Conference: Socialist Realist Art
Production, Consumption and the Aesthetics of Power
STOCKHOLM 20 OCTOBER 2012 AT 10-18
In the Auditorium, Moderna Museet
Admission free
In English
An International Conference, sponsored by the Center for Baltic and East European Studies, Södertörn University, in collaboration with Moderna Museet.
PROGRAMME10.00: Coffee 10.15: Opening address Anna Tellgren, Research leader, Moderna Museet
10.30-12.30
Panel 4: The Visual Language of Socialist Realism (Chair: Isabelle De Keghel) Mike O'Mahony: A Winter's Tale: Socialist Realism Out in the Cold
Robert Bird: The Scale Model in Soviet Visual Culture of the 1930s
Iina Kohonen: Cosmic Landscapes and the Art of Aleksei Leonov
Evgeny Dobrenko: Images of Hatred and Violence in Soviet Wartime Culture
13.45—15.15
Panel 5: Case Studies from Eastern Europe (Chair: Susan Reid)
Katerina Mohar: Socialist Realist Painting in the Former Socialist Republic of Slovenia
Jermome Bazin: Stakes and Challenges of a Social History of Socialist Realism: The Case Study of an East German Commission
Mirela Tanta: State Propaganda or Sites of Resistance?: Socialist Realism in Romania, 1970-89
15.30-17.00
Panel 6: Structures and Organisations of Soviet Art (Chair: TBC)
Iliana Veinberga: Latvian SSR Artists' Union's Art Collection: An Era in Paint, Paper and Concrete
Zhanara Nauruzbayeva: Socialist Realist Art in Kazakhstan
Galina Yankovskaya: Professional Identities and Social Practices of Soviet Artists in the 1930s-70s
17.15-18.30
Keynote 2 (Chair: Mark Bassin)
Introduction: Daniel Birnbaum, Director Moderna Museet
Boris Groys: Before and After Socialist Realism: Installations by El Lissitzky and Ilya Kabakov
Followed by;
Book presentation chaired by Sven-Olov Wallenstein
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