CROSSING THE BRIDGE – How do Artists Respond to Climate Change, The Anthropocene; Immigration and Social Injustice? – Kelly Driscoll

A wide range of artists take on these issues in a diversity of formats creating platforms for change through socially engaged practices. The conventional notions of aesthetic autonomy are redefined and negotiated. This talk will introduce individual artists and artist collectives who see their work as a vehicle to bring about discussion and foster change.

Kelly Driscoll – Upcoming exhibition- FLAT OUT 2000-2019 at Mana Contemporary. Selected exhibitions: PS1 MOMA, Brooklyn Museum, Brucennial, Houston Museum of Fine Art, Kaoshiung Museum, IPCNY, and Shirley Fitterman Art Center. Collections:  Brooklyn Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Columbia University, Lirik Kabinett, Harvard University, Wellesley College, NYPL, Munson Williams Proctor, Brooklyn Arts Council.  Artist books include Jalal al-Din Rumi – Story of the Eye (Vincent Fitzgerald & Co, New York), Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye (Institute for Cultural Inquiry, California).

Professor in the Fine Arts Department at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.  kellydriscoll.net