Sid Chafetz: Speaking Out

Thursday, October 16th
5:30 to 7pm

Sid Chafetz has used his artwork as a platform to speak out about provocative, even uncomfortable, issues. He is also one of the most interesting people anyone is likely to meet, with deep insights and passionate opinions about politics, literature, history, art, and contemporary life. Join Ann Bremner, co-curator of this exhibition, and Bob Tauber, long-time Chafetz collaborator, for a wide-ranging conversation about their perspectives on Chafetz and his art currently on view. Chafetz will join them to answer questions at the end of conversation.


Sid Chafetz: Engaging the World is on display through October 25th.

This series is part of our after-work programing offered Thursday evenings. Before the conversation stop by Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails and ask for the Urban Artists' Special: It's very special indeed and its only $3.

Image: Sid Chafetz, Requiem, 2003-2008
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Ann Bremner was the co-curator of the exhibition Chafetz Graphics: Satire and Homage in 1988 and editor of its accompanying catalogue, a comprehensive chronicle of the artist’s prints to that date. Now publications editor at Ohio State’s Wexner Center for the Arts, she is also co-curator of the Urban Art Space’s current Chafetz exhibition.

Bob Tauber, director of the Book Arts Lab and Logan Elm Press at The Ohio State University Libraries, has collaborated with Chafetz on countless book and broadsheet print projects since the 1970s. One of their recent endeavors is the monumental 7 Poets, a portfolio of seven portraits by Chafetz and text by James Battersby, which launched the reopening of the Logan Elm Press as part of the University Libraries in 2005.