Systematic Thinking

Danielle Raad and Yechen Zhao Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 12:30 pm The artists featured in Systematic Thinking use the medium of photography to organize their thoughts and the world around them—to categorize and sort both concrete objects and abstract concepts. In this live, virtual discussion, cocurators Danielle Raad, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman–Joan Whitney Payson Fellow in Academic Affairs and Outreach in the Education Department, and Yechen Zhao, the Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow in the Department of Photography, explore how artists including Mel Bochner, Sherrie Levine, and Mark Klett engage with mathematics, intellectual property, and scientific observation through photography. Focusing on works in the new installation, the cocurators reflect on the medium’s role as a symbolic language and a tool of measurement. Generously sponsored by the Martin A. Ryerson Lectureship Fund.