07 November 2009
surrealism, post-war theory, and the avant-garde
Friday 27 – Saturday 28 November 2009
17.15 – 19.00, 27 November
10.00 – 18.30, 28 November (with registration from 9.30)
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Friday Public Lecture:
Professor Allan Stoekl (Penn State), ‘The Drift: Surrealism, Situationism and Postsustainable Strategies of Gleaning’
Friday 27 November, 17.30-19.00, followed by reception
Saturday Conference Speakers:
Lucy Bradnock (Getty Research Institute)
David Cunningham (University of Westminster)
Jonathan Eburne (Pennsylvania State University)
Jill Fenton (Queen Mary, University of London)
Patrick ffrench (Kings College, University of London)
Steven Harris (University of Alberta, Edmonton)
Alyce Mahon (Trinity College, Cambridge)
Gavin Parkinson (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
Michael Richardson (independent scholar).
This conference aims to engage a range of different legacies of Surrealism in the post-war era, both in philosophical and theoretical work and in the activities of various artistic movements, from existentialism to Tel Quel and the Nouveau Roman, performance and Pop Art to COBRA and the Situationist International. In particular, the contributors to the event seek to explore both the often occluded role of Surrealism within the formation of 1960s-1970s French theory and its connected place within an emergent post-war discourse of the avant-garde.
Ticket/entry details: £10. Please send a cheque made payable to ‘Courtauld Institute of Art’ to: Research Forum Events Coordinator, The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, clearly stating that you wish to book for the ‘Surrealism, Post-War Theory and the Avant-Garde conference’. Or call 020 7848 2785/2909 to make a credit card booking. Or, for further information, send an email to ResearchForumEvents[at]courtauld.ac.uk
Co-organised by the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster, and the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Programme can be downloaded here. Further details
