Lecture: Ranjani Shettar

Presented by the Division of Art at SMU Meadows School of the Arts, the Visiting Artist Lecture Series provides students with access to eminent artists and critics and promotes a broader cultural dialogue with the contemporary art community. This spring, the Visiting Artist Series brings internationally recognized and artistically diverse artists to Meadows to discuss their work and process for creating art that provokes, inspires and ultimately challenges perceptions. Ranjani Shettar was born in 1977 in Bangalore, India. In addition to her upcoming exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, her work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Wexner Art Center and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. She is represented by Talwar Gallery, New York. Shettar creates sculptural installations that refer obliquely to the effects of the Burgeoning urban cape in which she lives. By using a wide range of materials from the organic (such as beeswax, cotton, terra cotta and lacquered wood) to the industrial (PVC pipes, plastic sheeting), Shettar evokes the present collision of high-tech Bangalore with its rural surroundings. For more information, please call the Division of Art at 214-768-2489. These programs are free and seating is available on a first-come, first served basis.

Bob and Jean Smith Auditorium