CONF 20.01.2011

Why Have There Been No Great Modern Religious Artists? (New York, 8 Feb 2011)

Museum of Biblical Art, New York, 08.02.2011

Linda Stratford, Asbury University

Mirroring the complex presence of religion throughout the 20th century, there has been a proliferation of religious expression in the visual arts. Many of the most prominent and celebrated artists of this century have employed Christian themes, iconography, and forms in their work. However, many of these artists and their works have been ignored, dismissed as aberrant, or condemned as an improper union of incompatible traditional and avant-garde values. To be held day prior to the CAA, at The Museum of Biblical Art, New York, 8:30 to 5:30. Organized by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA). For information on ASCHA see http://christianityhistoryart.org

All sessions will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at The Museum of Biblical Art:1865 Broadway at 61st Street, New York, NY 10023-7505

Arrival and Registration
8:30-9:00am
Coffee and Tea will be served

Welcome and Introduction
9:00-9:15 am

Symposium Co-chairs:
Dr. James Romaine
Associate Professor of Art History/Department Chair
Nyack College, Nyack, NY/Manhattan, NY

Dr. Rachel Smith
Gilkison Professor in Art History
?Taylor University, Upland, IN

1st Session
9:15-10:45 am

“Crossed Off: Johan Thorn Prikker, the avant-garde and the art cannon”
Dr. Christiane Heiser
Curator
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany

“The Readymade and the Real Presence: Marcel Duchamp and the Blind Man”
Dr. Bradley Bailey
Assistant Professor of Art History
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO

“Salvador Dalí’s The Ecumenical Council: A Paranoiac-critical Exegesis”
Dr. Jonathan Wallis
Assistant Professor/Chair of Liberal Arts
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Break 10:45-11:00 am ?
Coffee and Tea will be served
2nd Session
11:00-12:30 pm

?“Figuring Redemption: Max Beckmann’s Resurrections”
Dr. Amy K. Hamlin
Assistant Professor of Art History
St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN

“Twentieth Century Grünewald: Reclaiming Graham Sutherland for Twentieth Century Christian Art”
James McCullough
PhD candidate in Theology
Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland

“The a-theology of Francis Bacon”
Dr. Rina Arya
Reader in the School of Art and Design
University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Lunch Break
12:30-1:30 pm?
A list of possible places to eat in the area will be provided.

3rd Session
1:30-3:00 pm

“Modernizing, Internalizing and Profaning: The Christian Paintings of Joseph Stella”
Dr. Herb Hartel
Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History
John Jay College, CUNY, New York, NY

“Jackson Pollock and Religion: The Church Project”
Dr. Elizabeth Langhorne
Associate Professor of Art History
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

“From Text to Collage: Romare Bearden’s Depictions of Biblical Narratives in the 1960s”
Dr. Emily Hage
Assistant Professor of Art History
Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Coffee and Tea will be served

4th Session
3:15-4:45 pm

“Screening God: Video, Viola and the Postmodern Sublime”
Dr. Ronald R. Bernier
Assistant Professor of Art History
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA

“On Rivalry and Retribution: Sacrifice and Ritual in the Art of Paul Pfeiffer”
Dr. Isabelle Loring Wallace
Associate Professor of Contemporary Art
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

“Collaborative Religiosity: Christian Jankowski’s Holy Artwork”
Dr. Karen Gonzalez Rice
Visiting Assistant Professor
Beloit College, Beloit, WI

Break
4:45-5:00 pm
Coffee and Tea will be served

5th Session
5:00-5:30 pm
Symposium Wrap-up

Quellennachweis:
CONF: Why Have There Been No Great Modern Religious Artists? (New York, 8 Feb 2011). In: ArtHist.net, 20.01.2011. Letzter Zugriff 29.03.2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/804>.

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