ART MATTERS // SYMPOSIUM ON ART AND POLITICS
15TH NOVEMBER 2014 | TURNER CONTEMPORARY, MARGATE. FOYLE ROOM
Philosophers of art and art historians will debate how we might understand the relationship between art and politics. Is all art political? Is there a difference between political art and propaganda? Can art make a real political impact, or does it just preach to the converted? What are the most useful theoretical models for thinking about the political dimension of art? Such broad issues are compellingly brought into focus by Jeremy Deller’s exhibition.
Date: 15th November 2014
Time: 1.30pm
Location: Turner Contemporary, Margate
PROGRAMME
| 1:30 | WELCOME (Martin Hammer) |
| 1:45 – 2:15 | Political Art and Political Propaganda Art
Angelo Cioffi (Kent) |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Q&A |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Art and Politics: the Crosshatch and the Breach
Bernadette Buckley (Goldsmith) |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Q&A |
| 3:15 -3:30 | BREAK |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Varieties of Political Art: The Curious Case of Jeremy Deller
Diarmuid Costello (Warwick) |
| 4:00 – 4:15 | Q&A |
| 4:15 -4:45 | Apocalypse Now, then: Politics and Contemporary Art Partnerships
Grant Pooke (Kent) |
| 4:45 – 5:00 | Q&A |
The event is open to all at £8, £6 for concessions, and free for Kent staff and students on production of a KentOne card.
View more information and reserve your place at the Turner Contemporary’s webpage.