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Confrontations Panel on East European Art in the UK
20 May 2022, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
The Post Socialist Art Centre invites Lina Džuverović, curator and lecturer at Birkbeck College, Alicja Kaczmarek, founding director of Centrala Space and Polish Expats Association, and Vlad Morariu, lecturer at Middlesex University and founding member of the Collections Collective, to reflect on the changing position of East European art in the UK.
This event is free.
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Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Reuben Fowkes
Location
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IAS ForumG17, Ground Floor, South WingUCL, Gower St, LondonWC1E 6BT
As the final event of Confrontations: Sessions in East European Art History, the Postsocialist Art Centre invites Lina Džuverović, curator and lecturer at Birkbeck College, Alicja Kaczmarek, founding director of Centrala Space and Polish Expats Association, and Vlad Morariu, lecturer at Middlesex University and founding member of the Collections Collective, to reflect on the changing position of East European art in the UK. Moderated by Maja and Reuben Fowkes.
Drawing on the wide-ranging curatorial experience and research of our guest speakers, this panel sets out to chart and account for the rise and fall of artworld interest in art practices from the region. How can the contours of East European artistic presence in the UK be delineated through exhibition practices? How important are private foundations and initiatives in shaping the landscape of exhibiting, representing and collecting East European art? How can attitudes in the British artworld towards East European art be compared to other global regions? Is the fluctuating interest in East European art still determined by geopolitical factors?
This event is realised within the framework of Confrontations: Sessions in East European Art, the Getty Foundation Connecting Art Histories supported initiative at the Institute of Advanced Studies UCL.
Please register to attend at https://east-european-art.eventbrite.co.uk
Image credit: Anca Benera and Arnold Estefan, Ground Control, Centrala, exhibition view.
About the Speakers
Dr. Lina Džuverović
Dr. Lina Džuverović is a curator and Lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London, where she also co-directs BIRMAC – Birkbeck's Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Media and Culture. Her research focuses on explorations of collectivity in art, gendered labour and contemporary art as a sphere of solidarity and community-building. Previously Lina was founding director of Electra, artistic director of Calvert 22 Foundation, curator at ICA, Lux Centre and has taught at University of Reading and TU Graz. Select exhibitions include: “Monuments Should Not Be Trusted” (Nottingham Contemporary, 2016), “Sanja Iveković – Unknown Heroine” (South London Gallery and Calvert 22 Foundation, 2012), “27 Senses” (Chisenhale Gallery, London; Kunstmuseet KUBE, Norway, 2009/10), “Favoured Nations” (5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2009), “Her Noise” (South London Gallery, 2005).
Alicja Kaczmarek
Alicja Kaczmarek is the founder and director of Centrala Space and Polish Expats Association, a non-profit organisation set up in 2009 to support integration of Central and Eastern European (CEE) migrant communities in the UK and promotion of Central and Eastern European art and culture. Alicja has a degree in Sociology from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland and an MA in Social Policy from the University of Birmingham. Moved to Birmingham in 2004. Since Centrala was launched under Alicja’s leadership, it carved its way to international acclaim ad a recognised centre for CEE artists. Alicja’s practice focuses on innovation, policy, inclusive projects design and planning, research implementation, and international development and migrant integration.
Dr. Vlad Morariu
Dr. Vlad Morariu is a Romanian-born researcher, curator and lecturer at Middlesex University London. Vlad’s work sits across various disciplines – from 20th philosophy to sociology, anthropology, and visual and material cultures. His current research explores how visual languages become ‘excitable’ as well as the notions of ‘power’ and ‘force’ in contemporary art writing. In 2017 together with Raluca Voinea and Judit Angel, Morariu initiated and curated Collection Collective: Template for a Future Model of Representation, an exhibition that led to the creation of Collection Collective: an international art collection established, owned, and managed collectively by its more than 50 members.
Dr Maja Fowkes and Dr Reuben Fowkes
Dr Maja Fowkes and Dr Reuben Fowkes are art historians and curators, directors of the Postsocialist Art Centre at UCL. Their books include Art and Climate Change (2022), Ilona Németh: Eastern Sugar (2021) and Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950 (2020). Recent curatorial projects include “Potential Agrarianisms” at Kunsthalle Bratislava in 2021 and “Colliding Epistemes” at Bozar Brussels in 2022.