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Mark Godfrey

Where Does Art Lie?

Virtual

Mark Godfrey, a man with close cropped dark hair with a bit of a beard. He's wearing a white shirt, suit coat, and necktie
Oct 04, 2021 7:00 PM
Online

Free for all audiences with RSVP

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688–3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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Curator Mark Godfrey opens up about his curatorial interests and practice, speaking to where his work is leading him as well as pointing to traditions, abstractions, and possibilities in art making.

Godfrey, the guest curator of our current Jacqueline Humphries exhibition, will open up about his interests and practice, highlighting the recent evolutionary shifts in gallery spaces and shifts in his own curatorial work. Referencing Humphries’s work and others, Godfrey will ruminate on what happens when advocacy, dissent, protest, and critique are presented in the gallery space. He'll also ask what's possible in these public spaces that wasn't before. What might these spaces and those of us working in and with them be doing, thinking about, and practicing? How can curators work with the public beyond the gallery in ways that are different, timely, relevant, critical, and new?

About the speaker

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Mark Godfrey is a curator and critic based in London. From 2007 to 2021 he was senior curator at Tate Modern, where he curated and cocurated shows including Soul of a Nation and retrospectives of Sigmar Polke, Roni Horn, Franz West, and Gerhard Richter. Outside Tate he has curated exhibitions by Christopher Williams, David Hammons, R.H. Quaytman, and Laura Owens. He won the Absolut Prize for Art Writing in 2015 and recently coedited the Soul of a Nation Reader.

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Jacqueline Humphries: jHΩ1:) is organized by the Wexner Center and curated by Mark Godfrey with assistance from Associate Curator of Exhibitions Daniel Marcus and Curatorial Associate Kristin Helmick-Brunet. Organizational support for the exhibition is provided by Greene Naftali, New York; Modern Art, London; and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne.

THIS PRESENTATION MADE POSSIBLE BY
Girlfriend Fund
Greene Naftali, New York

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDED BY
Agnes Gund
Anonymous
Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins
Sandra and Leo DelZotto
Joyce and Chuck Shenk
Lisa Stein and Craig Colvin

EXHIBITIONS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Bill and Sheila Lambert
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Crane Family Foundation
Mike and Paige Crane

FREE SUNDAYS POWERED BY
American Electric Power Foundation

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Ohio State Energy Partners
Huntington

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
State Farm
Ohio Arts Council
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
CoverMyMeds
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
The Wexner Family
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
American Electric Power Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
Adam Flatto
Mary and C. Robert Kidder
Bill and Sheila Lambert
L Brands Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
Arlene and Michael Weiss

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Carol and David Aronowitz
Michael and Paige Crane
Pete Scantland
Axium Packaging
Bocchi Laboratories
Fenwick & West LLP
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard
KDC/ONE
Nancy Kramer
M/I Homes
Voyant Beauty
Huntington
Lisa Barton
Regina Miracle International Ltd.
Washington Prime Group
Alene Candles
Fuel Transport
Russell and Joyce Gertmenian
Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel
Matrix Psychological Services
Paramount Group, Inc.
Ron and Ann Pizzuti
Joyce and Chuck Shenk
Bruce and Joy Soll
Clark and Sandra Swanson
Business Furniture Installations
CASTO
E.C. Provini Co, Inc.
Garlock Printing & Converting
Jones Day
M-Engineering
New England Development
Our Country Home
Performance Team
Premier Candle Corporation
ProAmpac
Steiner + Associates
Textile Printing
Andrew and Amanda Wise

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A view of three large abstract canvases hanging in the Wexner Center's galleries, with one canvas with red brushstrokes in the foreground and a green painting and multicolored painting in the background. The walls are white, the floors are wood and dark marble, and there is a glass and steel wall to the right.
Past Exhibitions

Jacqueline Humphries: jHΩ1:)

Sat, Sep 18, 2021 - Sun, Jan 2, 2022
Multiple Dates/Times Available
An abstract painting covered with a complex striped background overlaid with red brushstrokes and twisted CAPTCHA characters that read jHΩ1:)
Past Special Events

Fall Exhibition Preview

Featuring Jacqueline Humphries and Mark Godfrey in Conversation
Fri, Sep 17, 2021
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Past Talks & More

Mark Godfrey

Oct 04, 2021 7:00 PM EST
Online

Free for all audiences with RSVP

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688–3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Become a Member