Artist Wendy White, who has achieved international recognition in a relatively short amount of time, will speak at Herron School of Art and Design in the Basile Auditorium of Eskenazi Hall. Her appearance in Indianapolis is courtesy of Herron’s Active Student Artists (ASA) group. Andrey Sichuga, a junior painting major and second-term president of the organization, becomes animated at the thought of her pending arrival. “Students are excited about her talk,” he said, “because she challenges lots of principles of art and is interested in interacting with students here.” Robert Horvath, an assistant professor of painting, invited White to Herron on behalf of ASA. “She’s just been included in the second volume of Vitamin P, an important global survey of contemporary painters,” he noted. “She’s represented by major New York galleries. She’s successful at getting attention and someone the students should be looking up to as an example of what’s happening now.” To get a feel for the inventiveness of her work, consider the Connecticut native’s recent smash show in Chicago. Pick up a Knock featured the theme of soccer “flopping.” In many sports circles, this technique of faking out an official to call a foul is a standard tactical practice. White employed it as a commentary “… about failure, American values, professional sports and decrepit gyms,” according to the show’s catalog. Picture a full space, featuring nine very large paintings and photographs on vinyl, set off by wall-to-wall Astroturf on the gallery floor.