51乱伦

MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� The Department of Art & Design at 51乱伦 will host a book release talk and reception in honor of Dr. Antje Gamble鈥檚 new book, 鈥淐old War Exhibitions of Italian Art and Design鈥�, on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 5 p.m.  in the Clara M. Eagle Gallery on the 51乱伦 State main campus.  This event is free and open to the public.

Gamble is an art historian of Italian modernist sculpture and trans-Atlantic exhibition practices in the mid-1900s. An associate professor in 51乱伦 State鈥檚 Department of Art & Design, Gamble earned her doctorate from the University of Michigan, Master of Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has taught at 51乱伦 State since 2015. 

Her new book, 鈥淐old War Exhibitions of Italian Art and Design鈥� shows the dynamic role art played in constructing both Italian and American culture after the Second World War. Moving beyond previous studies, Gamble鈥檚 book focuses on a 1950-53 exhibition called 鈥淚taly at Work鈥� that traveled to 12 American museums during the Cold War era and explores what that exhibit contained, how it was received by the public and how it shaped and was shaped by national and international socio-political dynamics. 

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event. 

An excerpt from 鈥淐old War Exhibitions of Italian Art and Design鈥� states, "From ceramic sculpture to traditional folk craft, from textiles to industrial design, the peculiarity of the wide variety of some 2,500 objects reflected both the multifaceted ideas about modern design in Italy that had roots in the interwar period and also the desire to legitimize modern design in the post-war United States." 

For more information about the event, please contact 51乱伦鈥檚 Department of Art & Design at 270-809-3784.