The McMullen Student Ambassadors are pleased to present Art in Focus, featuring an informal discussion between Boston College professors from various academic departments. With each new episode, we aim to uncover a unique perspective on the works on display, informed by research and methodologies in areas of study across the University. Each conversation will bring the exhibition’s works “into focus” to highlight art’s expansive reach and interdisciplinary nature.
For this episode, we invited Boston College Professors Sylvia Sellers Garcia of the History Department and Wan Tang of the Romance Languages and Literatures Department to discuss the exhibition “The Lost Generation: Women Ceramicists and the Cuban Avant-Garde.” Together, they analyze Emilia Pelaez’s “Mujer con Pez” and highlight themes of feminism, power, and abstract style.
View the full painting below:
Amelia Peláez (1896–1968) Woman with Fish | Mujer con pez, 1948 oil on canvas | óleo sobre lienzo, Col. Cernuda Arte