Thursday, September 10, 6 p.m.
301 Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center
About:
Before 2019, very little scholarship had been published on the DC- based color field painter, Kenneth V. Young. Guest curator Sarah Battle walks through her seven year journey researching this historically overlooked artist, emphasizing the importance of archival research and oral histories on her curatorial practice.
Join us following the talk for the opening reception of Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young at 7 p.m. The reception will be held at the Samek Art Museum in the Elaine Langone Center, top floor.
Biography:
Cosmic Harmonies: Kenneth V. Young is curated by Sarah Battle, Louisville-based scholar, and archive collections consultant of the Ed Hamilton Studios and Visitor Center. For the past seven years Sarah Battle has been researching, writing, and presenting on the painter Kenneth V. Young. Her ongoing oral history project on his formative years as a painter has been supported by Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, the David C. Driskell Center, Kentucky Oral History Commission, and the University of Louisville. She is a proud Bucknellian (‘ray!), and earned her MA in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University.