Distinguished Lecture | Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer, Thursday, June 12, 2025 5:30 PM
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 5:30 PM
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Distinguished Lecture | Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer
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Presented by the Sullivan Lecture FundJoin Joe Fig for a Distinguished Lecture on his work in the special exhibition Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer.
In 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam hosted a monumental exhibition of Johannes Vermeer, showcasing 28 of the 35 masterpieces attributed to the enigmatic Dutch painter. Drawing on his own visit to this historic show, artist Joe Fig created a body of new paintings. In these works, featured in Contemplating Vermeer, Fig not only pays homage to the seventeenth-century painter’s mastery of light, color, and verisimilitude, but also reflects on the aesthetic experience in the Rijksmuseum’s galleries. Expanding on his decade-long Contemplation series, he captures his subjects—artworks and their viewers—and their surroundings, exploring how people engage with or contemplate artworks in public spaces.
About Joe Fig:
Joe Fig is an artist known for work that explores the creative process, and the spaces where art is made and contemplated. He has produced a diverse body of work encompassing painting, sculpture, photography and drawing, in which he examines the role of the artist, the creative process, and the self-made universe of the Artist’s studio. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He is the author of the acclaimed books Inside the Painter's Studio and Inside the Artist’s Studio, which share an intimate view inside the studios of today’s leading artists. His work can be found in numerous museums and leading private collections including JP Morgan Chase, Fogg Art Museum, Dayton Art Institute, Chazen Museum of Art, Parrish Art Museum, Norton Museum of Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Toledo Museum of Art among others. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Artforum, Art in America, and ArtNews as well as several international magazines. Joe Fig is the Department Chair of both the Fine Arts and Visual Studies programs at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL. He earned his BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is represented by Cristin Tierney Gallery in New York. www.joefig.comJoe Fig is an artist known for work that explores the creative process, and the spaces where art is made and contemplated. He has produced a diverse body of work encompassing painting, sculpture, photography and drawing, in which he examines the role of the artist, the creative process, and the self-made universe of the Artist’s studio. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He is the author of the acclaimed books Inside the Painter's Studio and Inside the Artist’s Studio, which share an intimate view inside the studios of today’s leading artists. His work can be found in numerous museums and leading private collections including JP Morgan Chase, Fogg Art Museum, Dayton Art Institute, Chazen Museum of Art, Parrish Art Museum, Norton Museum of Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Toledo Museum of Art among others. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Boston Globe, Artforum, Art in America, and ArtNews as well as several international magazines. Joe Fig is the Department Chair of both the Fine Arts and Visual Studies programs at Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL. He earned his BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is represented by Cristin Tierney Gallery in New York. www.joefig.com
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