Off the Wall, Discussion & Lunch: The Resistance of Otto Dix's Silverpoints

James van Dyke, Assistant Professor of Modern European Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, will consider the meaning of the technique of silverpoint drawing in Otto Dix’s scenes of sex, violence, and sexual violence in and after 1933, in particular asking whether two portraits made and exhibited in Berlin in 1935 can be seen as sly responses to both his critics and Nazi ideology in general. Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and the Committee on the Arts. Lunch is provided. $5 donation suggested; free to College ID cardholders.

Clifford Symposium Information:
Taking inspiration from the recent onslaught of racialized violence and the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this three-day academic symposium interrogates the ideas of assumption, access, and accountability through the lens of artistic engagement, dialogic process, and self-study. Participants are invited to reflect on the ways in which body politics has played out in their lives on and off the campus of Middlebury College. See the full schedule at go.middlebury.edu/clifford.