‘IN A MATERIAL WORLD’: A Warwick History of Art Symposium on Materiality

13:00, February 26^th in Oculus 1.04

SCHEDULE

13:00-13:15: Introduction by Marta Ajmar

13:15-14:00: SESSION ONE: PLACE AND CAPITAL (Chair: Matthew Bliss)

1. Timothy Gawaya - In Praise of Markets: Art's Objecthood as Fictitious Capital
2. Aidan Diable - 'Dull', 'Homogenous', and 'Artificial': The Materialisation of Romanticism in the Suburbs of the Angloworld
3. Daniel Rathbone - Poetic ways of making do: examining the materials of the People's Parks

14:00-14:30: QUESTIONS TO PANEL (30 mins)

14:30-14:45: BREAK

14:45-15:30: SESSION TWO: ART, CRAFT, AND MANUFACTURE (Chair: Haoyang Lin)

1. Natasha Burbridge - Circulation and Replication in the Sixteenth Century: The Emilian Medals and a German Parade Shield
2. Smriti Dutt - Threads of Tangibility: Exploring Materiality and Cultural Memory in Chamba Embroidery
3. Ella Flavell - Coloured Pencil and Geranium Juice: The Alternative Materials of Art Brut and Their Contribution to an ‘Outsider’ Identity

15:30-16:00: QUESTIONS TO PANEL (30 mins)

16:00-16:10: Wrapping up

DRINKS

ALL WELCOME!