International Symposium on Modernity and Contemporaneity: Pittsburgh,PA
Nov.4-6,2004
In early November, the University of Pittsburgh will bring together a group
of the world’s leading scholars and art theorists for a Nov.4-6
symposium entitled “Modernity and Contemporaneity: Antinomies of Art and
Culture After the 20th Century.” The symposium, co-organized by Pitt’s
Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Graduate Program for
Cultural Studies, will be held in conjunction with the 54th Carnegie
International, considered North America’s leading survey of new art work
worldwide. The Carnegie International, organized this year by curator
Laura Hoptman, is known as a barometer of contemporary artistic directions
in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Just as
“modernism” and “postmodernist” have been used to describe previous periods
and movements in the 20th century, the time in which we now live
is already articulating its own descriptives. What are they?
Among the symposium participants are Fredric Jameson, Bruno Latour, Antonio
Negri, Rosalind Krauss, Susan Buck-Morss and Boris Groys. The
symposium will challenge the notions of “modern” and “contemporary” as they
relate to both the works in the exhibition and to art and culture
throughout the world.
Conveners: Terry Smith, Okwui Enwezor, Nancy Condee
Registration deadline: 1 October for no late fee
For additional information and registration, see:
http://www.mc.pitt.edu/
|