Angelica J. Maier
271 19th Ave S
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Angelica J. Maier is a PhD candidate in the department of Art History and holds a minor in Feminist and Critical Sexuality Studies from the department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS). Her research interests include feminist methodologies for art history, materiality, and critical museum studies. Her interdisciplinary dissertation, "Toxic Matter: American Sculpture, Materials Science, and Cultural Fear, 1962-1979" is the first sustained examination of the intersections between artistic media, materials science, and toxicity. Through thematic chapters centered on lead, plastics, and gas—all media used in American sculpture by artists like Richard Serra, Eva Hesse, and Keith Sonnier—she re-situates artists’ aesthetic choices in relation to social concerns over class mobility and racial tensions, examines the discourse surrounding the toxicity of artistic materials, and connects their works to broader cultural fears and understandings of toxicity and materiality at the time.
Educational Background
- M.A.: Art History, University of Minnesota, 2017
- M.A.: Art History; Certificate in Critical Museum Studies, SUNY University at Buffalo, 2013
Specialties
- Contemporary Art
- American Art
- Modern Art
- Feminist Art History
- Race and Art History
- Critical Museum Studies
- Materiality
- Sculpture
- Material Culture
- Fine Art and Object Conservation