“What we start to see in this collection is Vanka as an observer, Vanka as a laborer, artist as laborer, who takes the time to look, to investigate and to draw.”
“What we start to see in this collection is Vanka as an observer, Vanka as a laborer, artist as laborer, who takes the time to look, to investigate and to draw.”
In this gallery talk, Dr. Sylvia Rhor Samaniego, lead curator of the Vanka Murals Collections, will reflect on Gledaj! The Gaze of Maxo Vanka, using the exhibition to explore the many of the themes, portraits, and scenes in the murals across his creative life.
Sylvia is the director and curator of University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh and lead curator of the Vanka Murals Collection. She is an art historian who has written extensively on public murals in Chicago and Pittsburgh. Her current research focuses on Pittsburgh’s historic murals of the 1930s and 40s and Vanka’a pivotal role in this context.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Free, registration required.
The Bost Building is located at 623 E. Eighth Avenue, Homestead, PA 15120. Free parking for visitors is available in the lot behind the building which is accessed from Heisel Street.
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