Buzz Spector is an artist and critical writer whose artwork has been shown in such museums and galleries as the Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Mattress Factory. Spector's work makes frequent use of the book, both as subject and object, and is concerned with relationships between public history, individual memory and perception. He has issued a number of artists' books and editions since the mid-1970s, including, most recently, Time Square, a limited edition letterpress book hand altered by the artist.

Spector has written extensively on topics in contemporary art and culture and has contributed reviews and essays to a number of publications, including American Craft, Artforum, Art Issues, Art on Paper, Exposure and New Art Examiner. He is the author of The Book Maker's Desire, critical essays on topics in contemporary art and on artists' books and numerous exhibition catalogue essays, including Conrad Bakker: untitled mail order catalogue and Dieter Roth (University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1999).

Spector's most recent recognition is a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA Fellowship. In 1991 he was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowship, and in 1982, 1985 and 1991 he received National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Awards. He is Dean of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.

Thursday, November 15, 2:00–3:00 pm
Room A207, SMFA