"The Creative Life" Conversation Series at UAlbany continues with renowned painter David Salle, March 23, 2017

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Internationally renowned painter David Salle Photo credit: Robert Wright

ALBANY, NY (02/28/2017) (readMedia)-- Internationally renowned American painter David Salle will discuss his career as part of The Creative Life: A Conversation Series at UAlbany on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center on the UAlbany uptown campus. He will be interviewed on stage by WAMC's "Roundtable" host Joe Donahue followed by a Q & A session and a reception and book signing in the University Art Museum. The event is free and open to the public.

David Salle is an internationally renowned painter whose work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Museum, and National Galarie of Berlin, among many others. He also has a long-standing involvement with performance working extensively over the last 25 years with choreographer Karole Armitage, creating sets and costumes for many of her ballets and operas. Salle is also a prolific writer on art. His essays and interviews have appeared in Artforum, Art in America, Modern Painters, The Paris Review, and Art News, as well as numerous exhibition catalogs and anthologies. He is a regular contributor for Town & Country Magazine. His collection of critical essays, How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art, was published by W.W. Norton in 2016 and was described by author Salmon Rushdie as "a brilliant series of reflections on how artists think when they make their work." Following the conversation, there will be a reception and book signing with Salle in the University Art Museum.

The Creative Life: A Conversation Series at UAlbany is an exciting new initiative of the New York State Writers Institute, UAlbany Performing Arts Center, and University Art Museum, all of which are housed and function on the main campus of the University at Albany. Other guests in this inaugural year of the series have included author Joyce Carol Oates, dancer/choreographer Savion Glover, and jazz violinist Regina Carter.

Presented by the University at Albany Foundation, the series features live onstage interviews conducted by WAMC's Joe Donahue with artists of national and international prominence in conversation about their creative inspiration, their craft, their careers and the demands of sustaining an artistic practice over time. A question and answer period closes all of the programs.

The goal of the series is to highlight guests who span the creative disciplines including writing, music, dance, choreography, visual arts, architecture, theatre, filmmaking and more. The series celebrates the depth and range of artistic practices, helps to demystify the creative process for the audience and explores what it means to dedicate one's life to a creative pursuit. It is also intended to bring attention to the vibrant arts community on the University at Albany campus.

Major support for The Creative Life is provided by The University at Albany Foundation with additional support from the Alumni Association, College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Provost, Office of the Vice President for Research, and University Auxiliary Services.

More information can be obtained by calling the Performing Arts Center's box office at (518) 442-3997, or the Writers Institute at (518) 442-5620.

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