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Sat, Sep 13, 2008
3:00 PM

New Museum theater (directions)

Night School Public Seminar 7: Paul Chan: The Sade I Know: Screening and Lecture

Part of Night School, Museum as Hub
 
Discussions

Pornographer, philosopher, and revolutionary, the Marquis De Sade remains an indispensable figure in the history of post-Enlightenment Western thought. His books Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and the notorious The 120 Days of Sodom (written during imprisonment) push our understanding of sex, violence, and reason to unimaginable heights. In this screening, Chan will show clips from three films based on, or inspired by, Sade. They include Salo (1975) by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who situates Sadean characters in Fascist Italy; Marquis (1989), a French live-animation film featuring a talking penis; and Marquis de Sade (1994), a hardcore adult film starring Italian porn star Rocco Siffredi. Between clips, Chan will discuss Sade’s relevance today in politics, pornography, law, and morality.

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WARNING!
This lecture contains graphic sexual material and may not be suitable for a general audience.

*This event is free with Museum admission, but tickets are required. Tickets can be reserved online or at the Museum prior to the seminar's start.

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This discussion is made possible by the Charlotte and Bill Ford Artist Talks Fund.

Museum as Hub is made possible by the Third Millennium Foundation.

Seeds of Tolerance

With additional generous support from Metlife Foundation

Additional support is provided by the Asian Cultural Council, National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Endowment support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum.

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Paul Chan

Paul Chan lives and works in New York. His recent solo exhibitions have been presented at the New Museum, New York (2008); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (2007); Serpentine Gallery, London (2007); The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, (2006 – 07); Portikus, Frankfurt, (2006); Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall (2006); Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong (2006); UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005); and The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (2005). Selected group exhibitions include The Turin Triennale, Turin (2008); The Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul (2007), The 2006 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York; New Work/ New Acquisitions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2005); 8th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon (2005); Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2004).

http://www.nationalphilistine.com