The Ohio State University The Department of History of Art The College of the Arts

Lisa Florman—Associate Professor, On Leave 2009-2010

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Lisa Florman

A specialist in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century European art, Professor Florman is particularly interested in Cubism, Surrealism, and the varied conceptions of the "classical" in the modern world. In addition to offering courses on those topics, she has also taught graduate-level seminars on the art of Cézanne, Paul Klee, and l'informe, and has been an active participant in the Department of Art's program in Art Critical Practices.


Education

  • Ph. D., with Distinction, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, October 1994
  • M. Phil., Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, May 1988
  • M. A., Columbia University, May 1986
  • B. A., with High Honors, University of Virginia, May 1983

Publications

    Articles & Essays

  • "The Difference Experience Makes in 'The Philosophical Brothel'," The Art Bulletin, LXXXV, no. 4 (December 2003)
  • "The Flattening of 'Collage'," October, no. 102 (Fall 2002)
  • "Mythos und Metamorphose in Picassos klassizisticher Druckgraphik," in Ortrud Westheider, ed., Picasso und die Mythen (Hamburg: Bucerius Kunst Forum, 2002)
  • "Juan Gris's Still-Life: Re-fusing Collage," Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 75, no. 2 (July 2001)
  • "Pablo Picasso," entry for The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, ed. Michael Kelly (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  • "Gustav Klimt and the Precedent of Ancient Greece," The Art Bulletin, LXXII, no. 2 (June 1990)
  • "Concerning the Spiritual—and the Concrete—in Kandinsky's Art"

    • Books, Edited Volumes, & Exhibition Catalogues

  • "Marcel Broodthaers," "Lucio Fontana," and "Piero Manzoni," for Helen Molesworth, Part Object/Part Sculpture (Wexner Center for the Arts and Penn State University Press, 2005)
  • Myth and Metamorphosis: Picasso's Classical Prints of the 1930s (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2000)

    • Reviews

  • Elizabeth Cowling, Picasso: Style and Meaning, Pepe Karmel, Picasso and the Invention of Cubism, Natasha Staller, A Sum of Destructions: Picasso's Cultures and the Creation of Cubism, and Jeffrey Weiss et al, Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernand Olivier. The Art Bulletin, LXXXVI, no. 3 (September 2004)

Seminars, Lectures & Presentations

    Other

  • "LHOOQ Again: Tradition as Revision in the Work of Marcel Duchamp," delivered at the symposium "Shifting Pasts," organized by the American Philosophical Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Hamburg, Germany, October 2005
  • "Concerning the Spiritual—and the Concrete—in Kandinsky's Art," paper presented at the College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference, in the session "Modernist Abstraction Across the Disciplines," Marek Wieczorek and Marshall Brown, chairs, Seattle, February 2004
  • "The Flattening of 'Collage'," History of Art Department and Humanities Center, Johns Hopkins University, February 2002
  • "Reading and Writing in 'The Philosophical Brothel'," presented at the CAA Annual Conference, in the session "Reading and Writing Art History," Michael Ann Holly, chair, New York, February 2000
  • "Matisse and the Classical in Picasso's Vollard Suite," delivered at the symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition Matisse and Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry, Yve-Alain Bois, curator, Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, January 1999. (Other speakers: John Elderfield, Jack Flam, Rosalind Krauss, Richard Schiff, and Leo Steinberg)
  • "Myth, and the Meanings of Picasso's Minotaurs," presented at the Third Annual Picasso Symposium, on Picasso and Classicism, The Spanish Institute, New York, November 1994
  • "Structure and Meaning in Picasso's Vollard Suite," Department of Art History, Northwestern University, February 1994
  • "Paul Klee's System of Painting, as Seen from the Composition with Windows," Columbia University representative to the annual Graduate Student Symposium in the History of Art at the Frick Museum, New York, April 1989

Professional Activities

    Departmental Service

  • Participant, President's and Provost's Leadership Institute, Ohio State University, 2005/6
  • Vice Chair, department of the History of Art, Ohio State University, 2005–present
  • Chair, Curriculum Committee, History of Art Department, Ohio State University, 2002–present. In 2003/2004, oversaw overhaul of the History of Art general curriculum and major.
  • Colleges of the Arts and Sciences Committee on Curriculum and Instruction, Ohio State University, 2001–2004
  • University Graduate Fellowship Committee, Ohio State University, 2001–2003
  • Chair, Ohio State University Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate, 2004–present; Steering Committee, 2003–present; Department representative, 2002–present
  • College of the Arts Curriculum Committee, Ohio State University, 2002–present
  • Personnel Committee, History of Art Department, Ohio State University, 2002–present
  • Undergraduate Advisor and Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee, History of Art Department, Ohio State University, 1999–2002
  • Arts and Memorials Committee, Ohio State University, 1995–2001 (oversaw commissioning of works by Alexis Smith, Barbara Kruger, and Mary Miss)
  • Faculty Advisor, Ohio State University Honors and Scholars Program, 1999–2001

    • General

  • Moderator, "Part Object Part Sculpture" Symposium, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, November, 2005. Speakers: Briony Fer, Hal Foster, and Mignon Nixon
  • "Turning Points: Cubism," series of three lectures delivered at the Columbus Museum of Art, May 8, 15 and 22, 2004
  • Moderator, "Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance," Wexner Center for the Arts, January 2003
  • Gallery Talk, "From Pop to Now: European Discoveries," Wexner Center for the Arts, December 2002
  • "Turning Points: The Impressionists," series of three lectures delivered at the Columbus Museum of Art, November 2, 9 and 16, 2002
  • Moderator, "As Painting," Wexner Center for the Arts, May 2001. Speakers: Mel Bochner, Christian Bonnefoi, Daniel Buren, Ann Hindry, and Raphael Rubenstein
  • Chair, History of Art Lecture Series, Ohio State University, 1998–2001
  • Moderator, "A Symposium on Louise Bourgeois," Wexner Center for the Arts, May 1999. Speakers: Nan Goldin, Katy Schimert, Robert Storr and Amei Wallach
  • "Picasso's Papiers Collés, in the Light of Chris Taylor's Projections," Gallery Talk at Jan Maiden Fine Art, Columbus, Ohio, given in conjunction with the exhibition (Dé)Collage, Philip Armstrong, curator, April 1998
  • "A Short Course on Surrealism," three-part lecture delivered at the Wexner Center for the Arts, February 7, 14 and 21, 1998
  • Chair, CAA Open Session on "Photography, Prints and Drawing," February 1996

Fellowships, Grants & Awards

  • Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, fall 2006
  • OSU Arts and Sciences Research Grant for Exemplary Service, 2004/5
  • Ohio State University College of the Arts Faculty Research Grant, 1999–2000 and 2002
  • Ohio State University College of the Arts Faculty Development Grant, 1999
  • Columbia University President's Fellowship, academic years 1992/93 and 1993/94
  • Samuel H. Kress Dissertation Fellowship, academic year 1991/92
  • Samuel H. Kress Travel Fellowship, academic year 1990/91
  • Columbia University Lewine Fellowship, academic year 1990/91
  • Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology summer travel grant, 1989
  • Columbia University President's Fellowship, academic year 1987/88