Gallery Chat for From Generation to Generation: Inherited Memory and Contemporary Art, on view Nov 25, 2016–Apr 2, 2017 at The Contemporary Jewish Museum.
UC Berkeley Professor Mel Gordon discusses the mythical history of the city of Kandor and its allusions to Jewish history in conjunction with Kandor 17 by Mike Kelley.
Recorded on Jan 6, 2017.
Mel Gordon is Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of California, Berkeley. A director and writer, he is the author of fifteen books and one hundred and thirty articles on popular culture and American, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Yiddish theatre. His online articles include “Why Madonna’s Kabbalah Is the True Kabbalah” (Jewcy.com).
From Generation to Generation: Inherited Memory and Contemporary Art is organized by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. Lead sponsorship is provided by the Koret Foundation and Gaia Fund. Major sponsorship is provided by Dorothy R. Saxe and Wendy and Richard Yanowitch. Patron sponsorship is provided by Shana Nelson Middler and David Middler and by Anita and Ronald Wornick. Supporting sponsorship is provided in honor of Ellen Kahn. Additional support is provided by Rosanne and Al Levitt and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum’s exhibition program is supported by a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Mike Kelley, Kandor 17, 2007. Courtesy of the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Installation image from the exhibition From Generation to Generation: Inherited Memory & Contemporary Art at The CJM. Photo by Gary Sexton.