Lecture—Corinne Wasmuht: The Speed of Painting

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums Corinne Wasmuht (b. 1964) is considered one of the most important German painters of her generation. In this lecture, the artist will discuss her work, from her early naturalistic structures of the late 1980s to more recent large-scale oil paintings, which reflect her interest in digital imagery and the anonymity of public space. Stephan Berg, director of the Kunstmuseum Bonn, says that Wasmuht’s work “presents a paradox: how does one of the slowest forms of image-making (painting) reveal the speed of the digital age and the collapsing of space under constant acceleration so that we experience both: acceleration and deceleration, the technological thrust pushing us continuously forward, like Walter Benjamin’s Angel of History, and the foundation on which he stands. One can truly say: Corinne Wasmuht paints the fastest and most fleeting pictures of all in the slowest and richest way imaginable.” Guests are invited to view Wasmuht’s wo