Art History Mini-series • The Rise of Consumer Culture: Assemblage, Pop, Graffiti and Performance Art

Join Barbara Zabel, Professor Emerita at Connecticut College, for a special four-part art history mini-series exploring the development of contemporary art. Learn more about the series.

You can register for individual lectures or the entire series.

Dates: Wednesdays, November 4, November 11 & November 18
Cost: Members $20 per lecture / Non-Members $25 per lecture

RSVP to 860.443.2545 ext. 2129 or email us.

November 4: The Rise of Consumer Culture: Assemblage, Pop, Graffiti and Performance Art

The second session focuses on the post-war years, marked by great prosperity, as mass production, advertising and popular culture boomed. Assemblage and Pop Artists like Rauschenberg and Warhol embraced but also critiqued this culture by incorporating imagery from comic strips, advertisements, and everyday objects. We’ll see how their art paved the way for Graffiti and Performance Art

Image: Andy Warhol, “Cow”, Screenprint on wallpaper, 1971. Gift of Raymond Macrino, 1971.282.