Nauman in Context
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Bruce Nauman (1941 - ) has come to be seen as ushering in an entire
generation of 20th century artists, by changing the terms of artıs
production and spectatorship in the late 1960s and 1970s. This symposium
aims to return to that original moment to examine Nauman in his context: to
investigate how the artist altered the terms for art, by taking up new
technologies such as video or neon; by re-making the spaces of an artistic
encounter, architecturally and spatially; and by integrating elements of
performance and the auditory into his work. How have Naumanıs practices
diverse in medium and affect influenced and instructed art in the late
20th century?
Nauman in Context is conceived in dialogue with the Berkeley Art Museum
(BAM) exhibition A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s. The
exhibition focuses on Naumanıs early years in California (1964-1969), during
which Nauman investigated a range of techniques and practices, including
casting negative space, working in neon, and using video and surveillance in
exhibition spaces.
We invite papers addressing work by Nauman and his contemporaries from the
1960s to the present. We encourage papers that address a single work or a
specific set of works. Graduate students and recent Ph.D.s of any discipline
are invited to apply.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
California Conceptualism
Video Art
Rhetorics of Surveillance
The Sculptural Object c. 1969
New Technologies and the Gallery
The Artistıs Body
Film, Video, and Representing the Self
Music and the Auditory in late 20th century art
³Nauman in Context² will take place February 1-2, 2007. Keynote speaker,
Anne Wagner, Professor of Modern Art, UC Berkeley, will deliver her address
the evening of Thursday, February 1st. The symposium will take place Friday,
February 2nd.
To apply: please submit an abstract of 500 words or less and a curriculum
vitae of no more than 5 pages to CFP_at_naumanincontext.org. We may be able to
provide reimbursement for travel. Scholars and graduate students in the
United States and abroad are encouraged to apply.
Deadline for Submissions: November 10, 2006.
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