European Postwar and Contemporary Art Forum
Second June Colloquium – Parsons Paris
Saturday, June 17, 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: Pause

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

Organizing committee:
Catherine Dossin (Purdue University)
Emmanuel Guy (Parsons Paris The New School)
Rosemary O’Neill (Parsons The New School)

Parsons Paris is located 45 rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris. Please be ready to present ID upon entering the building.