Author: Marin R. Sullivan
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I am thrilled to announce that History of Photography recently published my article, “Reflective Acts and Mirrored Images: Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden.” The text can be accessed through the Taylor & Francis website. In the summer of 1966, the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama installed Narcissus Garden in the main grounds of the 33rd Venice Biennale. Fifteen hundred mirrored…
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A couple of years ago now, I was asked to contribute an essay for a new online scholarly publication being put together by Tate Research entitled, Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity. This project reassesses the life, career, and impact of one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century–if one who also because of…
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Another school year is almost here–my second as an Assistant Professor at Keene State College. The summer was a time to decompress but also continue to advance, and in some cases complete, projects for the Tate, Art History, Sculpture Journal, History of Photography, a co-edited volume on postwar Italian art/art history, and a large-scale exhibition on Harry Bertoia at…
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My review of the exhibition Fiber: Sculpture 1960-Present, and its catalogue for caareviews.org is now live. Access it here. The exhibition subsequently travelled to the Wexner Center in Columbus, and is on-view at the Des Moines Art Center through Aug. 2, 2015.
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I am thrilled to be giving a lecture at Middlebury College on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The talk will begin at 4.30pm. “Materializing a Modern Italy: Gio Ponti, Internationalism, and the 1961 Esposizione Internazionale del Lavoro” Lecture by Dr. Marin R. Sullivan, Keene State College. The Esposizione Internazionale del Lavoro (International Labor Exhibition)[EIL] was a main…
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