Conversations
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of the Coronavirus
Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné and organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa.
A critical element of the Life During Wartime exhibition is an ongoing series of dialogues with the participating artists. Each event will be archived on this page, and additional artist talks and events will be announced during the run of the exhibition, as artist contributions are unveiled. Please sign up for exhibition updates at the bottom of this page to stay up to date.
Past Events
Richard Mosse Artist Conversation // Saturday, December 5, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artist Richard Mosse joined USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune to talk about Mosse’s newest project Double Blind, a herculean artwork that takes global warming as its subject and for which the artist traveled to the Amazon to examine both “sites and processes of environmental crimes through the prism of orthographic multispectral reflectance imaging.” The conversation took place inside the artist’s New York City studio and included the virtual presence of Mosse’s close collaborators filmmaker Trevor Tweeten and composer Ben Frost.
Lisa Yuskavage Artist Conversation // Friday, October 16, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artist Lisa Yuskavage joined USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune to talk about her current practice and work shown in the exhibition.
Seth Cameron + Madeilynann Mitchell Conversation // Friday, September 25, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artist Seth Cameron and Educator Cookie Mitchell talk about arts and education today.
Eva and Franco Mattes + Atelier Van Lieshout Conversation // Saturday, September 12, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artists Eva & Franco Mattes and Atelier Van Lieshout talk with USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune about their current practice and works shown in the exhibition.
Dysturb’s Benjamin Petit + Samantha Casolari Conversation // Friday, August 7, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artists Benjamin Petit from Dysturb and Samantha Casolari talk with USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune about their current practice and works shown in the exhibition.
Patricia Cronin + Kalup Linzy Conversation // Friday, July 17, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artists Patricia Cronin and Kalup Linzy talk with USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune about their current practice and works shown in the exhibition.
Mark Thomas Gibson + William Villalongo Conversation // Thursday, June 25, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artists Mark Thomas Gibson and William Villalongo talk with USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune about their current practice and works shown in the exhibition.
Jake Chapman Conversation // Saturday, June 20, 2020
Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus participating artist Jake Chapman talks with USFCAM Curator-at-large Christian Viveros-Faune about about he and his brother Dinos's new series titled The Disasters of Yoga II (2019-2020).
Online Opening + Conversation // Saturday, June 6, 2020
The opening celebration was held virtually via Zoom on June 6, 2020, from 1-3pm EDT. It featured a conversation led by curator Christian Viveros-Fauné that included participating artists Basil Kincaid, Cristina Lucas, Narsiso Martinez and Spencer Tunick, as well as a virtual walk-through of the exhibition and a public Q+A.