Call for Papers

Crossing Borders: Marianne Werefkin and the Cosmopolitan Women Artists in her Circle
Grenzüberschreitungen: Marianne Werefkin und die kosmopolitischen Künstlerinnen in ihrem Umfeld

Bremen, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, September 11-12, 2014
In cooperation with the Humanities Research Center at Jacobs University, Bremen
 
On the occasion of the special exhibition "Marianne Werefkin: Vom Blauen Reiter zum Großen Bären" (Marianne Werefkin: From the Blue Rider to the Great Bear), Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, April 12 – July 6, 2014 and Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, July 20 – October 6, 2014.

Languages: English and German

Submission Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2014

The achievements of many modernist female artists have often been marginalised or largely neglected by curators and art historians. Russian-born Marianne Werefkin is one of the most prominent examples. As an art patron and woman of society, Werefkin was long viewed as the generous companion of Alexei Jawlensky and initiator of an artistic salon in Munich. Today Werefkin the painter is widely recognized as an active and influential participant in important artists’ associations such as Neue Künstlervereinigung München, Der Blaue Reiter, and Der Große Bär. Most other female artists in her circle, however, remain less known even though recently a number of publications have been devoted to the artistic achievements of modernist women artists.

The two-day conference will provide a forum for an interdisciplinary exchange addressing the relationships and interactions of the female artists, poets, writers, and patrons in the circle of Marianne Werefkin. Among them are Erma Bossi, Elisabeth Epstein, Natalia Gontcharova, Else Lasker-Schüler, Elena Luksch-Makovsky, Maria Marc, Gabriele Münter, and Carla Pohle. The presentations will focus on themes of cosmopolitan culture, transcultural dialogue, gender relations, and changes in geographical location and cultural environment. Our goal is to trace the artists’ individual relationships and associations with one another and to re-evaluate their role in the development of European modernism.

Papers might explore, but are not necessarily limited to the following topics:

-        The advent of modernist female artists and their impact on artistic practices
-        Women artists as patrons and collectors in the late 19th and early 20th century
-        Modernist women artists transcending social, cultural, geographical, and artistic borders, thus shaping avant-garde art practices
-        Women artists in the avant-garde artists’ networks

We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers from doctoral students, postgraduate researchers, and established academics. Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words together with a one-page biographical summary to Prof. Dr. Isabel Wünsche ([email protected] ) and Tanja Malycheva ([email protected]) by Friday, January 18, 2014.


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Prof. Dr. Isabel Wünsche

Professor of Art and Art History
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Director
Humanities Research Center

Jacobs University
Campus Ring 1, Research IV
28759 Bremen
Germany

Tel. 49-421-200-3311
Fax: 49-421-200-49-3311
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://www.jacobs-university.de/shss/iwuensche

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