Keith Holz, Associate Professor of Art History at Western Illinois University, will discuss a recently discovered list of four paintings compiled by the Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka in late 1937 for inclusion in the 1938 London exhibition Twentieth Century German Art.
Professor Holz will examine Kokoschka’s proposed ensemble of artworks from many perspectives to consider what can be understood of an artist’s identity and efforts at self-representation under specific historical circumstances (i.e., in the wake of the Degenerate Art exhibition).
The lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Pioneers and Exiles: German Expressionism at the Indiana University Art Museum. It is co-sponsored by the Robert and Avis Burke Lecture Series, Department of the History of Art.
A reception featuring light refreshments will follow in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium of the IU Art Museum from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
• TIME: 7:30 p.m.
• COST: free
• WHERE: IU Henry Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington.