Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: Roger White, Studio Art

Clocking In: Time and Painting

Since 2019, Visiting Assistant Professor Roger White (Studio Art) has been making a series of “Calendar Paintings” that explore variations of conventional time-keeping formats. In this lecture, White will present this body of work in the context of its art-historical precursors—from medieval books of hours to the “Date Paintings” of conceptual artist On Kawara—and his broader interest in art and the everyday. He will also discuss his research into different world calendar systems and the changing aesthetics of futurity in an age of climate crisis.