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Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer Lecture on Lee Lozano's Dropout Piece at Midway Contemporary Art

other · 2026-04-22

On Saturday, April 26, 2014, at 4:00 PM, writer and curator Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer delivered a lecture at Midway Contemporary Art in Minneapolis on Lee Lozano's Dropout Piece, part of Afterall's One Work book series. Dropout Piece, begun around 1970, marked Lozano's self-imposed exile from the art world, transforming her from insider to outsider. Lehrer-Graiwer, based in Los Angeles, drew from Lozano's private notebooks to argue that the piece persists as oral history, ephemera, and fantasy, advancing the relationship between language and performance. The event was free and open to the public.

Key facts

  • Lecture by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Lee Lozano's Dropout Piece
  • Held at Midway Contemporary Art, 527 Second Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
  • Date: Saturday, April 26, 2014, at 16:00
  • Part of Afterall's One Work book series
  • Dropout Piece began c.1970
  • Lozano transformed from art world insider to outsider
  • Lehrer-Graiwer used Lozano's private notebooks
  • The piece is presented as a great experiment in art and endurance

Entities

Artists

  • Lee Lozano
  • Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

Institutions

  • Midway Contemporary Art
  • Afterall
  • The MIT Press

Locations

  • Minneapolis
  • Minnesota
  • United States
  • Los Angeles

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