The Artist and the Paradox of History
dal 27/9/2011 al 28/9/2011
Segnalato da
Manal Al Dowayan
Roger Palmer
Tiong Ang
Katrin von Maltzahn
Andreas Gedin
Ulrika Ferm
Vahap Avsar
Andrey Parshikov
Lara Eggleton
Henna Riikka Halonen
27/9/2011
The Artist and the Paradox of History
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
Seminar part of the project Changing Identities and Contexts in the Arts
The seminar is organized by The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and The Finnish National Gallery and it will take place at the Ateneum art museum. It is a part of the project Changing Identities and Contexts in the Arts: Artistic Research as the New European Paradigm for the Arts (CICA). The seminar will revolve around the theme The Artist and the Paradox of History. In the last 20 years we have noticed a decrease of historical consciousness in the art world. The leading paradigm seemed to be horizontal globalization and the art market. But with this increase of horizontality, it seems that artists, in their practice and thinking, are paradoxically focusing more and more on time-related issues, such as the examination of the past, archival practices and the re-invention of history as a specific space. This symposium demands attention for this last phenomenon: artist's new histories. How can we situate them? What do they mean for the current situation of the art practice? And what role can they play in the development of new forms of criticality?