Frances Colpitt is the Deedie Potter Rose Chair of Art History. A specialist in contemporary art, theory and criticism, she holds a B.F.A. (Painting) and a M.A. (Humanities) from the University of Tulsa, and a Ph.D. (Art History) from the University of Southern California. Dr. Colpitt has taught at the University of Texas at San Antonio; Cornell University; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and the University of Southern California. Professor Colpitt's scholarly publications include Minimal Art: The Critical Perspective (University of Washington Press), Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Century (Cambridge University Press), and Vernon Fisher (University of Texas Press). She is currently writing a book about the critical relevance of abstraction for the postmodern period. A corresponding editor for Art in America, she is the author of numerous essays on art since 1970 for exhibition catalogues published by museums and galleries throughout the U.S. Dr. Colpitt has organized many exhibitions, including Material Culture, Skin Freak, and Color Pictures for Fort Worth Contemporary Arts at TCU.
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