Lunchtime Talk by Kirk Nickel, PhD, Marc and Lillian Rojtman Curator of European Art

Please join us for this engaging 20-minute Lunchtime Talk featuring the work of Nam June Paik. The Korean-born artist is widely considered the founder of video art. This month’s Art Talk focuses on his 1994 video sculpture Cage in Cage, a Victorian-style birdcage filled with active television monitors, currently on view in the Haggerty’s anniversary exhibition, The Big 4-0 Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection. Inspired by Paik’s admiration for the avantgarde composer John Cage, the work is a meditation on human perception that takes poetic form as a chorus of disparate audio-visual signals. After the discussion, you can stay to continue the conversation or explore the Haggerty’s current exhibitions.
In partnership with Marquette University’s GROW program. Free and open to the public.