Without Borders: The Problems and Pitfalls of Inter-American Art History

This panel probes the efficacy of hemispheric ontologies in the study of twentieth-century Latin/American art. Can inter-American perspectives adequately address the power dynamics of a continent marked by racial diversity, and where competing claims of belonging have given shape to national histories? What are the ideological and political implications of an expanded geographical approach? Where and when in the Americas is the discourse of modernism being shaped? Papers may consider any aspect of twentieth-century art in the Western Hemisphere, but should aim to highlight underlying conceptual, methodological, or institutional problems that relate to transnational approaches in the study of Latin/American art. Possible topics may include inter-American cultural exchange and appropriation; debates surrounding figuration and abstraction; art historical periodization and geographical frameworks; the potential for postcolonial and de-colonization theory to forge a scholarly discourse beyond value-laden notions like Modernism and Modernity; and the challenge of uniting novel methodologies with close object-based analysis.

Please send an abstract (1-2 pages, double spaced), a Letter of
Interest, a Submission Form and current CV by May 8 to: Fabiola Martínez fmartin9slu.edu and Breanne Robertson breannebrobertson.us
For more information, please see:
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2016CallforParticipation.pdf