Berkeley Art Museum Theater
Admission Free

Paul Chan has produced some of the most iconic and politically charged
art of this decade. His practice is formally and materially diverse,
but evinces a unifying interest in themes of human motivation—power,
perversion, transgression, empathy, and redemption. He looks to
politics, history, philosophy, spirituality, and common culture as
both inspiration and fodder. Chan’s interest in politics is intimated
in his work as an artist and expressed more explicitly through
activist efforts and a parallel practice in experimental documentaries.
Elizabeth Thomas has served as Phyllis Wattis MATRIX Curator since
2007. This is the last in a series of conversations bringing together
artists and curators from the past and present of the MATRIX program
in celebration of its thirtieth year. Paul Chan’s MATRIX project, a
new commission originally planned for 2009, has been rescheduled for
2010. This conversation is part of the MATRIX 30th Anniversary Program.