Jennifer Shaw and Tirza True Latimer, two scholars who have been instrumental in repositioning Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore in the canon of early twentieth-century avant-garde art, come together for the first time in conversation to explore Cahun and Moore's work, legacy, and Jewish life.
Come early to see Cahun and Moore's work in a short tour of the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" with the curator. "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" presents the work of groundbreaking French Jewish artist, Surrealist, and activist Claude Cahun and her lifelong lover and collaborator Marcel Moore in dialogue with ten contemporary artists to examine the complex and empowered representation of fluid identity.
Jennifer Shaw is Professor of Art History at Sonoma State University. Her work explores issues of gender and identity in art and literature. She is author of several books and articles including "Dream States: Puvis de Chavannes," "Modernism and the Fantasy of France" (Yale University Press, 2002); "Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late-19th-Century France" (2006); "Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals" (2013); and "Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun" (2017).
Tirza True Latimer is Professor in Visual Studies and Interim Chair of the Visual Studies program at California College of the Arts. Her teaching, publications, and curatorial projects reflect on visual culture and visual politics from queer feminist perspectives. She has written extensively on lesbian artists practicing in France between the two World Wars, focusing in particular depth on the creative partnership between Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Her latest book, "Eccentric Modernisms: Making Differences in the History of American Art," was released by University of California Press in 2016. Her scholarship and critical writings have appeared in many prominent journals, as well as in dozens of exhibition catalogs and edited collections.
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Come early to see Cahun and Moore's work in a short tour of the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" with the curator. "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" presents the work of groundbreaking French Jewish artist, Surrealist, and activist Claude Cahun and her lifelong lover and collaborator Marcel Moore in dialogue with ten contemporary artists to examine the complex and empowered representation of fluid identity.
Jennifer Shaw is Professor of Art History at Sonoma State University. Her work explores issues of gender and identity in art and literature. She is author of several books and articles including "Dream States: Puvis de Chavannes," "Modernism and the Fantasy of France" (Yale University Press, 2002); "Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late-19th-Century France" (2006); "Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals" (2013); and "Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun" (2017).
Tirza True Latimer is Professor in Visual Studies and Interim Chair of the Visual Studies program at California College of the Arts. Her teaching, publications, and curatorial projects reflect on visual culture and visual politics from queer feminist perspectives. She has written extensively on lesbian artists practicing in France between the two World Wars, focusing in particular depth on the creative partnership between Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Her latest book, "Eccentric Modernisms: Making Differences in the History of American Art," was released by University of California Press in 2016. Her scholarship and critical writings have appeared in many prominent journals, as well as in dozens of exhibition catalogs and edited collections.
Jennifer Shaw and Tirza True Latimer, two scholars who have been instrumental in repositioning Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore in the canon of early twentieth-century avant-garde art, come together for the first time in conversation to explore Cahun and Moore's work, legacy, and Jewish life.
Come early to see Cahun and Moore's work in a short tour of the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" with the curator. "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" presents the work of groundbreaking French Jewish artist, Surrealist, and activist Claude Cahun and her lifelong lover and collaborator Marcel Moore in dialogue with ten contemporary artists to examine the complex and empowered representation of fluid identity.
Jennifer Shaw is Professor of Art History at Sonoma State University. Her work explores issues of gender and identity in art and literature. She is author of several books and articles including "Dream States: Puvis de Chavannes," "Modernism and the Fantasy of France" (Yale University Press, 2002); "Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late-19th-Century France" (2006); "Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals" (2013); and "Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun" (2017).
Tirza True Latimer is Professor in Visual Studies and Interim Chair of the Visual Studies program at California College of the Arts. Her teaching, publications, and curatorial projects reflect on visual culture and visual politics from queer feminist perspectives. She has written extensively on lesbian artists practicing in France between the two World Wars, focusing in particular depth on the creative partnership between Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Her latest book, "Eccentric Modernisms: Making Differences in the History of American Art," was released by University of California Press in 2016. Her scholarship and critical writings have appeared in many prominent journals, as well as in dozens of exhibition catalogs and edited collections.
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Come early to see Cahun and Moore's work in a short tour of the exhibition "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" with the curator. "Show Me as I Want to Be Seen" presents the work of groundbreaking French Jewish artist, Surrealist, and activist Claude Cahun and her lifelong lover and collaborator Marcel Moore in dialogue with ten contemporary artists to examine the complex and empowered representation of fluid identity.
Jennifer Shaw is Professor of Art History at Sonoma State University. Her work explores issues of gender and identity in art and literature. She is author of several books and articles including "Dream States: Puvis de Chavannes," "Modernism and the Fantasy of France" (Yale University Press, 2002); "Paris and the Countryside: Modern Life in Late-19th-Century France" (2006); "Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals" (2013); and "Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun" (2017).
Tirza True Latimer is Professor in Visual Studies and Interim Chair of the Visual Studies program at California College of the Arts. Her teaching, publications, and curatorial projects reflect on visual culture and visual politics from queer feminist perspectives. She has written extensively on lesbian artists practicing in France between the two World Wars, focusing in particular depth on the creative partnership between Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Her latest book, "Eccentric Modernisms: Making Differences in the History of American Art," was released by University of California Press in 2016. Her scholarship and critical writings have appeared in many prominent journals, as well as in dozens of exhibition catalogs and edited collections.
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