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Harrell Fletcher: Discussion in Art and Social Practice - CANCELED

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March 29, 2012

Harrell Fletcher: Discussion in Art and Social Practice - CANCELED

Harrell Fletcher, an artist who specializes in socially-engaged, interdisciplinary projects, will speak at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film as part of the school’s Visiting Artists Series.

Since the early 1990s, Fletcher has produced a variety of collaborative, multimedia projects that frequently involve other artists and...

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Harrell Fletcher, an artist who specializes in socially-engaged, interdisciplinary projects, will speak at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film as part of the school’s Visiting Artists Series.

Since the early 1990s, Fletcher has produced a variety of collaborative, multimedia projects that frequently involve other artists and members of local communities. His work is often curatorial and interactive and, although it is typically playful, it almost always engages aspects of social and political life. Over the years, his projects have ranged from an “alternative library” that he made while still an MFA student at California College of the Arts to a traveling exhibition of photographs he took at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City (entitled "The American War"). In 2004, his contribution to the Whitney Biennial included a publication featuring works by artists not invited to participate. Between 2002 and 2009, in a collaborative web project with the artist-filmmaker Miranda July, he solicited the broader public to submit responses to assignments like “repair something,” “heal yourself,” or “document your bald spot.”

Currently Associate Professor of Art and Social Practice at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, Fletcher is a 2005 winner of the Alpert Award in the Arts, given to “creative experimenters who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society.” He has exhibited his projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Sculpture Center in New York, the Seattle Art Museum, the Royal College of Art in London, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, and other important venues. His work is in the collections of the New Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art.

“Harrell Fletcher’s mindful ability to leverage people, places, and situations in ordinary contexts makes us aware of the richness that surrounds us on a daily basis,” said Derek Coté, assistant professor of fine art. “He is one of the most important artists working in social practice today, and we are deeply honored that he will be coming to speak with us at Watkins.”

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