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Contemporary Talks
Past Event May 17, 2014 / 11:00am – 12:30pm
David Platzker
Talk
David Platzker is the Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His passion for and promotion of artist publications and ephemera was the focus of Specific Object, the Manhattan bookstore/gallery he founded in 2004, regularly exhibiting printed material by Pop, Minimal and Conceptual artists. Earlier in his career, Platzker worked for Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, and he served as the executive director of the nonprofit bookstore Printed Matter 1998–2004. Join us to hear him talk about his work.
Admission is free.
Contemporary Talks is sponsored by Possible Futures.
Image: David Platzker, Photo: Martin Seck
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