Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
30 June – 3 July 2021
Attempts to explore and define in more detail, both diachronically and synchronically, relationships and mutual influences between state bodies and art production, communication, education and reception have for decades formed an important part of numerous explorations in various academic disciplines such as art history, history, anthropology, sociology, education etc. The conference aims to provide insights into the current knowledge and interpretations of these relations from the 18th century to the present day, i.e. from the period in which European states went through intense centralisation, leading to the growth of their influence on artistic production, public cultural and artistic institutions and education. In all these contexts the term “state” is taken to stand for a politically organised body of people usually occupying a definite territory and the political organisation of such a body of people (Merriam Webster Dictionary).
The lectures will take place online in English.
Marko Jenko will present his interpretation of the works of the Polish painter Andrzej Wróblewski, who also visited Slovenia in 1956, in a lecture entitled The Waiting Room Fantasy, or, Art as Symptom, stemming from last year’s exhibition Andrzej Wróblewski, Waiting Room at the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana. His lecture will take place on 1 July 2021, at 3:15 p.m.
The catalog of the exhibition, published by Hatje Cantz, is still available in the bookstores of the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana.
