On the occasion of the exhibitions: Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York October 12, 2007–January 13, 2008
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Graphic Modernism from the Baltic to the Balkans, 1910-1935 New York Public Library October 5, 2007–January 27, 2008
RCINY is a proud partner of this symposium, which addresses the framework for modernism in the region covered by the German and Austro-Hungarian empires and their successor states, from roughly 1890 to 1945. The state of affairs summed up under the term "modernity," and the cultural responses to it designated "modernism" or, more radically, "avant-garde", are commonly understood to derive from historical developments in the nation-states of western Europe and North America.
Modernism in central Europe frequently seems motivated by self-conscious feelings of belatedness and insufficiency. At the same time, real economic wealth, the eventual emergence of consumerist and culturally avid middle classes, new streams of migration, and exceptional erudition regarding international developments combined to produce an outpouring of talent in this region during the first half of the twentieth century.
Among the panelists, Carmen Popescu, Associate Researcher at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, will hold a lecture under the title 'Building Modernity in the Balkans: Geopolitics and Transculturation in Balkan Architecture 1878-1945' on Saturday, November 10.
See full program at www.icrny.org/modernity.pdf.
Thursday, November 8, 3-5 pm
Friday, November 9, 10 am-5:15 pm
Saturday, November 10, 10 am-8 pm The New York Public Library South Court Auditorium
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street
INSCRIPTION REQUIRED
no later than Nov 5 at ecronin@gc.cuny.edu
Tuesday, November 13, 6:30 pm
RCINY - Auditorium
Monumentality and "lyricism": Romanian architecture in the 1960s and 1970s
An art and architecture historian, Carmen Popescu's work concerns the relation between architecture and identity. The results of her research can be found in architecture publications around the world and in her most recent book Le Style National Roumain. Construire une nation a travers l'architecture (1881-1945), PU Rennes, 2004.
Monumentality and "lyricism": Romanian architecture in the 1960s and 1970s is organized by the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians in collaboration with RCINY.
