The European Postwar and Contemporary Art Forum (EPCAF), a worldwide forum for scholars working on postwar and contemporary european art, is pleased to announce its Second June Colloquium on June 17th 2017. In addition to an informal EPCAF roundtable, EPCAF will have the honour of welcoming Paula Barreiro-Lopez (Universidad de Barcelona) for a Keynote Address during which she will present her latest book, Avant-garde, Art, and Criticism in Francoist Spain (Liverpool University Press, 2017). The 2017 Session of EPCAF June Colloquium will be dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Centre Pompidou with a series of six papers that address both the history of the institution and some aspects of its contemporary transformation.  

Presentation

The European Postwar and Contemporary Art Forum (EPCAF) is a worldwide forum for scholars working on postwar and contemporary european art. It is an open and free association. By sharing information and exchanging ideas across the globe, EPCAF seeks to expand our knowledge and understanding of the history of art and criticism, and highlight the different national methodologies that are brought to bear on these histories. 

On June 17th, 2017 EPCAF will be hosting its Second June Colloquium at Parsons Paris, 45 rue Saint Roch, 75001 Paris. 

In addition to an informal EPCAF roundtable on the morning of June 17th, EPCAF will have the honour of welcoming Paula Barreiro-Lopez (Universidad de Barcelona) for a Keynote Address during which she will present her latest book, Avant-garde, Art, and Criticism in Francoist Spain (Liverpool University Press, 2017). 

The 2017 Session of EPCAF June Colloquium will be dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Centre Pompidou with a series of six papers that address both the history of the institution and some aspects of its contemporary transformation. 

Program

June 17th, 2017

11h30-13h: EPCAF Roundtable

EPCAF members and friends can join this informal brownbag lunch to present and discuss their current research projects.

13h: Introduction

13h15-14h15: Keynote Address

Avant-garde, Art, and Criticism in Francoist Spain

Paula Barreiro-Lopez (Universidad de Barcelona)

14h30-18h: “Centre Pompidou at 40”

• Blaise Gautier and the pre-history of the Centre Georges Pompidou

Rachel Stella (Independent Scholar, Paris)

• Dans l’intestin du Crocrodrome : le Musée Sentimental et la Boutique Aberrante de Daniel Spoerri comme critique de l’institution muséale.

Deborah Laks (Deutsche Forum für Kunste, Paris)

•  A propos de  Nice (1977): de-centering the avant-garde

Rosemary O’Neill (Parsons The New School)

16h-16h30: Break

• Not exotic enough? The polemics around the promotion of East European art by the Centre Pompidou. 1983-2010.

Katarzyna Cytlak (Centro de Estudios de los Mundos Eslavos y Chinos, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires)

• Des “Exposition-ateliers” au Centre Georges Pompidou

Muriel Berthou Crestey (GIS ACORSO)

• The Museum as Media in the Age of Digital Spectacle

Jorge Miguel Benitez (Virginia Commonwealth University)

18h: Closing Remarks and Discussion

Organising committee:

Catherine Dossin (Purdue University)

Emmanuel Guy (Parsons Paris The New School)

Rosemary O’Neill (Parsons The New School)