Revolution and Revolutions in Art
September 12-13, 2019

Conference Programm

THURSDAY, 12th September 2019
Faculty of Arts (Aškerčeva cesta 2), 3rd floor – lecture room 343

8.30 Registration
9.00 Opening of the conference, greetings and introductory speeches
Prof. dr. Jasna Mažgon, Associate Dean of Doctoral Studies and Research, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Prof. dr. Katja Mahnič, Head of the Department of Art History FF UL
9.30 – 11.00 SESSION I
- Sebastian MÜHL, Berlin/Klagenfurt
Picturing Negativity. Contemporary Art after Revolution and Critique
- Sanja SEKELJ, Zagreb
A “Digital Revolution” in Art History – An Example of Research in Digital Art History
- Umut UNGAN, Paris
A New Paradigm? Sociology’s Point of View on Contemporary Art’s Revolution
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 SESSION II
- Maria Cristina BASTANTE, Rome
The Global Revolution. Western Culture and the Rising of a New Transnational Intellectual Community
- Rebekka MARPERT, Giessen
The Aftermath of the Peaceful Revolution in Contemporary Art
- Kaja KRANER, Ljubljana
Contemporary Art and Changes in Thinking of the Revolution
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch Break

14.30 –15.45 SESSION III
- Valeria KUVATOVA, Moscow
The Hellenistic Revolution in Reliefs of the Tomb of Petosiris: Cultural or Political Impacts?
- Ana DEVIĆ, Zagreb
Partisan Bodies: Iconography of Human Gestures within the Resistance and Revolutionary Movements
- Steyn BERGS, Amsterdam
Permanent Re-Revolution: The Nature of History in the Work of Cao Fei
15.45 – 16.00 – Coffee break

16.00 – 17.40 SESSION IV
- Arielle MARSHALL, Sydney
Walking for Revolution: Avant-garde Passage in the Streets of Paris
- Helena KONDA, Ljubljana
Graffiti and Street Art as the New Artistic Concept in Modern and Contemporary Art
- Narciss M. SOHRABI, Paris
Manifestation of Public Art for Political Power and Public Space (Case Study: Sculptures of Teheran)

FRIDAY, 13th September 2019
Faculty of Arts (Aškerčeva cesta 2), 3rd floor – lecture room 343

9.30 – 11.15 SESSION I
- Zvonimir GLAVAŠ, Zagreb
It Is Never That Simple: On the (Non)Univocity of the Relation between Literature and Revolution in Rancière’s and Deleuze’s Work
- Mirela DAKIĆ, Zagreb
Écriture Féminine Manifestoes: (Re)Writing the Avant-garde
- Flora GADO, Budapest
The Revolution is Televised – Irina Botea Bucan: Auditions for a Revolution
- Júliusz HUTH, Budapest
Salon Debates and their Background – The 1989 Political Change and its Effect on the Centralized Institutional System of Fine Arts in Hungary
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.50 SESSION II
- Božo KESIĆ, Split
What is Monumental in Monuments? Some Examples of New Monumental Aesthetic in Post-Homeland War Croatia
- Špela GROŠELJ, Istanbul
‘ Turkishness’ on Display: (Re)inventions of Classical Architectural Elements in the Scope of II. National Architectural Movement
- Ana-Maria MILČIĆ, London/Rijeka
Decadent Revolutionaries: The Futurists’ Communication Strategies during the Occupation of Rijeka, 1919 – 1921
12.50 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00
Free guided tour of the international exhibition On the Brink: The Visual Arts in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941) in Museum of Modern Art with the exhibition curator dr. Marko Jenko
15.00
Free guided tour around the city of Ljubljana
19:00 Closing dinner