CFP CAA 2016 "Geometric Abstraction, Op, and Kinetic Art in Transnational Perspective"

Dear SHERA members,

Please consider submitting an abstract to our CAA 2016 panel "Geometric
Abstraction, Op, and Kinetic Art in Transnational Perspective." The panel
is sponsored by the European Postwar and Contemporary Art Forum (a CAA
affiliate), but you do not need to be a member of EPCAF to present with us. The
details are below.

Thank you,
Lily Woodruff and Daniel Quiles


CAA 2016 Washington

European Postwar and Contemporary Art Forum
Geometric Abstraction, Op, and Kinetic Art in Transnational Perspective
Lily Woodruff, Michigan State University; and Daniel Quiles, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago. Email: [email protected] and [email protected]

During the 1950s and 1960s Geometric Abstraction, Op art, and kinetic art
flourished as international styles that linked artists across the globe.
These practices were animated by socialist and phenomenological discourses
that appealed to visual perception and interactivity as ways to democratize
artistic culture. Eliminat­ing elite cultural references, these artists
aimed to train or stimu­late perception as a gateway toward broader viewer
participation. Recent scholarship has brought attention to how these
rational­ized  visual languages became prominent outside of the North
Atlantic due to the internationalization of a network of artists and
collectives. Has the appeal to the eye been accompanied, how­ever, by
universalist assumptions that flatten local particularities? We encourage
papers that demonstrate how Geometric, Op, and kinetic practices connect or
break with the historical avant-gardes, while situating their innovations
within broader social constella­tions such as urbanism, cybernetics, and
labor.

PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS TO SESSION CHAIRS

Due May 8, 2015

Proposals for participation in sessions should be sent directly to the
session chairs. Every proposal should include the following five items:

1. Completed session participation proposal form, located at the end of
this pdf, or an email with the requested information.

2. Preliminary abstract of one to two double-spaced, typed pages.

3. Letter explaining speaker’s interest, expertise in the topic, and CAA
membership status.

4. CV with home and office mailing addresses, email address, and phone and
fax numbers. Include summer address and telephone number, if applicable.

5. Documentation of work when appropriate, especially for sessions in which
artists might discuss their own work.

The 2016 Annual Conference will be held in Washington, DC,
Wednesday–Saturday, February 3–6, 2016. Sessions are scheduled for two and
a half hours. Chairs develop sessions in a manner that is appropriate to
the topics and participants of their sessions. A characteristic, though
cer­tainly not standard, format includes four or five presentations of
twenty minutes each, amplified by audience participation or by a
discussant’s commentary.

More information at:
http://www.collegeart.org/proposals/2016callforparticipation


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Assistant Professor
Department of Art, Art History and Design
Michigan State University
113 Kresge Art Center
600 Auditorium Road
East Lansing, MI 48824
http://art.msu.edu

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