For Immediate Release
September 12, 2024
CLARK ART INSTITUTE RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM PRESENTS LECTURE BY ARTIST-SCHOLAR
ON FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
Williamstown, Massachusetts—On Tuesday, October 8 at 5:30 pm in the Manton Research Center auditorium, the Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program presents a free lecture by artist-scholar Andil Gosine (York University / Beinecke Fellow). In it he previews his bronze sculpture Ixora Coccinea from his forthcoming exhibition Nature’s Wild at the Art Museum of the Americas (June 2025).
Gosine considers contemporary and historical personal and sociopolitical catalysts for his sculpture. Ixora Coccinea is at once invested in contestation of anthropocentrism, observation and documentation of the historical significance of the labor system of Indentureship to the formation of Caribbean space and culture, and reckoning with traditions of public monument-making practices. Its propositions, particularly as a contemporary and future-looking eco-aesthetic strategy, emerge from and engage with intersecting ruminations across these concerns.
Andil Gosine is professor of environmental art and justice at York University in Toronto, and author of Nature’s Wild: Love, Sex and Law in the Caribbean (Duke University Press, 2021). He is at work on a follow-up collection of essays about visual arts that weigh and elaborate his intersecting interests in animality, ecology and desire, particularly in relationship to the Caribbean.
Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A reception at 5 pm in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.
The next Research and Academic Program lecture, presented by Adrian Anagnost, charts a cross-cultural history of visualizing territoriality in the lower Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf of Mexico. This event takes places on Tuesday, October 22 at 5:30 pm in the Clark’s auditorium.
ABOUT THE CLARK
The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Opened in 1955, the Clark houses exceptional European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver, and early photography. Acting as convener through its Research and Academic Program, the Clark gathers an international community of scholars to participate in a lively program of conferences, colloquia, and workshops on topics of vital importance to the visual arts. The Clark library, consisting of some 300,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Clark also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.
The Clark, which has a three-star rating in the Michelin Green Guide, is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Its 140-acre campus includes miles of hiking and walking trails through woodlands and meadows, providing an exceptional experience of art in nature. Galleries are open 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday from September through June, and daily in July and August. Admission is free January through March and is $20 from March through December; admission is free year-round for Clark members, all visitors age 21 and under, and students with a valid student ID. Free admission is also available through several programs, including First Sundays Free; a local library pass program; and EBT Card to Culture. For information on these programs and more, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.
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