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6:30pm – 7:30pm

Lecture, Member Event

I'm with Stupid

Lecture Series: In-Sight: Looking Deeper and Differently

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Helen Molesworth, chief curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Rachel Harrison’s I'm with Stupid (2007), in the Harvard Art Museum’s collection, is an aggressive and funny sculpture that refuses easy interpretation or categorization. It is as painterly as it is sculptural, and while as sculpture it nods to the history of the medium, its materials very much feel like the children’s craft table at summer camp. The evocations of childhood are complicated by consumerist motifs and references to death, among many other details that open the door to an associative chain of interpretive possibilities.

Join us for a new lecture series that explores individual works of art from a variety of global traditions. Each lecture looks deeply at a single work of art, inviting interpretations that probe beneath the surface. Approaching each work from multiple perspectives, we examine the techniques, contexts, and stories that have shaped it, and its significance to the Harvard Art Museum.

In-Sight Lecture Series poster

Individual lectures in this series $18 (Harvard Art Museum members: $12; Harvard students w/ valid ID: Free; non-Harvard students w/ valid ID: $8). Open to the public.

Space is limited and registration is encouraged; please call 617-495-4544 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu for more information.

Complimentary parking for this event is available at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.