Seminar "Art of Inexperience"

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On May 19 and 20, 2011, at 6 p.m. in the kim? library a seminar about the relation between art and history - “Art of Inexperience” - will be held. Lecturer - Simone Menegoi.

Explainig his choice of the theme of this seminar, Simone Menegoi writes: “After my first talk at kim? a person from the audience – a young Latvian scholar, Maija Rudovska - asked me an interesting question that, for lack of time and because of its complexity, I couldn’t answer: “How does recent art in Western Europe deal with the history of 20th century?” This two-day talk, taking place some months after my first visit to Riga, is an attempt at answering the question. I decided to focus on Italian art (with a couple of examples from other countries) because I am particularly familiar with it, and because it makes sense with respect to the current moment: in the last two years a lively debate about the (supposed) lack of political engagement of young Italian art sparked in my country."

More information about “Art of Inexperience” - at kim? events section.

The language of the seminar is English. Admission free.

Support: Embassy of Italy in Riga, airBaltic, Lux Express