Dr. Lily Woodruff, professor of art history and visual culture at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "Art as combat sport: the Sociological Art Collective's populist aesthetics". Woodruff describes her research into an obscure group of artists in France in the 1970s known as the Sociological Art Collective. Woodruff describes French government efforts to promote French art and culture and the rebellion against those efforts by the artists who formed the Collective. She also identifies the member of the group and focuses on some unique projects they completed. Woodruff answers questions from the audience. She is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Terrie Wilson.
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