From: Ursula Ströbele / Ana Ereš
Date: Oct 29, 2023
Subject: CONF: Figures of Emancipation (Belgrade/online, 16-17 Nov 23)
Belgrade, University, Faculty of Philosophy / Online, Nov 16–17, 2023
The international workshop "Figures of Emancipation: New Perspectives on
Modern Sculpture and Gender in 20th Century in Dialogue" will bring
together different perspectives on recent sculptural research in the
fields of art history, museology, curatorial practice and contemporary
art with focus on the complex relationship between gender and art
production. The main motivation of the conference is the historically
largely overlooked, however rich and complex legacy of women sculptors
who left behind impressive oeuvres and challenged both the artistically
and socially imposed norms, approached from a transnational perspective.
Our aim is to open new perspectives on this common “blind spot” in
sculpture histories and museum practice that transgress the limiting
frameworks on national historiographies by opening a dialogue and
activating the exchange between the art historical knowledge about the
former Western and Eastern European space, therewith addressing the
wider cultural, social and political background of the histories in
question. The main questions the conference aims to debate are: What
role do women play in sculpture history, research, and
exhibition/curatorial practice? What were their specific educational and
exhibiting infrastructures? Did they receive public commissions, how
were their works received by art institutions and the general society?
How can they be given more visibility? What terminology and
methodological approaches are suitable to approach their works? How can
their self-image as women sculptors, (gender-)specific techniques and
use of materials be described? How can we use the art historical
knowledge on gender relations in sculpture to support and enhance the
emancipatory politics in contemporary art and curating/museum practice?
Program
November 16, 2023, Goethe Institute in Belgrade
20:00 Introductory Keynote Lecture by Julia Wallner (Arp Museum Bahnhof
Rolandseck): Women Sculptors of Early Modernism, Material Issues
on site and online: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheInstitutBelgrad
21:15 Apero
November 17, 2023, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade (on site)
09:30–09:45 Welcome by Lidija Merenik, Head of the Art History Department
09:45–10:00 Introduction Ana Ereš and Ursula Ströbele
10:00–10:45 Burcu Dogramaci (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich): A
Carrier Bag for Sculpting: Human–Non-human Relationships in Objects of
Surrealist Female Artists
10:45–11:30 Marta Smolińska (Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in
Poznan): The sense of touch as a figure of emancipation: haptics in the
expanded field in the works of Polish female artists after 1945
11:30–12:00 Coffee break
12:00–12:45 Ursula Ströbele (Braunschweig University of Art): Elasticity
and Resistance? Textile Sculptures and the Queer[y]ing of the Canon
12:45–14:30 Lunch Break
14:30–15:15 Ana Ereš (University of Belgrade): Sculptrices as Agents of
Abstraction in Post-WW2 Art in Serbia
15:15–16:00 Simona Čupić (University of Belgrade): Goldfinger: Alina
Szapocznikow & James Bond
16:00–16:45 Jasmina Čubrilo (University of Belgrade): Ana Bešlić goes Pop
16:45–17:15 Coffee break
18:30 Closing Keynote Lecture by Jo Applin (The Courtauld Institute of
Art, London): Abstract Erotic: Alice Adams, Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse
Adress: Conference Hall "Dragoslav Srejović" (1st floor, room 108)
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy
Čika Ljubina 18-20
Belgrade 11000
Contact persons: ursula.stroeb...@hbk-bs.de ana.e...@f.bg.ac.rs
Reference / Quellennachweis:
CONF: Figures of Emancipation (Belgrade/online, 16-17 Nov 23). In:
ArtHist.net, Oct 29, 2023. <https://arthist.net/archive/40472>.
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