Alvin Lucier (and His Artist Friends) at Wesleyan University’s Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts

Exhibition curated by Andrea Miller-Keller opens during Alvin Lucier: A Celebration at Wesleyan University, a three-day festival that includes a symposium, concert series, and film screenings.  

The exhibition in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Alvin Lucier (and His Artist Friends), curated by Andrea Miller-Keller, will offer a broad and colorful overview of the composer’s distinguished career over nearly six decades, including a collection of audio presentations, performance videos, scores and archival memorabilia. A special section will include both a presentation of Mr. Lucier’s landmark 1969 piece, “I Am Sitting in a Room” and an exploration of its widespread influence on other artists over the past four decades.  It will also examine the sources of inspiration and exchange of ideas among Mr. Lucier and his some of his artist-friends, including Sol LeWitt, John Ashbery, John Cage and others

November 4–December 11, 2011

Center for the Arts
Wesleyan University

283 Washington Terrace
Middletown, CT