LaNitra Berger (Art History and Office of Undergraduate Education) will speak about her recent book Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African
Modern Art: Audacities of Color. Her book considers one of South Africa’s most
enigmatic modern figures. Stern held conservative political positions on race even as her subjects openly challenged racism and later the apartheid regime. Using paintings, archival research, and new interviews, Berger's book explores how Stern became South
Africa's most prolific painter of Black, Jewish, and Colored (mixed-race) life while maintaining controversial positions on race.
Tuesday, 4:30-5:30pm
Meeting ID: 961 0055 6986 Passcode: 456816