CFP: CAA SHERA Special Session “Colle cting, Curating, Canonizing, Critiquing: The Ins titutionalization of Eastern European Art” (Wa shington DC, 3-6 Feb 2016)

Dear colleagues,



It is my pleasure to share with you the CFP for SHERA's 1.5-hour special
session at CAA 2016 in Washington DC.



*“Collecting, Curating, Canonizing, Critiquing: The Institutionalization of
Eastern European Art”*



The increased presence of Eastern European art in international public and
private collections has generated a multitude of responses in the forms of
exhibitions, symposia, research programs, publications, as well as endowed
positions for curators, professors, and graduate students. From Catherine
the Great, the Tret’yakov brothers, and George Costakis to Norton Dodge,
Peter Ludwig, and Dasha Zhukova, collectors along with the curators who
work with their collections have framed and reframed narratives of Eastern
European art for both local and global consumption. Artists, too, have
participated through self-institutionalizing initiatives, including
collective practices and the founding of archives and independent art
spaces.



This panel seeks to engage questions regarding the institutionalization of
Eastern European art both inside and outside the region. What have been
some of the challenges, triumphs, and failures in the pursuit of both
private and public collections? What roles have curators, collectors,
dealers, critics, and artists played in this process? What strategies have
been most effective in establishing and sustaining critical and
constructive dialogues within and beyond this network of individuals? What
legacies and lessons have more historical examples, such as Imperial and
Soviet collections, left for us today? In what ways does museum programming
affect scholarship and pedagogy and vice versa? This panel aims to create a
space for debate around the presence and presentation of Eastern European
art that will brainstorm ways for further advancing our field through
institutional relationships.



This panel invites papers that address both practical and theoretical
issues from scholars, curators, critics, collectors, dealers, and artists.
Papers can examine specific case studies or address larger methodological
or terminological problems. While this panel is not strictly focused on the
art market, papers addressing auctions, art fairs, biennials, and other
commercial ventures will be considered. Submissions from all chronological
periods are welcome.



Please, submit abstracts of 300 words or less and a current CV to Ksenia
Nouril, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, [email protected].
Submissions must be received by Friday *June 5, 2015*.



All are encouraged to apply; however, membership to SHERA (The Society of
Historians of Eastern European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture,
www.shera-art.org) will be required if accepted.


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Ksenia Nouril
Doctoral Candidate, Art History
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Graduate Curatorial Assistant
Norton & Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
[email protected]
+1.917.767.8024

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