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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.

Presented in conjunction with the 2015 Clifford Symposium, The “good” Body. Free Taking inspiration from both 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 have played out in their lives on and off the campus of Middlebury College.

Barak adé Soleil is a disabled artist of color who passionately embraces the politics of identity, culture, and aesthetics, with precise and focused attention to representations of race, disability, and the body. A feature presentation of the 2015 Clifford Symposium, The “good” Body.

Kickoff event for the 2015 Clifford Symposium, The “good” Body. Reception to follow in the lower lobby. Free 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.

Pam Barenbaum: “The Body under Hostile Takeover” Anson Koch-Rein: “Have You Seen Him As Her?: Gender, Clothes, and the Body in ABC’s Guided Tour of Caitlyn Jenner’s Closet”