Porcelain Matters: Retelling, Recasting
A Conversation with Arlene Shechet

Bard Graduate Center welcomes acclaimed American sculptor Arlene Shechet—whose new exhibition at Storm King Art Center, Girl Group, runs through November 10—for an evening of conversation with Sèvres Extraordinaire! curator Charlotte Vignon. Shechet, known for her experiments with materials, form, and motion, has explored three hundred years of ceramic history through her art and curation. In 2016, Shechet curated, with Vignon, an exhibition at the Frick Collection entitled Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnold Collection, presenting works made during a residency at the Meissen factory. Currently, Shechet is working on a new piece in conjunction with a book being published by the Frick Collection—a creative response and a counterpoint to the museum’s eighteenth-century Sèvres vase, called Vase Japon.

October 9 at 6pm
38 West 86th Street, BGC Lecture Hall