Morricone. (177 mins., 4K DCP)
The cult horror-comedy Vampire’s Kiss features an unhinged performance by Nicolas Cage as a literary agent who brings a woman (Jennifer Beals) home from a bar. She bites his neck, and as she returns night after night to feed, the agent’s behavior grows more and more erratic as he is convinced he has become a vampire himself. (103 mins., 35mm)
(Robert Bierman, 1989)
The Epic of Everest (Captain John Noel, 1924)
FRI, OCT 10 | 7 pm Filmed in brutally harsh conditions, The Epic of Everest is the official cinematic record of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, which culminated in the deaths of two famed climbers (George Mallory and Andrew Irvine). BFI’s stunning restoration shows some of the earliest footage of life in Tibet and reintroduces the film’s original color tints and tones. The restoration also features a new award-winning score by Simon Fisher Turner, commissioned by the BFI. (87 mins., DCP)
SPECIAL EVENT Spotlight on the Criterion Collection with Producers Kim Hendrickson and Curtis Tsui TUE, OCT 14 | 7 pm FOL LOW E D BY 4 K RE S TORATI ON OF
My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
With its unparalleled library of world classics and critically acclaimed contemporary films, exquisitely designed packaging, and demanding technical standards, the Criterion Collection remains the Tiffany’s of important releases on home video. Join Criterion Collection Producers Kim Hendrickson and Curtis Tsui as they provide a behind-the-scenes look at Criterion’s operation, focusing on recent and upcoming releases such as Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960), Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también (2001), and Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie (1982), among others. Following the talk, stick around for a new 4K restoration of the classic My Darling Clementine, John Ford’s timeless take on the OK Corral legend starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp and Victor Mature as Doc Holliday. (97 min, DCP) Stop in the Wexner Center Store for 30% off all Criterion releases!
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NEW DOCUMENTARY
Emma Dante: Sud Costa Occidentale (Clarissa Cappellani, 2011)
FRI, SEPT 5 | 4 pm FREE From 2004 to 2011, filmmaker Clarissa Cappellani was granted access to famed Italian playwright and director Emma Dante and her talented acting troupe, Compagnia Sud Costa Occidentale. The resulting documentary is a rare treasure that mixes behind-the-scenes clips from rehearsals and performances while offering a glimpse of Dante’s home city of Palermo. Assistant Professor Dana Renga (Ohio State Department of French & Italian) introduces the screening, which will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. (55 mins., video) Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Theatre and presented in conjunction with the North American premiere of Sud Costa Occidentale's Operetta Burlesque (September 3–5, 2014) and the symposium “Breaking Boundaries without Burning Bridges,” both hosted by the Department of Theatre, and the exhibit Emma Dante—Ten Years in the Works, at Ohio State’s Thompson Library. Visit theatre.osu.edu for more information.
3 D S C RE E N I N G!
Charlie Victor Romeo
(Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels & Karlyn Michelson, 2013)
THU, OCT 2 | 7 pm
“A curious hybrid of documentary and experimental theater. It is also one of the most terrifying movies I have ever seen.” —A. O. SCOTT, NEW YORK TIMES
Adapted from the critically acclaimed theatrical production, Charlie Victor Romeo (code for “cockpit voice recorder”) dramatizes actual cockpit recordings recovered from the black boxes of six doomed airliners. Both shot and projected in 3D, the viewer is put in the middle of the film’s spare set as actors depict the professionalism of the flight crews under the most extreme duress. (80 mins., 3D DCP)
ABOVE
INSET, OPPOSITE PAGE
THROUGH A LENS DARKLY Image courtesy of First Run Features
MANAKAMANA Image courtesy of Cinema Guild
INSET, THIS PAGE
DAWN Image by Starr Whiteside
EMMA DANTE: SUD COSTA OCCIDENTALE Image courtesy Pinup Filmmaking CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO Image courtesy Charlie Victor Romeo PICASSO AND BRAQUE GO TO THE MOVIES Image courtesy of Cinedigm
FILM/VIDEO TICKET INFO
$6 members, students, senior citizens $8 general public $3 children under 12 Film/Video tickets are on sale at tickets.wexarts.org and the Patron Services Desk on the entrance level of the building. In-person ticket sales continue until a half-hour after show times or until the start of the second film of double features. SCREENINGS
All events are in the Film/Video Theater, unless otherwise indicated. Non–English language films have English subtitles, unless otherwise indicated. All programs are subject to change.
CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
Manakamana
(Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, 2013)
THU, SEPT 4 | 7 pm
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (Thomas Allen Harris, 2014)
FRI, OCT 24 | 7 pm Director Thomas Allen Harris takes a historical look at the way black photographers and their subjects have used the medium for social change. Using his own family photo album and the work of fellow photographers Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Glenn Ligon, and Deborah Willis (whose book Reflections in Black was another inspiration for the film), Harris confronts popular culture’s notions of “blackness” and “black people.” (92 mins., video)
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
This contemplative documentary closely follows pilgrims and tourists as they ride high above Nepal in a cable car on their way to the Hindu temple of Manakamana. Each of the film’s 11 shots is as long as a one-way ride to the temple, and each segment is as varied and intriguing as that car’s inhabitants. Manakamana was produced by Harvard’s Sensory Ethnography Lab, an increasingly vital source of documentary and experimental film production. (118 mins., DCP)
(Arne Glimcher, 2008)
SAT, OCT 25 | 2 pm $3 all audiences Narrated by Martin Scorsese and featuring interviews with such contemporary artists as Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel, and Eric Fischl, Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies examines the link between cubism and early film and the myriad of ways that the cinema revolutionized our perception of time, space, and motion. (60 mins., video) The film screens in conjunction with our exhibition of Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection, featuring an in-depth selection of works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean Dubuffet. See the onView pages for details.
Sundance Film Festival Short Films FRI, SEPT 5 | 7 pm The 2014 Sundance Institute Art House Project Shorts program includes a diverse mix of eight films from the most recent Sundance Film Festival. Among the selections is the award-winning I Think This Is the Closest to How the Footage Looked, about a man’s attempt to recreate a lost memory of the last day with his mother. (94 mins., DCP) Please visit wexarts.org for a full list of the films in the program.
The Wexner Center's exhibition space for video returns in January 2015 for a new year of programming. The Box is temporarily closed during the run of Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection; see the onView pages for details.
inSight Exhibition-Related Events These lectures are free for all audiences but tickets are required; visit tickets. wexarts.org to reserve and print out yours. Bring your ticket for free admittance to the galleries 5:30–7 pm on a first come, first served basis. See the onView pages for more about Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection.
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WRITER’S READING
LECTURE
T. J. Clark
Joshua Wolf Shenk
TUE, OCT 7 | 7 pm
Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
FILM/VIDEO THEATER
MON, OCT 13 | 7 pm
FREE (tickets required, visit tickets.wexarts.org)
FILM/VIDEO THEATER
Picasso's Two Great Nudes from 1932
Join us in welcoming back renowned art historian T. J. Clark for this lecture and highlight of our 25th Anniversary Season. Clark has written numerous influential books on modern art, including his most recent Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to Guernica (2013), which emerged from his 2009 lectures for the prestigious A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts series at the National Gallery of Art. In this lecture he focuses on two large-scale nudes that lie at the center of Picasso’s production in 1932: Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust and Nude in a Black Armchair, the latter of which is featured in this fall’s exhibition.
Among other topics, Clark will guide the audience through the paintings’ differences—in terms of their intimacy and eroticism, the way they position the viewer, and the space they give to the naked subject. He’ll also consider how Picasso’s treatment of the odalisque relates to Henri Matisse’s take on this traditional subject for paintings of female nudes. Clark has dazzled Wex audiences twice before, delivering the center’s 2004 and 2009 Lambert Family Lectures. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most important cultural thinkers of our time.
FREE (tickets required, visit tickets.wexarts.org) Book signing follows In his new book Powers of Two, Joshua Wolf Shenk shines a light on this thing we call “chemistry” and proposes that it is, in fact, the essential engine of the creative process. Shenk’s book weaves together scores of duos, from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Suzanne Farrell and George Balanchine, alongside discussion of the social science of innovation and intimacy. In his visit to the Wex, Shenk will pay particular attention to the career-long rivalry between Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, an exchange so intimate that it can even be called an adversarial collaboration. Shenk’s first book, Lincoln’s Melancholy, was named one of the best books of 2005 by New York Times and Washington Post. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Columbus Museum of Art.
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FROM TOP T. J. CLARK Photo: Anne M. Wagner JOSHUA WOLF SHENK Photo © Greg Martin ROBERT STORR Photo: Herbert Lotz KERRY JAMES MARSHALL Photo: Kevin Fitzsimons
LAMBERT FAMILY LECTURE
Robert Storr and Carroll Dunham in Conversation MON, NOV 3 | 7 pm
ARTIST’S TALK
OPPOSITE PAGE FROM TOP
FILM/VIDEO THEATER
TEACHER SEASON PREVIEW Photo: Jay LaPrete
FREE (tickets required, visit tickets.wexarts.org)
ALEXANDER PROVAN Image courtesy Alexander Provan SUE COE Photo: Steve Heller, 1982; courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York LUCY LIPPARD Photo: R. A. Shuff
Explore the past, present, and future of figurative painting in this year’s Lambert Family Lecture, featuring celebrated contemporary artist Carroll Dunham and Robert Storr, guest curator of Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection. The pair will discuss the legacy of the masters on view in the exhibition and the questions
their works still pose for artists working today. Save the date for what’s sure to be an insightful and irreverent discussion on creative inheritance, rebellion, and continued artistic invention. The annual Lambert Family Lecture is made possible by generous support from the Lambert Family Lecture Series Endowment Fund, which promotes dialogue about global issues in art and contemporary culture.
Kerry James Marshall FRI, NOV 7 | 7:30 pm MERSHON AUDITORIUM FREE Save the date for this talk with dynamic Chicago-based artist, MacArthur Fellow, and past Wexner Center Artist Residency Award recipient Kerry James Marshall, who visits to discuss his career and the importance of art education. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Ohio Art Education Association.
For Teachers Cosponsored Events CURATOR’S TALK
Alexander Provan
THU, SEPT 4 | 4:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE Innovative writer and editor Alexander Provan joins us for this talk organized by Ohio State’s Departments of Art and History of Art as part of their Curatorial Studies Series. Provan is an editor of Triple Canopy, a magazine and editorial collective based in New York, and he is also a contributing editor of Bidoun, a magazine of the arts and culture of the Middle East and its diaspora. His writings on digital culture, aesthetics, literature, and politics have appeared in The Nation, Believer, Bookforum, Artforum, and Frieze, among other publications. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State’s Department of History of Art’s Curatorial Practices Initiative, and Ohio State’s Department of Art’s Living Culture Initiative.
Teacher Season Preview THU, SEPT 25 | 4:30–6:30 pm FREE (register at tickets.wexarts.org) Teachers, administrators, and preservice students, kick start your fall with a tour of Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection. Not only will you have the opportunity to explore phenomenal works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean Dubuffet, among others, but you’ll leave with fabulous ideas for incorporating your students’ visit to the show into your classroom planning. After your tour, have a glass of wine and a snack with your colleagues while you learn about the range of other creative and enriching programs available for you and your students at the Wexner Center. And remember: all K–12 schools are eligible for free buses to visit Transfigurations this fall, so don’t miss out. All K–12 educators and administrators are invited. RSVP by September 19 by calling (614) 292-6493 or visiting us online at tickets.wexarts.org.
Capital Day 2014
Figures of Speech
FRI, OCT 17 | 10 am–3 pm FREE (register at tickets.wexarts.org)
ARTIST’S TALK
Sue Coe
Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others THU, OCT 9 | 4 PM FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE One of the foremost political artists working today, Sue Coe is an accomplished printmaker and illustrator who has spent over 35 years documenting the atrocities committed by people against animals and against each other. Her projects and publications (including her award-winning 1996 book Dead Meat) have critically examined the meat processing industry, factory farming, apartheid, AIDS, and war. Coe’s work has been featured in countless periodicals (and on the cover of ARTNews) and was the subject of a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts and Ohio State’s Humanities Institute.
CURATOR’S TALK
Lucy Lippard THU, OCT 23 | 4:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE Hear from art critic, curator, and activist Lucy Lippard, one of the most influential voices in contemporary art for over 50 years. Her many books include the seminal work Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object (1973), on the then-emerging field of conceptual art; From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women’s Art (1976); and The Lure of the Local: Sense of Place in a Multicentered Society (1997). Deeply engaged in progressive art and politics, Lippard helped to found Art Workers’ Coalition; the Heresies Collective, and, along with Sol LeWitt, Printed Matter, the world’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to artists’ books. She speaks this afternoon as part of the Curatorial Studies Series, organized by Ohio State’s Departments of Art and History of Art. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State’s Department of History of Art’s Curatorial Practices Initiative, and Ohio State’s Department of Art’s Living Culture Initiative.
Teachers, let the masterworks in our galleries move you on your professional development day out. Come to the Wex for Capital Day and find yourself surrounded by extraordinary figurative works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean Dubuffet, and be inspired by the ideas of central Ohio poets and writers. Each visiting artist will lead a unique activity designed to engage you with the works on display and help you channel your own ideas onto the page. You’ll leave with numerous ideas to take back to your classroom. At the event, we’ll provide journals, pencils, lunch, and bountiful inspiration. When the time comes, we can also offer a free bus to bring your students back for a visit to try out the activities that you learned on your PD day. This year’s Capital Day is recommended for K–12 language, visual arts, and writing educators, but any teacher interested in expanding their writing practice is welcome to join us.
For Teens WexLab
Human Form in Modern Art With Bryan Moss and Jean Pitman
SAT, OCT 11 | 11 am–4 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE FREE (registration required at tickets.wexarts.org) This session for youth (ages 13–18) is based on working from live clothed models. Together we’ll explore the historical context and figurative work of Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean Dubuffet, and Columbus artist/educator Bryan Moss will take you through small experimental sketches with three kinds of 2D materials: vine charcoal, ink, and paint. We’ll also view the exhibition Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection with Wex educator Jean Pitman and talk about why the depiction of the human form is such a keystone throughout the history of art. Space is limited to 15 youths for this session, so register now at tickets. wexarts.org. A pizza lunch is included. For more information please contact Jean Pitman at jpitman@wexarts.org or (614) 292-4614.
WEXARTS.ORG/EXPLORE Learn more about the artists represented in Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection on our dedicated educational website, where you’ll find in-depth information about the lives and practices of the artists represented in this extraordinary exhibition, as well as curriculum resources designed to support K–12 educators.
Member News & Events
Members-Only Preview Day SAT, SEPT 20 | 10 am–10 pm
Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection Be among the first to view this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition featuring masterworks by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, Edgar Degas, Willem de Kooning, and Susan Rothenberg. Enjoy complimentary refreshments and snacks all day in the café, and beginning at 5 pm, a cash bar and the sounds of DJ TrueSkillz. RSVP and reserve your gallery admission time by September 12. Online: wexarts.org/memberpreview By Phone: (614) 292-8935 To ensure the best experience for everyone, we will limit the number of people admitted to the galleries on a timed basis. Members are encouraged to choose a half-hour window during which they may enter the galleries, and once inside, they may stay as long as they wish. PABLO PICASSO Femme nue dans l’atelier (Nude woman in the studio), 1953. Oil on canvas. 35 x 45 in. Wexner Family Collection © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH. ALBERTO GIACOMETTI L’homme qui chavire (Falling Man), 1950. Bronze. 23 1/2 x 11 x 5 1/4 in. Edition 1 of 6. Wexner Family Collection; Art © 2014 Alberto Giacometti Estate / Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York, NY. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH.
It’s the perfect time to join. If you’ve ever thought about becoming a Wexner Center member, now is the perfect time to join. As a member, you’ll receive free reserved admission to Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection and be invited to the Members-Only Preview Day on September 20. Members also enjoy priority access and ticket savings to the fantastic performances and films presented as part of our 25th Anniversary Season. Just browse the pages of this calendar for program highlights—and stay tuned on wexarts.org for news on amazing events yet to be announced. And don’t forget, members save with year-round discounts in the Wexner Center Store and Heirloom Café. Online: wexarts.org/join On site: Visit the Patron Services Desk or Wexner Center Store By phone: Call (614) 292-1777
WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS Photo: Brad Feinknopf
For Ohio State Students Fall Student Party
TUE, SEPT 2 | 7 pm–10 pm WEXNER CENTER PLAZA FREE
Turning Gears at the Wex
Ohio State students: don’t miss out on the Wexner Center’s annual party just for you! This year’s festivities include a free outdoor screening of Richard Linklater’s classic Dazed and Confused (1993) on the Wexner Center Plaza (starting at 8:15 pm), free pizza and giveaways, plus information about benefits you can enjoy at the Wex year-round, like free admission to our exhibitions and discounted tickets to performances and films. In the event of rain, the event will be held in Mershon Auditorium.
Julian Dassai can catch you off guard. Born in Columbus but raised in Greece, he is both soft-spoken and outspoken—about topics ranging from architecture and journalism to all things Columbus. A mostly-self-taught comic artist who draws and writes “The Columbusonian” in (614) Magazine, Dassai has led workshops for teens and trained teachers and docents at the Wex, and he’s performed at the Off the Grid party with the band Nick Tolford & Company. He also played a crucial role in the Weinland Park Story Book project, a Wex-led, limited-edition graphic anthology that illustrates stories gathered from the University District neighborhood. Dassai sat down with us over the summer to talk, and here are a few excerpts from the conversation:
On the Weinland Park Story Book:
It’s a not-for-profit book intended to go to people in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is extremely diverse and very interesting. It’s a classic neighborhood in transition…. As with the majority of neighborhoods being gentrified, there’s an entire history there that people outside the neighborhood have never been aware of. There are generations of people who’ve lived there, and their local history is fantastic. We tried to get as much as we could from all sides— new residents, old residents…. It was a very organic process.
On teen workshops at the Wex:
We have had kids from upper-middle-class families, kids from poor families, and kids with emotional or developmental problems … but for a week, they were here experiencing a totally different world. I’d tell them, “You’re not in your high school. You’re at the Wexner Center for the Arts. This is a nationally recognized art institution, and you’re expected to operate on that level.” You can really see how these things have an effect on kids, especially during those early teen years—13, 14, 15. It gets gears turning. Those gears aren’t necessarily getting turned in their high schools. This is a place that can do that. Head to wexarts.org/blog to continue the conversation with local artist Julian Dassai.
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Leave an artful legacy With thoughtful gift planning, you can make a greater impact at the Wex than you ever imagined. Create an enduring legacy through the Wexner Center for the Arts to ensure future generations have access to compelling exhibitions; vibrant dance, theater, and music performances; classic and contemporary films; and innovative educational programs that can’t be found anywhere else. Call or e-mail us to learn more. Phone: (614) 292-3096 E-mail: crosenthal@wexarts.org
JULIAN DASSAI Photo: Katie Spengler WEINLAND PARK STORY BOOK Photo: Katie Spengler DAZED AND CONFUSED Image courtesy of Universal Studios
OFFICIAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
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Calendar of Events Published 6 times a year Volume 26, Number 5 September+October 2014 Store
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PABLO PICASSO Nu au fauteuil noir (Nude in a black armchair), 1932. Oil on canvas. 63 1/2 x 51 in. Wexner Family Collection © 2014 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mark A. Steele Photography, Columbus, OH.
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The Box Closed for the duration of Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection.
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Information Visiting the Wexner Center L o c at i o n The Wexner Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Ohio State University at the corner of High Street and 15th Avenue. Off-site locations for other Wexner Center events are noted throughout this calendar/newsletter. Parking Parking is available in the Ohio Union Garages on campus and at the South Campus Gateway Garage, located one block east of North High Street between 9th and 11th Avenues. Very limited, shortterm parking is available at the parking meters in front of Mershon Auditorium. c h e c k f o r u p d at e s Check wexarts.org or call (614) 292-3535 for updates. All programs are subject to change. Galleries Please note that the galleries are closed Mondays and between exhibitions. See the exhibitions pages for timed ticketing and bag check-in procedures for Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection.
General Support Tickets Purchase tickets at tickets.wexarts.org or from the Patron Services Desk (614) 292-3535 on the entrance level of the Wexner Center. Ticketing services for sales and pickup of prepaid tickets are available at event locations one hour prior to showtimes. Film/Video tickets are available until a half-hour after showtimes or until the start of the second film of double features. (Sorry, no refunds or exchanges for Wexner Center tickets, unless an event is canceled.) osu students All Ohio State University students receive benefits including discounts in the Wexner Center Store and on films and performing arts events. Check out the schedules in the calendar and on the website! r e n ta l s Mershon Auditorium and selected Wexner Center spaces are available for corporate meetings or gatherings. See wexarts.org for details.
Tours group tours Prearranged group tours are available to school, youth, and college/university audiences, as well as adult community groups. These hour-long tours can be tailored to many different interests. Please make reservations for all group tours at least three weeks in advance. Call the education department at (614) 292-6493.
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walk-in tours There are no Walk-in Tours scheduled for the duration of Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection.
The Wexner Center for the Arts is part of The Ohio State University and receives major institutional support from the university. Major support is also provided through the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation and by Wexner Center members. The foundation is a private, nonprofit partner of the university’s Board of Trustees, established to provide trustee guidance and financial support for the Wexner Center. g e n e r a l O p e r at i n g S u p p o rt for the Wexner Center
Wexner Center Foundation Leslie H. Wexner Chair James Lyski President Trustees Nicholas K. Akins David M. Aronowitz Jeni Britton Bauer Shelley Bird Michael J. Canter Adam R. Flatto Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Michael P. Glimcher Elizabeth P. Kessler C. Robert Kidder Nancy Kramer James E. Kunk Bill Lambert Ronald A. Pizzuti Janet B. Reid Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate A. Alfred Taubman Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Mark Shanda Bruce A. Soll Joseph E. Steinmetz Mark E. Vannatta
Senior Programming Staff Sherri Geldin Director Jack Jackson Deputy Director Shelly Casto Director of Education Jill Davis Director of Exhibitions Management David Filipi Director of Film/Video Charles R. Helm Director of Performing Arts Bill Horrigan Curator at Large Jennifer Lange Curator of Film/Video Studio Program David Norr Senior Curator of Exhibitions Calendar of Events Staff Ryan Shafer Editor Brandon Ballog Graphic Designer