Two simultaneous exhibits at the List Visual Arts Center — both on view from Oct. 21 through Dec. 31 — focus attention this fall on MIT’s historical contributions to contemporary art.
One of them showcases light-based sculptural work by Otto Piene, internationally noted artist and director of the School of Architecture + Planning’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies from 1974-94. The other exhibit, revisiting Hans Haacke’s solo show at MIT in 1967, presents a particularly cogent look at this artist’s largely undocumented early work and casts new light upon the development of his later, better-known oeuvre.
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One of them showcases light-based sculptural work by Otto Piene, internationally noted artist and director of the School of Architecture + Planning’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies from 1974-94. The other exhibit, revisiting Hans Haacke’s solo show at MIT in 1967, presents a particularly cogent look at this artist’s largely undocumented early work and casts new light upon the development of his later, better-known oeuvre.
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