SAA is excited to present two free lectures by local Art History teacher Philip Nickel. Philip has been teaching Art History for the last 22 years at Sprague High School. He describes his experience with developing an art history program at Sprague as a unique opportunity that's been incredibly rewarding, adding that, "Having been dragged to museums from the time I could walk, I discovered that art history was a natural outgrowth of my political, literary, and cultural interests."

March 7 lecture 6pm-7:30pmSession 1: Identity Politics – Power and Authority

This section will survey art as a political statement of power and authority. It considers how governments and leaders express concepts to a public and how that messaging can be interpreted

Examples:

Flavian Amphitheater / Pantheon
Houdon’s Washington / Greenough’s Washington
Henry VIII / Martin Luther
President Obama / King George
Oregon State Capitol / Governor Portraits

March 21 lecture 6pm-7:30pmSession 2: Identity Politics – Resistance and Rebellion

This section will survey art as a form of rebellion against power and authority. It considers how individuals express resistance to a variety of forms of power and how art is used to question authority. Special attention is paid to contemporary artworks.

Examples:

Kara Walker / Lorna
SimpsonYinka
Shonebare
Basquiat
Ai Weiwei
Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre
Guerilla Girls
Richard Serra’s
Abu Ghraib

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