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The Ethics of American Art in the 1980s (Princeton, 3-4 Apr 20)
Princeton, NJ, Apr 3–04, 2020 AnnMarie Perl
“Political Values, Market Values, Art Values: The Ethics of American Art in the 1980s” will gather scholars from across the United States who are actively engaged in writing the first histories of the period. The conference is open to the public and will center around the papers of ten speak- ers. It will also include a conversation with the artist, Hans Haacke. Papers address: artworks by David Hammons and Tehching Hsieh as provocations to legal and economic systems of value;
the economics of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s canonization; the politics of canonicity in the work of Tim Rollins and K.O.S.; connections and competitions between American and Western European art markets; and postmodernist and feminist critiques of representation by Louise Lawler, Jenny Holzer and Cindy Sherman. More information about the conference can be found on this website:
(https://princetonartconf2020.princeton.edu/).
SCHEDULE
Friday, April 3, 9:30 am–6:00 pm
and Saturday April 4, 9:30 am–12:30 pm 106 McCormick Hall, Princeton University Friday, April 3
10:00
Welcome and Introduction
Anthony Grudin, University of Vermont AnnMarie Perl, Princeton University 10:15
Imminent Domains: On the Legal Utility of Art Joan Kee, University of Michigan
10:45
After Canons: The Arts and Letters of Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
Claire Grace, Wesleyan University 11:15
Between Capital and the Canon: The Case of Jean-Michel Basquiat Jordana Moore Saggese, University of Maryland
11:45
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Discussion 12:30 Lunch break 1:40
Introduction
AnnMarie Perl, Princeton University 1:45
The Fall of New York and the European Comeback of the 1980s Catherine Dossin, Purdue University
2:15
Szene New York, 1984
Chris Reitz, University of Louisville 2:45
Discussion 3:25
Introduction
AnnMarie Perl, Princeton University 3:30
Decorating with Haim Steinbach Alex Taylor, University of Pittsburgh 4:00
Duck Tacos with a Side of Painting: Restaurants and the Los Angeles Art World of the 1980s Alison Pearlman, Cal Poly Pomona
4:30 Discussion 5:10
Introduction
Anthony Grudin, University of Vermont AnnMarie Perl, Princeton University 5:15
Hans Haacke in conversation with Anthony Grudin and AnnMarie Perl Saturday, April 4
10:00 Introduction
Anthony Grudin, University of Vermont 10:15
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Enter the Barbarians: Neo-Expressionism, Picture Theory Art, Post-Appropriation, and the Specta- cle and Meta-Spectacle of the 1980s—Allan McCollum, Gretchen Bender, Sarah Charlesworth, et alia
Richard Milazzo, Independent Scholar 10:45
Call and Response
Leah Pires, Brown University 11:15
No More Fun and Games: The Censorship of Cindy Sherman’s “Centerfolds”
Sarah Evans, Northern Illinois University 11:45
Discussion 12:30 Lunch
Reference:
CONF: The Ethics of American Art in the 1980s (Princeton, 3-4 Apr 20). In: ArtHist.net, Feb 27, 2020 (accessed Feb 27, 2022), <https://arthist.net/archive/22715>.
