Exploring Artistic Visions and Cultural Narratives: Guffogg & Tessier, Talk 1

Conversations About Art: Guffogg/Tessier (Talk 1)

Exploring Artistic Visions and Cultural Narratives

Welcome to this special series of talks featuring artist Shane Guffogg and curator Thierry Tessier. Tessier, an art historian and curator, engages in a detailed conversation with world-renowned artist Guffogg. They discuss art history, studio processes, and compare European and contemporary art, focusing on its history of appropriation. The dialogue also explores Guffogg’s perspective on his self-portraiture and includes questions about the future of art through AI. The conversation becomes personal as Guffogg delves into the subject of truth and art-making with a capital "A" and his 2003 Art Manifesto: Pharmaka. Join us as the American post-postmodernist painter explores the meaning of art with this French art professional, based in Paris.

Thierry Tessier is an art historian, curator, lecturer, writer, and fashion expert. After studying at Christie's Education Paris in collaboration with Cambridge University, he worked for two years with fashion designer Paul Smith as a buyer for his private art collection. Upon returning to France, Tessier founded his own expertise company. In 2017, he co-founded Vanities Gallery, a Franco-Chinese art gallery focusing on artists between France and China. In addition to teaching art, and fashion history, Tessier organizes various cultural events, including fashion shows, exhibitions, and lectures. https://www.vanitiesgallery.net

Shane Guffogg is an American artist who examines humanity through the lens of past and present civilizations, viewing time as a thread that connects all people. His work creates a visual language informed by the spiritualism of abstraction and the realism of the old masters. While these two concepts are often seen as separate, Guffogg seamlessly fuses them into works that transcend time, offering insights into our identity in the 21st century. His work is included in the collections of prestigious institutions such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Fundación/Colección Jumex in Mexico City, The Imperial Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, The Gallery of the Museum Center in Baku, Laguna Art Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation in Los Angeles, among others. https://www.shaneguffogg.com

Music by Stevie Kincheloe, and Steven David McKellar

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