From 1900 onward, pivotal influences shaping the trajectory of modern art emanated from diverse Central-South-Eastern European regions. The challenge lies in defining the scope of this interconnected and evolving modernity within the broader cultural context. Where do the geopolitical demarcations of "modernity" extend?
The Austrian Gallery Belvedere hosted a scholarly symposium to engage experts in discussing these inquiries regarding the state of modernism within peripheral art centers.
Preceding the symposium, the curators of the exhibition In the Eye of the Storm at the Lower Belvedere led a guided tour as part of the programme.
Lower Belvedere
09:00
In the Eye of the Storm. Modernism in Ukraine
Exhibition tour with the curators
Belvedere 21
10:30
GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION, Stella Rollig (Belvedere, Vienna)
11:00
PANEL I: PRECONDITIONS / SITUATION / CONTINUITY / DISCONTINUITY, Moderation: Konstantin Akinsha
11:00 Brno Modernism and the Formation of Regional / Transnational Identity, 1900-1939, Matthew Rampley (Masaryk University, Brno)
11:30 Vsevolod Maksymovych: from Secession to Futurism, Maryna Drobotiuk (National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv)
12:00 How to get to a common art history of European Modernism. A somewhat naive proposal, Dorota Kudelska (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
12:30 Discussion and lunch break
14:00
PANEL II: THE FETISHISM OF FOLK ART AND THE CRIME OF ORNAMENT, Moderation: Alexander Klee (Belvedere, Vienna)
14:00 From Folk to Abstract: Ukrainian Embroidery as a Medium for Modernist Experimentation, Katia Denysova (The University of Tübingen)
14:30 Ornament and Avant-garde, Konstantin Akinsha (Freelance curator and researcher)
15:00 Slovak Modernity in Search of Identity. Between Folklore and Industrialization, Miroslav Haľák (Belvedere, Vienna)
15:30 Discussion and coffee break
16:00
PANEL III: PERIPHERAL CENTRES, Moderation: Miroslav Haľák
16:00 Bridging Borders: Abstract Artistic Dialogue between Paris and Central European Peripheries, Flóra Mészáros (Metropolitan University of Budapest)
16:30 Czech modernisms as pioneers and not epigones? Networks between Prague, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Lviv, Marie Rakušanová (Charles University Prague)
17:00 Lemberg / Lwów / Lviv on the map of European modernism, Andrij Bojarov (media artist, freelance researcher, independent curator)
17:45 Final discussion and break
18:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Myroslava Mudrak (The Ohio State University)
