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Nicole Eisenman: Talk Without a Title

A stylized painting of a pig-like humanoid figure wearing a green military uniform and black boots.
Archangel (The Visitors) (2024), oil on linen, 127" x 105", detail view. image / provided

Lecture

Location

Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium

Milstein Hall

Contact

Department of Art

(607) 255-6730

artdepartment@cornell.edu

Biography

portrait of Nicole Eisenman

Nicole Eisenman

Having established themself as a painter, Nicole Eisenman has expanded their practice into the third dimension. They are a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2018. In 2019, their work was included in both the Venice Biennale and the Whitney Biennial. Recent solo exhibitions include What Happened, Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Whitechapel Gallery, London; and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; 2023–24. Heads, Kisses, Battles: Nicole Eisenman and the Moderns, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany; Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland; Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles; and Kunstmuseum Den Haag; 2021–22. Giant Without a Body, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, 2021; Sturm und Drang, Contemporary Austin, Texas, 2020; Baden Baden Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019. They live and work in Brooklyn.

Nicole Eisenman is the Fall 2024 guest speaker for the John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

This lecture is a part of the John A. Cooper Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

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