MILLS COLLEGE ART LECTURE SERIES: Shimon Attie

Wednesday, November 7
4:30-5:30 PM, Danforth Lecture Hall


Shimon Attie is an internationally renowned visual artist. His artistic practice includes creating site-specific installations in public places, accompanying art photographs, immersive multiple-channel video and mixed-media installations for museums and galleries, and new media works. In many of his projects, he engages local communities in finding new ways of representing their history, memory, and potential futures.




Attie’s work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world, including at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; The Miami Art Museum, and The National Gallery of Art, among many others. Mr. Attie has received fellowships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, The Rome Prize AAR, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation.




All lectures are free and open to the public.




EVENT LOCATION:
Danforth Lecture Hall
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland CA 94611




This event supported by the Nancy Parker Art & Culture Lecture Series.



Image: Installation view. Single channel 9 minute film displayed on 20' wide LED screen with barge and tugboat. Night Watch. 2018. Shimon Attie.