, 1951; Lithograph,, 1951; in.; x 8.5 11.5 NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, The Golda and Meyer Marks Cobra Collection FIC2013.24 The (Le Share Eagle’s Droit de l’aigle) Asger Jorn, Human Animals: The Art of Cobra September 15 – November 20, 2016

Organized by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Guest-curated by Karen Kurczynski, UMass Art History Assistant Professor

University Museum of Contemporary Art Fine Arts Center | UMass Amherst | www.umass.edu/umca

history. history. Museum Fort Lauderdale; The Golda and Meyer Marks Collection Marks Meyer and Golda The Lauderdale; Fort Museum UMCA | Studies Architectural College Five

Artist’s book, Facsimile 513/600 (original 1950); 25,2 x 18 cm; NSU Art Art NSU cm; 18 x 25,2 1950); (original 513/600 Facsimile book, Artist’s

| Inc. Colleges, Five | Department Art College Smith | History Art and Art of Departments

approaches to the pedagogy of art and art art and art of pedagogy the to approaches

1972; , transformes) (Les Transforms The 1913–1960); (French,

Hampshire College College Hampshire | Engagement and Research for Chancellor Vice UMass | School Graduate UMass | Arts Fine and

Christian Dotremont (Belgian, 1922–1979) and Jean-Michel Atlan Atlan Jean-Michel and 1922–1979) (Belgian, Dotremont Christian today and generate new or unconventional unconventional or new generate and today

UMass College of Humanities Humanities of College UMass | Department Art Studio UMass | Department Studies Scandinavian and German UMass

| Department Architecture and Art of History UMass by: provided generously is Symposium the for Funding connect it to the politico-artistic context of of context politico-artistic the to it connect

understudied for decades in the U.S., is to to is U.S., the in decades for understudied

investigating the movement, which has been been has which movement, the investigating

Karen Kurczynski Karen , moderator , • into everyday life. A primary aim of of aim primary A life. everyday into

experimentation, and art as an intervention intervention an as art and experimentation,

Christoph Cox Christoph , Professor of Philosophy, Hampshire College, conference respondent conference College, Hampshire Philosophy, of Professor , •

of collective artmaking, interdisciplinary interdisciplinary artmaking, collective of

RESPONSE AND DISCUSSION AND RESPONSE

| | . . 5:00 m p

that made major innovations in the area area the in innovations major made that

Frazer Ward Frazer

, Associate Professor of Art History, Smith College, moderator/respondent College, Smith History, Art of Professor Associate , • culture. Cobra was a collaborative movement movement collaborative a was Cobra culture.

and Cobra Cobra and International in contemporary art and and art contemporary in International

Jorn Asger of work the to art contemporary of relationship the on Asger” Goes “Hilde series project

cultural critique of Cobra and the Situationist Situationist the and Cobra of critique cultural

Fort Lauderdale; The Golda and Meyer Marks Collection Marks Meyer and Golda The Lauderdale; Fort

Hilde de Bruijn de Hilde

, Curator at the Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, founder of the contemporary art blog and and blog art contemporary the of founder Amstelveen, Museum, Cobra the at Curator , • 1975; Oil on canvas, 39 ½ x 39 ½ in.; NSU Art Museum Museum Art NSU in.; ½ 39 x ½ 39 canvas, on Oil 1975;

2) the legacy in art, politics, activism, and and activism, politics, art, in legacy the 2)

Wind, the in Wafting 1921–2006); (Dutch, Appel Karel

2012)

history and memory in postwar Europe; and and Europe; postwar in memory and history

(University of Chicago Press, Press, Chicago of (University Art German Contemporary in Politics and Humor Laugh: to Permission

broader questions of the representation of of representation the of questions broader

Gregory Williams Gregory

, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Boston University, author of of author University, Boston History, Art Contemporary of Professor Associate , •

curatorial perspective, in the context of of context the in perspective, curatorial

(Verso, 2013) (Verso, Disintegration of Spectacle The and 2011) (Verso,

of the movement from the scholarly and and scholarly the from movement the of

International Situationist the of Times Glorious and Life Everyday The Street: the Beneath Beach The of

artists will address 1) the historiography historiography the 1) address will artists

McKenzie Wark, McKenzie Professor of Culture and Media, New School for Social Research, New York, author author York, New Research, Social for School New Media, and Culture of Professor •

Local and international speakers and visiting visiting and speakers international and Local

LEGACIES OF COBRA AND THE SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL IN CONTEMPORARY ART CONTEMPORARY IN INTERNATIONAL SITUATIONIST THE AND COBRA OF LEGACIES

movement. movement.

3 PANEL | . . 3:00–5:00 m p

in relation to a larger research project on the the on project research larger a to relation in

COFFEE | | . . 2:30–3:00 m p

Danish Cobra artist Asger Jorn (1914–1973), (1914–1973), Jorn Asger artist Cobra Danish

(1961–1967) Times Situationist The journal critical-artistic the of founder International, Situationist Professor of Art History and scholar of of scholar and History Art of Professor

Jacqueline de Jong de Jacqueline , Dutch artist featured in “Cobra: Contemporary Legacy,” former member of the the of member former Legacy,” Contemporary “Cobra: in featured artist Dutch , •

is curated by Karen Kurczynski, Assistant Assistant Kurczynski, Karen by curated is

Cobra and Its Legacy,” Blum + Poe Gallery, New York and Los Angeles, Fall 2015 Fall Angeles, Los and York New Gallery, Poe + Blum Legacy,” Its and Cobra UMCA in September, 2016. The exhibition exhibition The 2016. September, in UMCA

Alison Gingeras Alison , independent curator, New York City, curator of “The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up: Up: Give Won’t Avant-Garde “The of curator City, York New curator, independent , •

Human Animals: The Art of Cobra of Art The Animals: Human at the the at

ALISON GINGERAS, INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE DE JONG DE JACQUELINE WITH INTERVIEW GINGERAS, ALISON

coincide with the opening of the exhibition exhibition the of opening the with coincide

Lauderdale; The Golda and Meyer Marks Collection Marks Meyer and Golda The Lauderdale;

2 PANEL | . . 1:30–2:30 Acrylic on paper and canvas, 39 x 59 in.; NSU Art Museum Fort Fort Museum Art NSU in.; 59 x 39 canvas, and paper on Acrylic m p (1957–1972) to today. The Symposium will will Symposium The today. to (1957–1972)

, 1965; 1965; , Nous) (Parmi Us Among 1927); b. (Belgian, Alechinsky Pierre

later art from the Situationist International International Situationist the from art later

EXHIBITION VIEWING AT UMCA AT VIEWING EXHIBITION and BREAK | | . . –1:30 . . 11:45 m p m a

Amsterdam, 1948–1951), and its impact on on impact its and 1948–1951), Amsterdam,

Karen Kurczynski Karen

, moderator/respondent , •

Cobra movement (Copenhagen, Brussels, Brussels, (Copenhagen, movement Cobra

Mary Anne Rose Anne Mary , artist, widow of African American artist Herbert Gentry Gentry Herbert artist American African of widow artist, , •

and legacy of postwar European art, the the art, European postwar of legacy and

at Hampshire College College Hampshire at

presenting new perspectives on the history history the on perspectives new presenting

Daniel Kojo Schrade Kojo Daniel Courtesy of the artist artist the of Courtesy Art of Professor Associate , •

The Legacy of Cobra of Legacy The

is a one-day Symposium Symposium one-day a is series, 2013; Pastel and charcoal on paper; 19.5 x 27.4 in.; in.; 27.4 x 19.5 paper; on charcoal and Pastel 2013; series,

at Hampshire College College Hampshire at from the “War” “War” the from Untitled 1939); (b. Jong de Jacqueline

Karen Koehler Karen Human Animals: The Art of Cobra. of Art The Animals: Human , Professor of Architectural and Art History History Art and Architectural of Professor , • of of

Curator and Amherst, Massachusetts, of (NAi/010, 2014) (NAi/010,

Architecture of Concept and Critique Jorn’s Asger Sauvage: University Architecture, and Art of History

L’architecture L’architecture of author Denmark, Aarhus, Architekskolen

Assistant Professor, Department of the the of Department Professor, Assistant

Ruth Baumeister Ruth , Professor of Architecture History, History, Architecture of Professor , •

Karen Kurczynski Karen , by Convened

COBRA: HISTORY AND MEMORY IN POSTWAR EUROPE POSTWAR IN MEMORY AND HISTORY COBRA:

1 PANEL | . . 9:30–11:30

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Friday, September 16, 2016 16, September Friday,

Amherst Integrative Learning Center, Room S140 ) S140 Room Center, Learning Integrative Amherst UMass |

WELCOME Karen Kurczynski Kurczynski Karen | | . . 9:00 m a

“The Legacy of Cobra” — A Symposium A — Cobra” of Legacy “The SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SYMPOSIUM

Non Profit Org. U.S. Postage Human Animals: The Art of Cobra PAID Permit No. 2 September 15 – November 20, 2016 Amherst, MA University Museum of Contemporary Art Fine Arts Center / 151 Presidents Drive University of Massachusetts Amherst Organized by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Amherst, MA 01003-9331 www.umass.edu/umca Guest-curated by Karen Kurczynski, UMass Art History Assistant Professor

MUSEUM HOURS named Open Tuesday – Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. cobra, an interdisciplinary european avant-garde movement Saturday and Sunday: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. after the cities Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam, formed in 1948 to create a new, spontaneous Open until 8 p.m. on first Thursdays art based on popular imagery and personal expression. This exhibition examines the collective and Closed Mondays, state holidays, and academic breaks multidisciplinary experiments of a group of artists and poets inspired by prewar avant-garde movements Admission is free such as Surrealism, as well as children’s and outsider art. With its distinctive material vitality, their art recognized the new power of images after the tragedies of the Second World War. The artists involved, UMCA is a member of museums10.org such as Dutch painters Constant (1920–2005) and Karel Appel (1921–2006) and Danish artist Asger Jorn (1914–1973), depict figures transforming into animal and human creatures, evoking symbolic and often political relationships between humans, humans and animals, or humans and the natural environment. Curated by UMass Art History Assistant Professor Karen Kurczynski, a leading scholar who represents a new generation of art historians specializing in Cobra, the exhibition presents the history of Cobra through paintings, sculpture, prints, and primary documents. All Cobra art in the exhibition is from the Golda and Meyer Marks Collection at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, the largest assembly of Cobra artwork in a U.S. museum. In keeping with the exhibition’s assertion that Cobra has particular resonance with contemporary art practice, the design of Human Animals: The Art of Cobra reflects the innovative installations of the first Cobra exhibitions that were designed by Dutch avant-garde architect Aldo van Eyck, with a re-working of the “Poet’s Cage” featured in the landmark 1949 Cobra exhibition in

Amsterdam. This brings an additional layer of trans-historical dialogue to the project. nsuartmuseum.org

will be on view at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale in 2017. 2017. in Lauderdale Fort Museum Art NSU at view on be will Human Animals: The Art of Cobra of Art The Animals: Human a second exhibition, Cobra: Contemporary Legacy, which is on view simultaneously, organized

by UMCA and curated by Kurczynski, sets the art of Cobra into direct dialogue with its contemporary umass.edu/umca *For updates, please visit visit please updates, *For

. legacy in the work of well-known artists active today, underscoring its continuing relevance and vitality.

exhibition Cobra view to day Last

November 20 (Sun.) 20 November These artists include Herbert Gentry (American, 1919–2003), Jacqueline de Jong (Dutch, b. 1939), Albert

Tour of the exhibition, as part of the Amherst Art Walk Art Amherst the of part as exhibition, the of Tour (Thu.) . . 7 – 6 3, November m

p Oehlen (German, b. 1954), Nicole Eisenman (American, b. 1965), Alex Heil (German, b. 1965), and Tal R

CRVPT with Poetry Cobra-inspired CAGED: (Fri.) . . 7:30 21, October

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In Conversation: The Cobra Movement Out of Europe’s Ashes Europe’s of Out Movement Cobra The Conversation: In an international symposium on Cobra and its legacy in contemporary art will take place

Tour of the exhibition, as part of the Amherst Art Walk Art Amherst the of part as exhibition, the of Tour (Thu.) . . 7 – 6 6, October

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p on Friday, September 16, 2016, at UMass Amherst (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Integrative Learning Center).

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a Check our website (umass.edu/umca) for details. (See Symposium information above.)

Opening Reception Reception Opening (Wed.) . . 8 – 6 14, September m p

cobra events cobra : * The exhibition is supported through a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight

Arts Challenge with additional funding provided by Linda J. Marks and Stephen R. Marks.

September 15 – November 20, 2016 20, November – 15 September This program is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the

Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. Human Animals: The Art of Cobra of Art The Animals: Human We gratefully acknowledge Grumbacher; the Consulate General of Denmark – New York; the Danish Arts Foundation; German and Scandinavian Studies at UMass Amherst; the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation; Blum + Poe Gallery, Los Angeles; Cheim & Read Gallery, NY; and Galerie van de Loo, Munich; for their support of this exhibition.