“Wrong: contemporary art in Los Angeles”
Public lecture at Artspace, 1 November 2002 midday
David Pagel, L.A. critic and curator
Internationally acclaimed L.A. critic and curator David Pagel is visiting New Zealand late in October and Artspace will
be the only Auckland venue for his guest lecture on L.A. art. He says, “It's about artists who deliberately and wilfully
misinterpret the works of their more famous predecessors to make a place and a name for themselves.”
A major contributor to the international art scene, David Pagel is a graduate of Harvard and Stanford Universities and
has since written regular columns for the LA Times and major art magazines such as Flash Art, Frieze, Art & Text and Bomb.
Pagel has curated innovative and ground breaking exhibitions across America and Europe. In 2000 he curated Radar Love at
Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy and New American Talent #15, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas. Those
exhibitions come on the heels of a string of exhibitions featuring new artists, at university galleries throughout the
USA.
In addition, Pagel has lectured at major art schools in California including Art Center College of Design, University of
California, Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design and California Institute of the Arts.
This is a free event.
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