On the occasion of the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Grand Palais, this interdisciplinary conference addresses cross-cutting themes of American painting, through the study of the two great figures Edward Hopper and Jackson Pollock. It brings together French and international speakers. January 11 and 12, 2013 at IESA arts&culture.
Through the two great figures of Hopper and Pollock, and their legacy, the conference addresses monographic, iconographic and cross-cutting subjects. Speakers cover themes such as landscape, the body, narrative, pictorial language and chaos. The first day is devoted to Hopper’s work, the second to Pollock’s. They will bring out the particularities and vitality of painting in the United States. It will also be an occasion for a great moment devoted to painting.
This interdisciplinary and international conference brings together different generations of researchers, art historians, artists, art critics, museum curators and philosophers, from the United States, Belgium, England, Italy, Greece and France.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Office in a Small City, 1953
© Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dist.
Image RMN/Grand Palais / image of the MMA.
These days of meetings will be a unique opportunity to talk live with leading specialists in American art and painting. This conference is aimed at both IESA students and a wider audience.
Papers will be given in French and English. Open to a varied audience, this conference is held as part of the Master’s in Art history and the contemporary art market run by IESA arts&culture and validated by the University of Warwick (UK). This two-year MA welcomes international students. Courses are taught in English in Paris and London, in partnership with the Whitechapel Art Gallery.
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Practical information:
January 11 and 12, 2013. From 10:00 to 18:00 5, avenue de l’Opéra Paris 1st. Reservation required.
List of speakers:
- Isabelle Bonzom, painter and art historian, scientific coordinator of the conference
- Demosthène Davvetas, visual artist, poet and teacher, cultural advisor to the 1st Minister of the Hellenic Republic
- Laurence Debecque-Michel, author, art critic and art historian
- Fabrice Hergott, director of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- Ann Hindry, author, critic and art historian, curator of the Renault collection
- Elena Lespes Munoz, critic at the contemporary art magazine Are
- Gail Levin, art historian, international Hopper specialist
- Ron Peck, filmmaker, author of films on Hopper
- Diego Scalco, art historian specializing in Pollock
- Pierre Sterckx, art historian and critic, exhibition curator
- Eurydice Trichon-Milsani, writer and poet, professor at the Sorbonne