This two–day conference is open to all Warhol enthusiasts – whether you’re an undergraduate or postgraduate student‚ or a member of the general public. Although much has been said about Andy Warhol‚ he remains one of the 20th century’s most elusive artists. The conference aims to investigate the major themes in the artist’s work such as fame‚ consumerism and death‚ and asks “can Warhol be uncovered?” Each day a keynote speaker will present an illuminating approach to Warhol’s work to help motivate critical thought throughout the conference. The keynote speech will be followed by a selection of innovative papers by UK and international students. On the second day the academic sessions of the conference will close with a plenary discussion which questions whether Warhol has been uncovered?
17th and 18th June 2011 – 10am–4pm
Venue: University of Southampton Building 46 (Physics), Lecture Theatre A (Room 3001)
Conference fees:
One day £12. Two days £20. Deadline for bookings: Monday 13th June. For further information and bookings contact the John Hansard Gallery on: 023 8059 2158 or email: [email protected]
Refreshments and lunch provided. Each attendee will receive a complimentary Andy Warhol exhibition publication.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Keynote speakers, Friday 17 June: Stephen Foster, Director, John Hansard Gallery and Alice Workman, Lead Exhibitions Officer, Southampton City Council
Keynote speaker, Saturday 18 June: Dr Jean Wainwright, University of the Creative Arts.
Student papers include:
‘Guided by the stars: Warhol’s way from fan to fame’.
Anita-Maria Goda, University of Bonn
‘The artist is not present: Performance and self-portraiture in Andy Warhol’s Utah lecture’.
Scotti Hill, The University of Utah
‘Painting movie stars and most wanted men: the influence on Andy Warhol in the Low Countries’
Carl Jacobs, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
‘Warhol’s of distraction’
Tom Dale, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
‘“Andy’s stuff”: Warhol’s Time Capsules or the artist’s life in things’
Monika M. Rieger, Humboldt University, Berlin
‘Andy Warhol’s DIY series: A narrative of participatory consumerism’
Stephen Knott, Royal College of Art/V&A
‘The Silver Factory years: Rock and countercultural echoes in Warholian economy of art’
Marine Schültz, Institute national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), Paris
‘Disaster in Paris: Andy Warhol and the French automotive imaginary in 1964’
Liam Considine, New York University
‘The most beautiful suicide: On Warhol’s Lupe (1965)’
Juregen Dehm, Free University of Berlin.
BURSARIES ARE AVAILABLE. A limited number of bursaries are available for undergraduate students from any discipline to attend the two-day conference for free. For further details contact the John Hansard Gallery on 023 8059 2158 or email [email protected]
Terms and conditions apply.
A full programme of the conference can be accessed via the John Hansard Gallery website link:
http://www.hansardgallery.org.uk/education/conferences.html