"What is it that Makes a Body Whole?": A presentation by Joseph Grigely October 28, 2009

Joseph Grigely is a member of the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he is a professor of Visual and Critical Studies. He is an artist and a critical theorist with a specialty in bibliography and textual criticism. His articles include "White" in Cabinet (Fall 2007), "Blindness and Deafness as Metaphors: An Anthological Essay" in the Journal of Visual Culture (Summer 2006), "The Next Documenta Should Be Curated By An Artist" in Revolver (2004), and a book-length-study, Textualterity: Art, Theory, and Textual Criticism, published by the University of Michigan Press (1995). Grigely holds a DPhil from Oxford University. Exhibitions include the following: Whitney Museum of American Art; Kunstmuseum, Bern; De Appel, Amsterdam; Portikus, Frankfurt; Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London; Boijmans Museum, Rotterdam; Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Whitney, Venice, Berlin, Sydney, and Istanbul Biennials.

Grigely wants to question what it is that makes the body 'whole' and how legislation, particularly the relationship between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, fails to address this question. This talk is intended to describe situations and pose questions -- Grigely doesn't claim to have answers for the questions -- but hopes to construct a dialogic talk on the basis of this material.

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