Semester 1

From local to global: art history in question – identities and cross-fertilisation by Laura Karp Lugo
Thursday 10am to 12pm amphi des loges

This course is built on the theoretical basis of decolonial thought, postcolonial theories, connected history and cultural transfers. It resolutely seeks to distance itself from hegemonic narratives and the centre-periphery dichotomy. Participatory sessions will be devoted to analysing the work of artists such as Argentina’s Xul Solar, Lithuania’s Lasar Segal, Mexico’s Frida Kahlo, Peru’s Julia Codesido, China’s Chen Hong, Ukraine’s Boris Kriukow and India’s Sudhir Patwardhan. These sessions will alternate with theoretical classes based on readings of major texts by Enrique Dussel, Zulma Palermo, Partha Mitter, Sanjay Subramanyan, Gloria Anzaldúa, Nestor Garcia Canclini, Serge Gruzinski, Walter Mignolo, Catherine Walsh, Michel Espagne, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Andrea Giunta.

Drawing on a variety of approaches – postcolonial theories, decolonial thought, gender studies, subaltern studies – which help to circumvent hegemonic canons and methodologies, the course will offer a reflection on diverse themes such as dialogue and transmutation, gender, identity and belonging, indigeneity, hybridity and métissage, multiple temporalities and decentring.

Semester 2

From local to global: a history of art in question – Art and migration by Laura Karp Lugo
Thursday from 10am to 12pm amphi des loges

This course will look at art on the move – migration (exile), travel – from a global perspective in the 20th and 21st centuries. By decentring Europe, it will examine the multiple networks of globalisation, thus challenging geographical compartmentalisation in the study of traditional art history. It will mobilise concepts for thinking about the connected histories around artistic creation, such as appropriation and reception, and will endeavour to draw up a panorama of world art. A horizontal panorama, according to Piotr Piotrowski’s proposal, reflecting as much as possible of the world’s artistic production in all its plurality and diversity. The creative output of cities such as Mexico City, Mumbai, Dakar, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, São Paulo, New York and Shanghai will be examined with this in mind.

Key concepts such as exile, migration, diaspora and displacement will be introduced, drawing on the work of researchers such as Edward Saïd, Burcu Dogramaci and Kobena Mercer. Independently designed thematic sessions will be devoted to analysing the work of artists such as Gertrudis Chale, Carl Meffert, Grete Stern, Abidine Dino and Ellen Thorbeck

Course timetable Thursday from 10am to 12pm :

1st semester: 30 September to 21 December 2024
2nd semester: 20 January to 12 April 2025

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