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CANCELLED Friends of Art History Lecture Series: “I always use a pseudonym to write…”: Reading Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore by Michelle Gewurtz
March 27, 2020 at 2:30 PM
| Location: | 412 St. Patrick's Building |
| Cost: | Free |
Friday, March 27, 2:30pm, 412 St. Patrick’s Building
Michelle Gewurtz, Senior Curator, Ottawa Art Gallery
“I always used a pseudonym to write…”: Reading Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore’s work continues to provoke interest and raise questions about complex identities. The photographs, writings, and drawings produced by this pair of artists in the early 20th century prompt contemporary artists and scholars alike to ask challenging questions about art as formed by society, gender and ethnicity. This talk delves into the many ways Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore responded to the society in which they lived. Claude Cahun’s writing read alongside the photographic work produced in collaboration with Marcel Moore sheds light on how they responded to their Jewishness and their queer identities. How did these factors influence their practice, their choice of subject matter, and the presentation of their work?