DUE AUG. 1--CFP: Decentering Art of the Former East (CAA, Chicago, Feb. 12-14, 2014)
Kristin Romberg
kristin.romberg at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jul 19 17:58:32 UTC 2013
CAA Annual Conference, Chicago, February 12-14, 2014
Deadline for Proposals: August 1, 2013
Call for Papers:
Decentering Art of the Former East
Session sponsored by the Society of Historians of East European,
Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA)
Panel co-chairs: Masha Chlenova, The Museum of Modern Art; and Kristin
Romberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Whether conceptualized in terms of a periphery or an alternative center,
narratives of Russian and Eastern European art have long been organized
around a binary of East and West, shaped both by art history's
disciplinary biases and by the politics of the Cold War and "fall of
communism." This panel takes Partha Mitter's argument in "Decentering
Modernism" (2008) as a point of departure in order to rethink how art of
these regions can be understood in an increasingly global art history.
Can we find ways of rereading the default evaluation that western
references to the Russian avant-garde's monochromes and constructions
are art-historically savvy, while Russian and Eastern European
references to internationally known practices are derivative? What is
the difference between naïve appropriation and creative misreading, and
to what extent are these procedures also fundamental to the work of
stably central figures of Western European and North American art? How
do Byzantine and Eurasian histories and forms ground or inflect these
artistic formations? Can the widespread opposition between a western
artistic center and eastern periphery be productively undermined not
through the lens of nationalism but through that of global modernism and
art history? What do the critical lenses developed in the process of
working on Russian and Eastern European topics reveal about western art,
global art, or art history as a discipline? How do we interpret these
practices in ways that are not just specific, but that also speak to and
shape art-historical inquiry more generally? This panel seeks
historically grounded case studies of Russian, Eastern European, and
Eurasian art from any period that productively explore these issues.
Please send a paper title, abstract (200-300 words), and 2-page
curriculum vitae to Masha Chlenova (masha_chlenova at moma.org) and Kristin
Romberg (kromberg at illinois.edu) by August 1.
Note that panelists must join SHERA to participate, but do *not* need to
be members of CAA or to register for the conference.
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The Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art
and Architecture (SHERA) is an association of academics, librarians,
museum workers, independent scholars, students, and other individuals
who share an interest in the art and visual culture of Russia, the
nations of the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe. The
Society seeks to improve research circumstances for scholars, connect
members to necessary resources, provide a forum for ongoing
conversations on areas of mutual interest, and foster contacts among
members. SHERA runs a website and electronic listserv, and organizes
sessions at scholarly conferences such as CAA and ASEEES.
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SHERA
Margaret Samu, President
Natasha Kurchanova, Vice-President/President-Elect
Yelena Kalinsky, Secretary-Treasurer
Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and
Architecture
SHERA.artarchitecture at gmail.com <mailto:SHERA.artarchitecture at gmail.com>
http://lists.oakland.edu/mailman/listinfo/shera
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