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1956: Legacies of Political Change in Art and Visual Culture (Oxford, 9/2004)
H-Net Announcements Announcement ID: 133231
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=133231 CALL FOR PAPERS:
Nineteen-Fifty-Six: Legacies of Political Change in Art and Visual Culture Location:
United Kingdom
Call for Papers Deadline:
2003-10-01 Date Submitted:
2003-03-31
International Conference:
1956: Legacies of Political Change in Art & Visual Culture Dr. Nancy Jachec & Dr. Reuben Fowkes
Saturday 4th-Sunday 5th September, 2004 Oxford Brookes University
Marked by the Twentieth Party Congress, which sanctioned the dismantling of the cult of Stalin & the relaxation of constraints on art and culture in the
Eastern Bloc, the entanglement of former colonial powers Britain and France over Suez, the escalation of armed conflict in Algeria, and the defeat of the Hungarian Uprising through Soviet military intervention, 1956 was a complex moment in the Cold War, & one which had lasting implications for
politically
engaged artists. This conference seeks to examine the ways in which the events of that year affected artistic practices internationally, and to consider their legacy for the visual arts. Whilst we welcome all relevant proposals, topics of particular interest could include:
state patronage of the visual arts
the politics of artists & artists' organisations
the emergence & proliferation of national & international styles the decolonisation of art
Please email or post submissions (300 word proposal plus CV).
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Dr. Nancy Jachec
School of Arts & Humanities Oxford Brookes University Gibbs Building
Gipsy Lane
Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP England
Phone: 44 (0)1865 48 4221 Fax: 44 (0)1865 48 4082 Email: njachec@brookes.ac.uk
Reference:
CFP: 1956: Legacies of Political Change in Art and Visual Culture (Oxford, 9/2004). In: ArtHist.net, Apr 2, 2003 (accessed Feb 27, 2022), <https://arthist.net/archive/25590>.
