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LECTURE: Rebecca Uchill, "Known But Unknown: Nancy Holt's Spinwinder: What Lies Beneath"

  • The Women’s Club of Roland Park & Zoom 4500 Roland Avenue Baltimore, MD, 21210 United States (map)

HYBRID IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PROGRAM

Known But Unknown: Nancy Holt's Spinwinder: What Lies Beneath

Rebecca Uchill, director of the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC

(Reception 1 - 1:30 pm)

 

Known But Unknown is a series on four contemporary artists (three of whom are working today) curated by Kristen Hileman.

In 1991, artist Nancy Holt completed her most personal public sculpture, Spinwinder, a commission for the college campus that is now UMass Dartmouth. For years, rumors circulated of a "time capsule" buried beneath the sculpture. This lecture tells the story of a multi-year curatorial and research project that spanned archives, neighborhood lore, technical reconstructions, and various community engagements to unearth more information about Spinwinder and its buried materials and to restore the artwork in the spirit of Holt's original intention. 

 

$15 fee for guests and subscribers (no fee for members)

Earlier Event: April 16
LECTURE: Kevin Tervala, "Repatriation, Restitution, Reparations: Explaining Cultural Property Practice in the 21st Century"
Later Event: April 30
WEBINAR: Jennie Hirsh, "Known But Unknown: Art as Empathy - Doris Salcedo and Sculptural Revelation"