Friday, February 3, 2:00–5:00 pm
La Maison Française
16 Washington Mews (at University Place)

SYMPOSIUM
Soto and Latin American Artists in Paris

Featuring NYU graduate students, this symposium will investigate aspects of the vibrant interchange between the Americas and Paris in the mid-to-late 20th century. Speakers will also examine works by Soto’s contemporaries from Argentina, Haiti, Cuba, and elsewhere. With German Garrido, PhD candidate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; and Rachel Kim and Amelia Langer, MA candidates, Sean Nesselrode and Susanna Temkin, PhD candidates, Institute of Fine Arts. Co-moderated by Estrellita B. Brodsky and Edward J. Sullivan, Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of the History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History, NYU. Followed by a viewing of Soto: Paris and Beyond at the Grey Art Gallery.

Free of charge, no reservations, seating is limited.

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Offered in conjunction with the exhibition Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950–1970, on view at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University,
100 Washington Square East, January 10–March 31, 2012.

Featuring works produced after Jesús Soto's move from Venezuela to Paris, Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950–1970 highlights his visionary investigations
into notions of movement, displacement, and instability. Drawing inspiration from optics, color theory, and phenomenology, Soto (1923–2005) developed
a radically new relationship between the artwork and the viewer. His groundbreaking achievements in the fields of perception and interactive art established his reputation as both one of the foremost proponents of Kinetic art and one of the most influential 20th-century Latin American artists.

For more information on the exhibition, including a complete program roster, please visit http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 11 am–6 pm
OPEN LATE Wednesday: 11 am–8 pm
Saturday: 11 am–5 pm
Closed Sunday/Monday/Major holidays.


FUTURE EVENTS
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Wednesday, February 15
Gallery Talk by Sean Nesselrode

Wednesday, March 7
Gallery Talk by Delia Solomons

Wednesday, March 21
Readings by Creative Writing Gallery Prize winners

Thursday, March 22
Gallery Conversation by Ariel Jiménez,
Estrellita B. Brodsky, and Edward J. Sullivan

Friday, March 23
Symposium: Mediatic Networks in Postwar Paris:
Art, Sound, and Film in Motion

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