March 17, 2010
MATTHEW MONAHAN
B. 1972 in Eureka, California, lives in Los Angeles
"It's interesting to see how inanimate the figure can be, how figurative art dies, how it scars, how it shatters into mere things, how it turns to dust . . ."

Wednesday, April 14
HUMA BHABHA
B. 1962 in Karachi, Pakistan, lives in Poughkeepsie
"The idea of monument and death is the ultimate raw material of art."

Wednesday, May 12
THOMAS HOUSEAGO
B. 1972 in Leeds, England, lives in Los Angeles
"Our generation sees modernist art through the lens of pop culture, not the other way around."

This spring’s Public Art Fund Talks series which features Matthew Monahan, Huma Bhabha, and Thomas Houseago - three artists whose works reinvent and extend the language of figurative sculpture for a new era. Neither literal portraits nor traditional monuments, their works push the expressive potential of sculptural forms and materials, marking a renewed interest in the figure in contemporary art. These artists are also featured in the upcoming Public Art Fund exhibition Statuesque, opening June 2, 2010 at City Hall Park. Public Art Fund Talks are organized by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.

Talks begin at 6:30 pm
The New School, John Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Tickets: single talk: $10; full series: $20; students: FREE
To purchase: visit www.publicartfund.org or call 212.980.4575