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Capri Rosenberg

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., art and art history, Duke University
  • B.A., humanities, Pepperdine University

Credentials

  • Professor of art history, 2008–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Instructor in the department of art, art history, and visual culture, 2005–08, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Teaching assistant in the department of art, art history, and visual culture, 2000–05, Duke University, Durham, NC

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Duke University, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Dissertation Scholar, 2007–08
  • Duke University, Graduate School Fellowship, 2000–05
  • Nasher Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Curatorial Fellow, 2004
  • SCAD Ambassador Choice Award, 2011

Publications and presentations

  • "Heaven on Earth: The Rainbow Visions of Minnie Evans," presented at Duke University Art History Graduate Symposia, Durham, N.C., February 2001.
  • "The Virgin and the Murderess: Reflections on the Sensation Sensation," presented at Duke University Art History Graduate Symposia, Durham, N.C., March 2004.
  • "Don't Shoot the Messenger: Jeff Koons and the Aesthetics of Frivolity," presented at UCLA Humanities Conference, Los Angeles, June 29–July 2, 2010.
  • "Aesthetic Economy: Examining the Nexus of Art and Value," session organizer at American Anthropological Association Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 17–21, 2010.
  • "Damien Hirst and the Crisis of Meaning in Contemporary Art," presented at American Anthropological Association Conference, New Orleans, Nov. 17–21, 2010.
  • Associate Editor: The International Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 8, No. 8, 2011.
  • "Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Jeff Koons and the Aesthetics of Frivolity," The International Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 8, No. 10, 2011.
  • "The Apocalyptic Spectacle: Damien Hirst and the Crisis of Meaning in Contemporary Art," presented at College Art Association Conference, New York, Feb. 9–12, 2011.
  • Session Organizer: "The Big Money Game of Contemporary Art," Southeastern College Art Conference, Savannah, Nov. 9–12, 2011.
  • "Slouching Toward Sotheby's: Damien Hirst’s Apocalyptic Drift," paper presented at Southeastern College Art Conference, Savannah, Nov. 9–12, 2011.
  • "Forget Me Not," The Madness of Photography, session organizer, SCAD Fourth Biennial Art History Symposium, Savannah, Ga., Feb. 10–11, 2012.
  • "Manufactured Culture: The Rise of the Young British Artist Phenomenon," presented at Southeastern College Art Conference, Durham, N.C., Oct. 18–21, 2012.
  • "The Avant-Garde Is Dead, Long Live the Avant-Garde!: The Curious Case of Damien Hirst," presented at Manufactured Culture: Thomas Kinkade and Damien Hirst, SCAD Museum of Art, April 9, 2013.
  • "Interactive Graces" panel series, panel discussant, SCAD Museum of Art, July 31, 2013.
  • "Growing Sustainability and Self-Reliance," presented at Arts in Society Conference, Sapienza University of Rome, June 25–27, 2014.