Concurrent with the Guggenheim Museum's retrospective, Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting, on view October 9, 2015, through January 6, 2016, this symposium, co-organized by Ernest Ialongo and the show's curator Emily Braun, will address the exhibition itself as well as Burri's work in the context of postwar and contemporary art.
Participants: Ernest Ialongo (Hostos Community College, CUNY), as moderator; Emily Braun (Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY), who will discuss the Burri exhibit; Howard Singerman (Hunter College, CUNY), who will explore Burri's place within postwar European art; Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU), who will analyze the POW experience of World War II and Burri's specific experiences; Noa Steimatsky, who will survey Neorealism in film and the connections to Burri; and Robert Storr (Yale University), who will discuss Burri's influence in contemporary art.
