Transpacific Encounters: Miguel Covarrubias, Zhang Guangyu
Felicity Yin
January 16, 2025
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Title
- Transpacific Encounters: Miguel Covarrubias, Zhang Guangyu
Summary
- Swann Fellow Felicity Yin, Ph.D. candidate in art history at the University of California at San Diego, examines the 1930s cultural exchange between Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias and Shanghai artist Zhang Guangyu, focusing on Covarrubias' visit to Shanghai during his second trip to Bali. Using materials from the Library of Congress, the research reveals how their dialogues contributed to an indigenous turn in both artists' practices, redefining the integration of their cultural roots in transpacific modern art.
Running Time
- 37 minutes 13 seconds
Eco-Activism and Education in Children's Graphic Narratives
Brianna Anderson
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-05-17.
Summary
- Brianna Anderson, a PhD candidate in English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, was among the Swann Fellow awardees selected in 2022 to speak at the Library. Her project, "Greening the Gutters: Visualizing Environmental Disaster and Youth Eco-Activism in Children's Comics," uses posters, cartoon drawings, small press comics, and zines to understand the way in which visual culture engages audiences and inspires them to action.
Names
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2023-05-17.
Notes
- - Brianna Anderson, Sara Duke.
- - Recorded on 2023-05-17.
Conversation with Keith Knight
Warren Bernard
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-02-17.
Summary
- Cartoonist Keith Knight is known for his comic strips including The Knight Life, th(ink) and The K Chronicles. "Woke", a new live-action/animated comedy based on Knight's life, will premiere on Hulu in June. Warren Bernard, executive director of the Small Press Expo, interviews Knight about his life and career.
Names
- Library of Congress
- Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, sponsoring body
Created / Published
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-02-17.
Notes
- - Classification: Fine Arts.
- - Classification: General Works.
- - Keith Knight, Warren Bernard.
- - Recorded on 2020-02-17.
Art in Action: Conversation with Helen Zughaib ["Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times"]
Katherine Blood
- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-05-23.
Summary
- Helen Zughaib's work engages with contemporary political issues including the experiences of refugees and was on view in the Library exhibition "Art in Action: Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times." Katherine Blood interviewed the artist about her work and the two discussed the role of art in social movements, artists as change makers and the nature and purpose of socially engaged art.
Art in Action: Herblock & Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times
Katherine Blood, Kimberli Curry, Martha Kennedy.
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-06-18.
Summary
- The Library's "Art in Action" exhibition paired powerful editorial cartoons by Pulitzer Prize-winner Herbert L. Block (1909-2001), known as "Herblock," with socially-conscious prints, drawings, and posters created by a wide array of fellow artists. The curatorial team for the exhibition discussed selected highlights from the show, focusing on artworks responding to such eternal themes as civil rights, gender and women's issues, the role of the media, the impact of war and environmental issues. Other artists in the exhibition included Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Kerry James Marshall, Shepard Fairey, Dick Iacovello, Jessica Sabogal, Mel Chin, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and Helen Zughaib.
Comics in 19th Century Time and Space
Joshua Abraham Kopin
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2019-04-09.
Summary
- Swann Foundation Fellow Joshua Abraham Kopin gave an illustrated lecture discussing the cultural and technological contexts surrounding the rise of the comic strip in late 19th century America.
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