Session
The American Reception of German Painting after 1960:
From “Neo-Expressionism” to the “New Leipzig School”

Christian Weikop, University of Edinburgh, cweikoped.ac.uk

While so-called “Neo-Expressionism” (particularly its German variant)
was a contested term and movement, both its supporters and detractors
recognized that it involved certain processes of “cultural transfer”,
which in part accounted for its market success. In trying to explain
the positive American reception of Neo-Expressionism, the influential
critic Benjamin Buchloh once asked: “Who would not be seduced by the
reflection of one’s own national culture in the art of a succeeding
generation, especially in a different geopolitical context?”
Intriguingly, two decades later, artists who were alternately promoted
as “New Leipzig School” or a second post-Unification wave of “New
German Painting” after the postwar Neo-Expressionists, were positively
received in the United States for amalgamating the great styles of the
postwar period. Papers might address the dynamics of cultural transfer
between American and German painting since the 1960s, including their
underlying market determinisms, critical receptions, and
contestations.

For further information and a Session Participation Proposal
Submission Form, see:
http://www.collegeart.org/proposals/2014callforparticipation

Please send the above form, an abstract of one to two double-spaced
pages, cover letter explaining your interest in the subject as well as
CAA membership status, and a CV with contact information (including
summer contact information, if applicable).

Please also inform us if you are submitting proposals to other
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that session and participate in person.

The deadline for the session chair to receive proposals is May 6,
2013. Please send submissions to: cweikoped.ac.uk