Research Symposium @ CSM 21st May 2011

Research symposium: Fragments, Openness and Contradiction in Painting and Photography

Dates: 21 May 2011

The Tableau Project is a series of events culminating in a 2 day conference at Tate Modern in October 2011 that broadly addresses questions about the structuring of pictorial representation and forms.

Saturday 21 May 2011, 10am – 4pm
Red Lion Square Lecture Theatre
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4AP
There is public, free entry, to this event but places are limited and must be reserved.
To make a reservation and for more information about the event email Mick Finch: m.finch@csm.arts.ac.uk
Presentations by:

• Moyra Derby (Unversity for the Creative Arts) – Depth as Breadth in Rotation.
• Francis Gaube (Université catholique de Louvain) – Thickness and Surface: towards a painterly space.
• Atsuhide Ito (Central Saint Martins) – The Promise of Painting: The Spectres of Baroque in Contemporary Painting.
• Andrea Medjesi Jones (Anglia Ruskin University) – A Shock to Thought –conditions of the emerging image.
• Alexandra Oliver (University of Pittsburgh) – Illuminating Obscurity: an interpretation of the relationship between Jeff Wall and Manet.

Keynote presentations from Philip Armstrong, Fulvia Carnevale, Jean François Chevrier and Michael Fried will take place on the 1st day of the Tate conference followed by a 2nd day of research papers, in preparation for this, there will be 2 research symposia. In addition there will be a 3 day seminar given by Jean François Chevrier. Where possible there will be general access to these events. The project is organised by Mick Finch and Jane Lee, The School of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in collaboration with Paint Club. The project partners are Tate Modern and The London Consortium.