Theatricality, Performativity, and Play Panel Discussion
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New Perspectives on Portraiture: Session 4 Panel Discussion ft. Erin Pauwels, ShiPu Wang, Anne Collins Goodyear From the Edgar P. Richardson Symposium: New Perspectives on Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery, Sept. 20, and Sept. 21, 2018 Day 2, Session 4: Theatricality, Performativity, and Play Moderator: Asma Naeem Chief Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art Panelists: Erin Pauwels Assistant Professor of Art History, Temple University ShiPu Wang Professor of Art History and founding faculty of the Global Arts Studies Program, University of California, Merced Anne Collins Goodyear Co-Director, Bowdin College Museum of Art How do artists destabilize identity through their works? How can we rethink the relationship between portraiture and self-portraiture? How does the size of the intended audience affect the truthfulness of a portrait? These questions and others are addressed in the fourth panel discussion, which concluded the symposium’s investigation of new perspectives on portraiture.