Symposia & Lectures
Culture in Context
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Culture in Context: Self-Taught Artists in the Twenty-First Century was presented April 27 & 28, 2007. Organized by the museum’s Contemporary Center and education department. Video of the proceedings Welcome: Maria Ann Conelli, Barbara Paddock, Diana Schlesinger Session 1: Biography/Presence of Self Cochairs: Kristin E. Espinosa, Leslie Umberger • Margaret Parsons—Memories, Madonnas, and Makeup: Alex Bogardy’s Art • Stephen P. Huyler—Individual Expression within a Constricted Society: Self-Taught Artists in India • Kent Minturn—Jean Dubuffet’s Biographies • Monika Jagfeld—Artist’s Ego or Art Ego: The Relevance of Context Access through the Example of Art Autobiographies • Beauvais Lyons—Biography and Authenticity: The George and Helen Spelvin Folk Art Collection Session 2: Awareness of Culture/Landscape/Place Cochairs: Daniel Baumann, Susan Mitchell Crawley • Valérie Rousseau—Revealing Art Brut: Beyond the Impossible Museum • Anton Rajer—Nek Chand’s Rock Garden: Cultural Connection and Artistic Authenticity in Chandigarh, India • Joyce Cohen—Historians in Aprons: Women Self-Taught Artists • Jenifer P. Borum—Cultural Context and the Beyond: The Methodological Challenge of Engaging the Work of Self-Taught Visionary Artists Session 3: Authenticity Cochairs: Roger Cardinal, Lee Kogan • Bernard L. Herman—Quilts Talking/Talking Quilts: Art Authenticity and Display in Gee’s Bend, Alabama • Alexandra Plettenberg-Serban—Authenticity and Culture in the Work of Richard Smith • Pamela Sachant—The Case Study of Billy Roper: Breaking through the Wood-Panel Ceiling of Local Renown to National Fame • Alison Weld—Authenticity: Economy and Accumulation in Bill Traylor and Hawkins Bolden Session 4: Intentionality Cochairs: Víctor M. Espinosa, Colin Rhodes • Brendan Greaves—Characters Comely to the Eye: Text and Intention in the Art of James Castle • Paul Laffoley—“The Intentionality of Oneness”: Homage to Wendel “One World” Willkie, John “The One” Lennon, and “The One of Plotinus” • Tom Patterson—Negotiating Boundaries: Personal Views Regarding Culture, Counterculture, Authenticity, and Identity in Contemporary Folk/Outsider/Visionary Art • Charles Russell—Art That Protects and Connects: The Yard Show of Emmer Sewell Closing Session: Where To Now? Chair: Brooke Davis Anderson • Respondents: Gary Alan Fine, Randall Morris |