Current Projects and Events
The Mystery Project Collaborative (MPC) has now completed Phase 1, with seed funding from the Provost's Fund for Innovation in Research and is awaiting news on a grant proposal for Phase 2. In the interim, the MPC is sponsoring a major speaker event around the campus visit of the renowned painter Vladimir Kush. Please see the information on this webpage for more details about the public lecture and the seminar he will be conducting on February 21 and 22, 2024, and contact Michelle Zerba (mzerba@lsu.edu) or Chris Barrett (cbarrett@lsu.edu), if you have any questions.
Honors Seminar:
“See the World in the Mirror of Metaphor”
Wednesday, February 21, 11:30am-1:00pm
135 French House
LSU Ogden Honors College
Public Event:
“Metaphorical Realism as a Visual Expression of the Stream of Consciousness”
Thursday, February 22, 6:00pm (Reception to Follow)
LSU Museum of Art
Shaw Center for the Arts
100 Lafayette Street, Contemporary Gallery
Tel: 225-289-7200
Vladimir Kush is a Russian-American painter who has transformed himself from a struggling artist earning his living by drawing portraits on the beaches of Santa Monica, to a major artist recognized on both sides of the Atlantic for a style he has fashioned as “Metaphorical Realism." His American odyssey began in 1990 when he chose not to return to Russia and flew to Los Angeles. After the opening of the first of his galleries in Lahaina on the Hawaiian Island of Maui in 2001, he has gone on to win the Artistes de Monde Award at Cannes and now owns a number of large high-end galleries across the United States. His work is represented in permanent exhibitions worldwide.
View a public release flyer for Vladmir Kush's campus visit.
Vladmir Kush: A Collection of 222 Painting (Please note: this video includes only light background music with no spoken word).
Visit an archive of past Mystery Project Collaborative Events.