CFP: Reconsidering Art and Politics (CAA, New York, 11-14 Feb 2015)

[Margaret Samu]

CFP: Reconsidering Art and Politics (CAA, New York, 11-14 Feb 2015)

CAA, New York, February 11 - 14, 2015
Deadline: May 9, 2014

College Art Association 103rd Annual Conference
Panel
Reconsidering Art and Politics: Toward New Narratives of Russian and Eastern
European Art

>From Ivan III’s Russo-Byzantine “Renaissance” to Stalin’s Socialist Realism
and the Pussy Riot performances, much of Russian, Eastern European, and
Soviet art history has been narrated in relation to various institutions of
power.This relationship has often been reduced to one of binary opposition:
perceived complicity on the one hand, and militant defiance on the other.
We invite papers that challenge these interpretations and highlight the
complexity of artistic responses produced at the nexus of aesthetics and
politics. Did propagandistic or ideological art possess important
subversive qualities? Conversely, did ostensibly apolitical art engage with
contemporary politics, imperialist ambitions, or questions of nationalism
and religion? Were the divisions between official and unofficial art more
fluid than currently understood? And last, can a reevaluation of these
distinct categories generate new methodologies and narratives of Russian
and Eastern European art?

Please send paper title, abstract (300-500 words), curriculum vitae and letter
of interest as outlined in CAA's guidelines to both Galina Mardilovich (
galina.mardilovich at gmail.com) and Maria Taroutina (
maria.taroutina at yale-nus.edu.sg) by May 9, 2014.

Please note that potential candidates need not be members of CAA or SHERA
in order to submit their abstracts; however, if accepted, they will need to
join both by the time of the conference.

Panel co-chairs: Galina Mardilovich, independent scholar; and Maria Taroutina,
Yale-NUS College

Session sponsored by the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian,
and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA).
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,
electronic listserv, and Facebook page, and organizes sessions at scholarly
conferences such as CAA and ASEEES.
www.shera-art.org

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Margaret Samu
SHERA President
www.shera-art.org

Art History Department
Stern College for Women
245 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10016

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