College Art
Association, 102nd Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 12-15, 2014
Deadline:
May 6, 2013
The
narrative of art history has always been construed as a sequence of successes.
This is especially true for the history of nineteenth-century art. The century
conceived of itself as a glorious time of breakthroughs and achievements, and
the various stories of its art production quickly integrated this logic by
making success the cornerstone of their constructions, no matter how divergent
their agendas. Progressists histories of nineteenth-century art have thought of
success in teleological terms of innovation and change, whilst revisionist
accounts have justified their focus on academic or Salon art by referring to
its popular, commercial or official success.
This
session aims to reverse the rigid logic of success, and proposes that a study
of artistic failure in the long nineteenth century can contribute in an equally
significant way to our understanding of the epoch and its art. The panel
invites papers addressing issues of failure, deficiency, and ill-luck. It
especially discourages all proposals relating to Great Artists, Salon Heroes or
Unrecognised Innovators, unless their stories can be told as stories of failure
and lack of achievement.
Please send
proposals (max. two double-spaced pages) for a paper for this session to Jan
Dirk Baetens (J.Baetens@let.ru.nl), together with a completed session
participation proposal form, a CV, and a letter (or email) expressing your
interest. For more information, see
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2014CallforParticipation.pdf or contact the
session convenor.
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