CANCELLED - Diane Severin Nguyen

The Weitzman Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania and the Institute of Contemporary Art are pleased to present an artist lecture and artist presentation with Diane Severin Nguyen. 

This free public lecture is part of a series that gathers distinguished artists, activists, writers, and disruptors whose work engages with the social and cultural themes of our time.

About the Series

The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Weitzman Department of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania are pleased to present a series of free public lectures and artist presentations that connect a group of distinguished artists, writers, activists, and disruptors to the Philadelphia public.

In their varied approaches and techniques, these individuals speak to ICA’s ethos of artistic experimentation and practice that engages with the social and cultural themes of our time. As artists, writers, and cultural producers, their artwork and criticism expand across themes of popular culture, queer life, kinship & community, and de/construction through the utilization of sculpture, performance, sound, collage, installation, and more.

In this lecture series, we invite you all to engage in conversation with our participants and become a part of an active dialogue that explores the stake of contemporary art in our society and culture.

Diane Severin Nguyen is an artist who works with photography, video, and installation. Through material and sculptural experimentations, Nguyen approaches the photographic moment as one of transformation rather than documentation. Her video work narrativizes these tensions by examining the histories of power, victimhood, and speculative desire that motivate cultural (and self) image-making. She has exhibited her work internationally, in places like SculptureCenter, New York; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; and Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai; and she is a recent recipient of the 2023 Guggenheim fellowship. Nguyen lives and works in New York. 

Registration
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Captioning will be available for this program via Zoom. If you require any other accessibility accommodations such as audio description or ASL interpretation, or have any questions about the program, please contact Brittany Clottey at bclottey@ica.upenn.edu.