EAM Conference in Lisbon Confronts Eurocentrism in Avant-Garde Studies
From September 1 to 3, 2022, the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM) convened its eighth biennial conference in Lisbon, emphasizing the international aspects of avant-garde movements. The theme, "globalizing the avant-garde," aimed to confront Eurocentrism within art history. Among the keynote speakers were Paul Wood, who examined activist art from Eastern Europe, and Ming Tiampo, who advocated for "pluriversal avant-gardism." Panels included discussions by Regina Stephan on architects Olbrich and Mendelsohn, as well as Ernesto Vendries Bray and Ulrich Knufinke on Rother and von Strizic. Case studies featured Balázs on Hungarian émigré authors and Bednanics on Kassák. The influence of Hungarian migrants on Soviet culture and rural modernism in Slovak art were also explored. The conference first took place in Ghent in 2008.
Key facts
- EAM's eighth biennial conference was held in Lisbon from September 1–3, 2022
- The conference explicitly addressed global dimensions of avant-garde studies for the first time
- Keynote speakers were Paul Wood and Ming Tiampo
- Panels examined transnational trajectories of artists and architects from Central and Eastern Europe
- The conference challenged nationally framed narratives and Eurocentrism in art history
- EAM was founded in 2008 with a conference in Ghent titled "Europa! Europa?"
- Previous conference themes included "High and Low" (2010 Poznań) and "Utopia" (2014 Helsinki)
- The review was published on ARTMargins Online on May 5, 2023 by Beáta Hock
Entities
Artists
- Beáta Hock
- Paul Wood
- Ming Tiampo
- Imre József Balázs
- Árpád Mezei
- József Bakucz
- Imre Pán
- Gábor Bednanics
- Lajos Kassák
- Regina Stephan
- Joseph Maria Olbrich
- Erich Mendelsohn
- Ernesto Vendries Bray
- Ulrich Knufinke
- Leopold Rother
- Zdenko von Strizic
- Adri Kácsor
- Béla Uitz
- János Mácza
- Ivan Mátsa
- Bart Pushaw
- Appa
- Steffen Møller
- Charles Menadelook
- Julia Secklehner
- Imro Weiner-Král
- Diana Wasilewska
- Jane Eckett
- Tiit Hennoste
- Harsha Ram
- Giulia Beatrice
- Ana-Maria Milčić
- Marina Protrka Štimec
- Sascha Bru
- Kara Walker
- Ushio Shinohara
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Marianne von Werefkin
- Władysław Strzemiński
- Aleksandra Kasuba
- Jonas Mekas
- Jurgis Mačiūnas
- George Maciunas
- Zuzana Říhová
- Mark Wollaeger
- Jonathan Harris
Institutions
- European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (EAM)
- ARTMargins Online
- Freie jüdische Volksbühne
- Tate Modern
- Hyundai
- Oxford University Press
- Chicago University Press
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Progressive Artists' Group
Locations
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Ghent
- Belgium
- Poznań
- Poland
- Helsinki
- Finland
- Vienna
- Austria
- Tunisia
- Middle East
- Northwestern Europe
- East-Central Europe
- Lithuania
- Canada
- Greenland
- Alaska
- United States
- Slovakia
- Estonia
- Russia
- Italy
- Egypt
- Fiume
- Croatia
- Yugoslavia
- India
- Japan
- China
- Bombay
- Eastern Europe
- Central Europe
- Arctic
- Australia
- Argentina
- Romania
- Serbia
- Soviet Union
- United Kingdom
- Anglo-American
Sources
- ARTMargins —
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