What’s to do? Vassar Edition

Noted critic to lecture at Presses opening

A reception for the official opening of the exhibition Presses, Pop and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. The reception includes an exhibition viewing, refreshments, poetry readings, and music. A lecture by renowned art critic Donald Kuspit entitled “Art Since “Warhol: Media-Derived Contra Media” will follow at 5 p.m. Kuspit, who is a Professor of Art History and Philosophy at SUNY-Stony Brook, is the author of more than 20 books and is a contributing editor at Artforum, Sculpture and New Art Examiner magazines.

—David Knowles, Public Relations Manager

Art film series continues at FLLAC

The Art Film Series that began last fall at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will continue this semester, leading off with I Shot Andy Warhol on Thursday, Feb. 16. Screenings of Crumb, Style Wars, and The Agony of Ecstasy will follow through March, ending with In the Realms of the Unreal—The Mystery of Henry Darger on the far-away date of April 20. As always, each Thursday night screening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a docent presentation in the Project Gallery, connecting the film with work from the Lehman Loeb’s collection.

“What I want is to encourage people to come here,” said Kelly Thompson, Coordinator of Public Education and Programs at the Art Center, “and to come see what we have that supports these films.” Whether it’s a Warhol or a Pollack or a cartoon by Robert Crumb, the ability to show actual work by the artist in tandem with a well-known (or sometimes unknown) film is indeed unique. “There is so much in our collection that works with these films that aren’t typically on view,” said Thompson. “These films give us a chance to go down to the vault and showcase that collection.”

—Freddy Deknatel, Arts Editor

Friday, Feb. 3
Vassar:
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre Features works in progress Pascal Rioult's “Wien,” with Ravel's “La Valse” accompaniment. New Hackensack Studio Theater,
8 p.m.

Rhinebeck:
Simi Linton Reading Memoirist recounts the 1971 car accident en route to a Vietnam War protest that caused her paralysis in My Body Politic. Oblong Books, 6420 Montgomery St., 7:30 p.m., free

Saturday, Feb. 4
Vassar:
Modfest 8 A conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Mario Davidovsky and Richard Wilson. Skinner, 2 p.m.

New York:
The Juan Maclean with Tim Sweeney of Beats in Space Electronic musician teams up with one of WNYU’s premiere DJs. Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St.,
9 p.m., $15

Sunday, Feb. 5
Vassar:
Vassar College Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Mahagonny Choir James Osborn, Eduardo Navega, and conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya ’08. Skinner,
3 p.m.