Disability and Visual Culture
Thursday, February 15, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM
Gramercy B, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chair: Nicholas D. Mirzoeff, New York University
“What is that ghastly lady doing there?” Marc Quinn’s Alison Lapper Pregnant and the Ability of Art
Christopher Bedford, J. Paul Getty Museum
Matters of Fluency
Erica Duffy, University of Northern Iowa
Disability as Divine: Special Bodies in Ancient American Art
Rebecca Rollins Stone, Emory University
Aesthetics of Accessibility
Jon Berge, independent artist, Columbus, Ohio
Seeing Disability
W.J.T. Mitchell, University of Chicago
Play It Again, Sam; and Again; and Again: Obsession in Art
Lennard Davis, University of Illinois, Chicago