Nearly from its inception, Surrealism has had an international scope, but perspectives on the movement have been formed primarily through a Western European focus. The exhibition Surrealism Beyond Borders reconsiders the “movement” of Surrealism across boundaries of geography and chronology. This two-day series of conversations with leading scholars and artists continues to explore the issues raised in the exhibition, especially the blind spots, erasures, and challenges, and their consequences for thinking about Surrealism.
Please note: This live event takes place on Zoom. Free, though advance registration is required. Register for each session below.
Note that registration does not guarantee admission once Zoom reaches capacity. The conversations will also be recorded and available to view after the event.
Please note that registration does not guarantee admission once Zoom reaches capacity. The conversations will also be recorded and available to view after they take place.This symposium is presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational.
Session 3, 10 am–12 pm
Surrealism and Time
How have conventions of narrating history, periodization, and chronology complicated a transnational and transhistoric view of Surrealism? Understanding that time is experienced differently in places and among cultures, can Surrealism be a potential bridge? How might we reconcile positions that were radical in the historic past (around issues of colonialism, appropriation, imperialism, racism, sexism, and further restrictions on artists’ freedoms) with today’s critical reassessments of Surrealism and within current discussions of racial and social equity?
Speakers
Sam Durant, artist
Marie Mauzé, Emeritus Director of Research, Laboratory of Social Anthropology, Collège de France
Partha Mitter, art historian and writer
Michael Stone-Richards, Professor of Critical Practice and Visual Studies, College for Creative Studies
Moderated by Dawn Adès, Emeritus Professor, School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex
Closing Discussion, 12–12:45 pm
Dawn Adès, Emeritus Professor, School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex
Joan Kee, Professor, History of Art, University of Michigan
Zita Cristina Nunes, Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
Presented as part of Virtual Symposium—Surrealism Beyond Borders.
Autogenerated captioning is available.
