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From: John Zilcosky <[log in to unmask]>
FELDBERG EXHIBITION and SYMPOSIUM
at the University of Toronto
Self-portraits - Mirror or Mask?
May 27 - 29, 2002 (on the occasion of the 2002 CONGRESS of the
Social Sciences and Humanities of Canada in Toronto, May 25 -
June 1)
CALL FOR PAPERS
During the 2002 CONGRESS in Toronto the University of Toronto
will be mounting an exhibition of the Feldberg Collection of over 60
self-portraits by artists of the 1920s in Germany. Included in the
collection are works by many of the best-known painters of this
period, such as Kaethe Kollwitz, Oscar Kokoschka, Max
Lieberman, Ludwig Meidner, and others. This collection has had
only one previous public viewing in its entirety.
In connection with this exhibition an international Symposium on
the topic Self-Portraits - Mirror or Mask? will be held. Both events
will run concurrently with the 2002 CONGRESS, so that delegates
to the Congress can also participate in this Symposium.
The Symposium invites submissions that offer a broad
interpretation of the topic from different disciplinary and inter-
disciplinary perspectives. Submissions need not be limited to the
period of the Feldberg Collection.
Some possible approaches:
- The place of self-portraits in the broader historical, cultural and
political conditions of the time
- What self-portraits reveal about individual painters or writers and
their notion of identity
- Self-portraits within the artistic movements of the time, e.g.,
Expressionism, New Objectivity, Cubism, etc.
- The "genre" of self-portraits
- Self-portrait, self-masking: artistic/literary pseudonyms
Submissions can be in various media, including visual works.
Length of oral presentations should be in the range of 20 - 30
minutes. Submissions, submission abstracts, and further inquiries
should be directed to:
Professor Pia Kleber
University College
University of Toronto
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
M5S 3H7
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2001
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