'Fathers and Feminism in the work of Tacita Dean': Tamara Trodd
Lecture by Tamara Trodd, Edinburgh University
7th September 2011
Henry Moore Institute Seminar Room, 6pm
Tacita Dean, film still from 'Mario Merz', 2002
Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London
This event is free of charge and open to all.
It is not necessary to book, though seating is limited.
Tamara Trodd is Lecturer in twentieth-century and contemporary art at the University of Edinburgh. In this talk she will discuss Tacita Dean's film 'Mario Merz' (2002) in relation to the wider theme of old men and 'father figures' in Dean's work, and will consider the questions this raises of inheritance and artistic lineages from a feminist point of view.
This lecture has been programmed alongside Dean's film portrait of the artist, being shown in the Institute's Gallery 4 from 7 September. The film shows the aging Merz in Tuscany, sitting in silence with a large pinecone in his hand - a study of light in space and form in nature - core ideas in Merz's sculptural work.
This event is free of charge and open to all.