the Cooper Union School of Art Interdisciplinary Seminar

Richard Meyer

Warhol in Kazakhstan

This lecture took place on February 4th, 2011 at 6:30 pm in the The Great Hall at the Cooper Union

Lecture introduction

This lecture will focus on the limits and inequities of globalization within the arena of contemporary art. In doing so, it addresses an ostensibly marginal episode in the international reception of the work of Andy Warhol—a retrospective mounted in Almaty, Kazakhstan in January 2000. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the show marked the first museum exhibition of a U.S. artist in Central Asia. The challenges posed to Warhol’s work by the Kazakh context (and vice versa) will be taken up in some detail, as will the American government’s rationale for the exhibition.

About Richard Meyer

Richard Meyer is an Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts as well as the Director of the Visual Studies Graduate Certificate and The Contemporary Project at the University of Southern California.

Relevant Links

• http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27327/curators-voice-richard-meyer-on-warhols-jews-at-the-jewish-museum/
• Readings for this lecture are available on the student login page.