Shana Nys DambrotWhen Los Angeles art critic and journalist Jori Finkel released her new book over the summer, we fell in love with it, and published a review which reads in part: “In her sparkling new book, It Speaks to Me, Finkel speaks to acclaimed artists from diverse mediums, styles, and nations about specific works of art that had unique impacts on their own creative development. As Finkel describes in her introduction, the selection criteria are plainly idiosyncratic and personal, but also serve an agenda of accessibility — both cultural and logistic. So after two decades as an art journalist, she began with artists that she wanted to hear from on the topic of inspiration.”
Since then Finkel has been on a bit of a national book tour, garnering acclaim wherever she’s appeared. Now she returns to Los Angeles, and comes to American Jewish University this week as part of the school’s Nazarian Program in the Fine Arts lecture series. The event is followed by a book-signing and preceded by an artists’ walk-through of the gallery’s current exhibition, Emotional Labor.
15600 Mulholland Dr., Bel Air; Wednesday, September 18, 7:30pm; $10; aju.edu.
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