International scientific conference: Modernist Sculpture and Culture: Historiographical Approaches and Critical Analyses Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split 1 International scientific conference: Modernist Sculpture and Culture: Historiographical Approaches and Critical Analyses CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split Split, October 26-27, 2017 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND BOOK ORGANIZATION BOARD: OF ABSTRACTS Dalibor Prančević, Dora Derado, Božo Kesić CONTENTS — — ORGANIZER: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Jelena Novaković Social Sciences, Department of Art History — — PARTNER INSTITUTION: International scientific conference: Ivan Meštrović Museums, Split Modernist Sculpture and Culture: — Historiographical Approaches and KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: CONFERENCE INTRODUCTORY NOTE Critical Analyses (The conference is part Penelope Curtis Modernist Sculpture and Culture: Historiographical Approaches 5 of the research project Manifestations of Catherine Moriarty and Critical Analyses Modern Sculpture in Croatia: Sculpture on — the Crossroads between Socio-political PARTICIPANTS: Pragmatism, Economic Possibilities and Darija Alujević CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 7 Aesthetical Contemplation, which is fully Hans Bloemsma supported by the Croatian Science Foundation Margarida Brito Alves PROJECT INTRODUCTORY NOTE under the project no. IP-2016-06-2112) Dora Derado Split, October 26-27, 2017 Sanja Horvatinčić Dalibor Prančević: — Nataša Ivančević Manifestations of Modern Sculpture in Croatia: Sculpture on 11 VENUES: Agata Jakubowska the Crossroads between Socio-political Pragmatism, Economic > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Božo Kesić Possibilities and Aesthetical Contemplation (Croatian Science in Split / Filozofski fakultet u Splitu, Shahar Knafo Conference Hall of the Centre Studia Ljiljana Kolešnik Foundation research project /IP-2016-06-2112/) Mediterranea / Konferencijska dvorana Karla Lebhaft Centra Studia Mediterranea Ana Kršinić Lozica PLENARY TALKS (Poljana kraljice Jelene 2/III floor, 21000 Split) Ivana Mance Penelope Curtis: > Meštrović Gallery / Galerija Meštrović Dalibor Prančević (Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 48, 21000 Split) Patricia Rosas Modern Sculpture: Beginnings and Ends 33 — Tarquin Sinan Catherine Moriarty: SCIENTIFIC BOARD: Vinko Srhoj Sculpture on the Crossroads: Object, Context and Inquiry 34 prof.dr.sc. Aleksandar Jakir (Faculty of Svjetlana Sumpor Humanities and Social Sciences in Split), Ferenc Veress dr.sc. Ljiljana Kolešnik (Institute of Art History, Barbara Vujanović PRESENTATIONS Zagreb), doc.dr.sc. Dalibor Prančević (Faculty Davorin Vujčić Darija Alujević: of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split), Hélène Zanin Women Sculptors at the Spring Salon 1916-1928 40 dr.sc. Ivana Mance (Institute of Art History, Daniel Zec Hans Bloemsma: Zagreb), dr.sc. Sanja Horvatinčić (Institute of Art Olga Žakić History, Zagreb), mr.sc. Davorin Vujčić (Antun Giotto and Modernist Sculpture 42 Augustinčić Gallery, Klanjec), mr.sc. Daniel Zec Margarida Brito Alves / Patrícia Rosas: (Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek), Darija Alujević From Poetry to Sculpture: Salette Tavares 43 (Fine Arts Archives, Croatian Academy of Dora Derado: Sciences and Arts, Zagreb), Barbara Vujanović The “Readymade” Paradigm Shift 45 (Atelier Meštrović, Zagreb), Hélène Zanin (Université Paris Nanterre and École du Louvre), Sanja Horvatinčić: Božo Kesić (Arts Academy, Split), Dora Derado Rethinking the Monument. Dialogical and Anti-monumental 47 (independent researcher) Strategies of Yugoslav Memorial Practices Nataša Ivančević: The Turn of the Traditional Paradigm of Shaping Human Figure in 49 the Art of the Sixth Decade of the Twentieth Century 3 Agata Jakubowska: En-gendering Post-war Modern Sculpture. Maria Pinińska-Bereś 51 CONFERENCE INTRODUCTORY NOTE and Jerzy Bereś Božo Kesić: Modernist Sculpture and Culture: Echoes of Socialist Modernism in Croatian Public Monuments of 52 the ‘90s and 2000s Historiographical Approaches and Critical Shahar Knafo: New Material, New Techniques, New Terminology 54 Analyses Ljiljana Kolešnik: The Politics of Kineticism and the “Ideology” of New Tendencies 56 Ana Kršinić Lozica: Modern sculpture and its chronological, spatial, and terminological (re) Beyond Visible: The Different Modernism of Vera Dajht Kralj 58 defining poses a permanent challenge to researchers. Hence, this Ivana Mance: conference is conceived as a platform for considering wider contextual Art Colonies and Art Symposiums in Late Socialist Yugoslavia – the 60 boundaries in sculptural production between the last decades of the 19th Factory of Sculpture for Communal Use century and the mid-1970s such as: social conditions, historico-political Tarquin Sinan: events, economic circumstances and aesthetic demands. Special The New Generation; Behind or Ahead of the Times. What Is the 62 attention will be given to the phenomena in the field of sculpture excluded Place of This Sacrificed Generation in British Sculpture? from the dominant art historical narratives, such as gender issues and Vinko Srhoj / Karla Lebhaft: similar particular perspectives. Furthermore, the conference will include Public Sculpture: The Symbolic in the Gap Between the Figurative 64 a discussion on a variety of forms in which sculpture is manifested and and Abstract produced; from traditional models and procedures such as casting, Svjetlana Sumpor: chiselling, carving, to conceptual turns and the creation of a brand new The Unusual Kinship of the Modern and Naïve / Petar Smajić 67 visual language of sculpture as well as terms used to describe it. Thus, the Ferenc Veress: platform will support critical evaluations and analyses of the approaches Escape from the Communist Block: Victor Roman’s Case (1937-1995) 69 employed in modern sculpture production up to now, and attempt to Barbara Vujanović: suggest or define new art historical insights as well as methodologies used Art, Friendship and Politics. Meštrović’s Contacts with Czech 71 in research and analyses of modern sculpture. Politicians and Artists Davorin Vujčić: Furthermore, the focus of attention will be on geographic and national Sculptures by Antun Augustinčić in the Function of Cultural 72 spaces outlining various influences, exchanges or clashes in which the Diplomacy movements of sculptors and their work through different European and Hélène Zanin: global political and cultural geographies can be tracked (in the form of A Heated Argument: The Quarrel Between Albert Elsen and 73 exhibitions, acquisitions, and public reception). It will be important to Rosalind Krauss about Rodin’s Multiples and Posthumous Casts in highlight the category of “publicness” and “visibility” of sculpture and ways the 1980s in which it is achieved; from public monuments as the most representative Daniel Zec: mediators of complex socio-political and economic factors, to chamber Typological Classification of Portrait Sculpture as a Contribution to 75 sculptures most frequently mediated via temporary exhibitions and means the Research of the Manifestations of Modern Sculpture in Croatia of technical reproduction (catalogues, books, newspapers, etc.), from their Olga Žakić: making and installation in public spaces, to their destruction and potential The Representation of the Concept of Darwinism in Sculpture in 77 rehabilitation/historisation. the Works of Simeon Roksandić 4 5 The themes of the conference presentations will be related to the following issues: CONFERENCE PROGRAMME — how to define modern sculpture’s temporal boundaries; — which political, social and economic factors determine modern sculpture production and in what ways; DAY 1 — where sculpture stands in relation to dominant cultural concepts 26/10/2017 (Thursday) in specific socio-political paradigms and what happens to it after a paradigm shift; 15:00 Location: Faculty of Humanities and Social — what comparative models of sculptural production exist in Europe Sciences in Split / Filozofski fakultet u and the world and how and why connections are established between Splitu, Conference Hall of the Centre Studia some geographical and cultural territories; Mediterranea / Konferencijska dvorana Centra — in which specific geographical locations the greatest exchanges Studia Mediterranea between the sculptors’ ideas in the designated period took place; (Poljana kraljice Jelene 2/III. floor, 21000 Split) — how to perceive the idea of a dominant centre and a passivized periphery today and in what measure and how it is possible to 15:00 – 15:40 Welcome speeches, introductory notes, 40 min transgress this idea on the examples of sculptural works in specific conference opening. national and/or cultural spaces; 15:40 – 16:40 Keynote presentation + discussion: 60 min. — what the role and nature of modern portrait sculpture is and to what Penelope Curtis extent it is possible to consider it a reflection/generator of social and Modern Sculpture: Beginnings and Ends political networking and cultural diplomacy; (Moderator: Dalibor Prančević) — which specific narratives are related to sculpture and in what degree they are important for its comprehension and “orientation” in the 16:40 – 17:00 Coffee break 20 min. process of translation between different semantic contexts; — what kind of language is used to describe modern sculpture and what 17:00 – 18:00 Keynote presentation + discussion: 60 min. kind of thesaurus can be generated in that sense; Catherine Moriarty — how sculpture