Research Seminars @ Illinois

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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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Face and Myth: Some Soviet Theories of the Portrait, Samuel Johnson

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: School of Art and Design
Location: 316 Art & Design Building
Date: Mar 3, 2025 5:30 pm
Contact: Kristin Romberg
E-Mail: kromberg@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Campus Humanities Calendar; "Face and Myth: Some Soviet Theories of the Portrait," Samuel Johnson, Associate Professor, Syracuse University. Monday, March 3, 5:30 pm, Art & Design 316. This talk outlines an episode in what Soviet writers of the 1920s called the “post-portrait period” of contemporary art. It examines the futurist “simultaneous portrait” from avant-garde experiment to official imagery in the works of Gustav Klutsis, El Lissitzky, and Aleksandr Rodchenko.

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