On June 11 and 12, 2007, Camran Mani and Matthias Waschek moderated an informal symposium related to the exhibition Portrait/Homage/Embodiment. The participants were graduate students of art history or art and their professors from five universities: Harvard, Ohio State, Princeton, Stanford, and Washington University in St. Louis. The format of the event consisted of 10 to 15-minute presentations or, in some cases, performances, followed by discussions. The program of the event was determined by the students in consultation with the moderators.
Monday, June 11, 2007
SESSION 1 (Entrance Gallery): Dealing with Art History
Lanka Tattersall, Harvard University
The interface of the body and the canon
Kate Nesin, Princeton University
Bruce Nauman and the artist’s definition of the Artist
Lisa Lee, Princeton University
Double Takes: Roni Horn's Asphere (condensation, distortion, and negation)
Zachary Biberstine, The Ohio State University
The power (or powerlessness) of the artist over the fate of his work
Carol Armstrong, Princeton University
Conclusions/questions
SESSION 2 (Main Gallery South): The Performance of Portraiture
Peter Reese, The Ohio State University
The residue of action (object, image, conversation, rumor…)
Chris Meyer, Harvard University
Roland Barthes’ conception of the photographic pose: relevant to other media? From Warhol’s Most Wanted Men to Salcedo’s untitled chairs
Mary Campbell, Stanford University
Salcedo and crime: the presence/absence of the body; monetary compensation in place of commemoration
Ann Hamilton, The Ohio State University
Conclusions/questions
SESSION 3 (Cube Gallery): A Cindy Sherman Salon
Sarah McGavran, Washington University in St. Louis
A strange precursor: Sherman’s soup tureen
James Nisbet, Stanford University
Sherman in relation to the history of photography
Frederique Baumgartner, Harvard University
Sherman’s position to the discipline of art history
Anna Warbelow, Washington University in St. Louis
Sherman through the lens of subsequent “performance” photographers
Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Harvard University
Conclusions/questions
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
SESSION 4 (Lower Main Gallery, Lower Gallery): The Anonymous and the Autographic
Iris Mickein, Princeton University
The ’ethics’ of physiognomy – the role of affect in the production and reception of portraits
Allan Doyle, Princeton University
Felix Gonzalez-Torres and the ethics of remaking Klaus Barbie
Dan Hackbarth, Stanford University
Medardo Rosso between media
Michelle Foa, Princeton University
The disappearance of the image: undermining a genre associated with the real
Sasha Wachtel, Harvard University
Giacometti’s frustration
John Klein, Washington University in St. Louis
Conclusions/questions
SESSION 5 (Entrance Gallery): Portraiture and Abstraction
Jamie Boyle, The Ohio State University
The incorporation of audience
Adele Mattern, The Ohio State University
“Soup Tureen: An Interview”
Matthew Bailey, Washington University in St. Louis
The relevance of authorial intentions and curatorial decisions
Mary Brunstrom, Washington University in St. Louis
The possibility of architecture as portraiture
Camran Mani and Matthias Waschek, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
Conclusions, questions, and final remarks
