Visiting Artist Series: Luis Gispert October 7, 2008

Visiting Artist Series: Luis Gispert

Luis Gispert (born Jersey City, New Jersey U.S., 1972) is an American sculptor and photographer, living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Luis Gispert earned an MFA at Yale University in 2001, with a 1996 BFA in Film from Art Institute of Chicago. His contemporary style reflects his Miami/Latino upbringing. He grew up in Miami during the Cocaine Wars and the inception of hip-hop. Luis Gispert creates art through a wide range of media, including photographs, film, sounds, and sculptures, focusing upon hip-hop and youth culture, and Cuban-American history. His work was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial and has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums such the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, Art Pace in Texas, the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Palazzo Brocherasio in Turin, and The Royal Academy in London.

Date: October 7 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fees/Admission: Free and open to the public.
Location: Art Building and Museum (ART) 1.102

Official Website: http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events/detail.cfm?calset=cfa&id=1542