Artpool40 – Active Archives and Art Networks
International Conference of the Artpool Art Research Center
February 20–21, 2020 Museum of Fine Arts, Schickedanz Hall, Budapest
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- Abstracts and Videos
Agustina Andreoletti | Zdenka Badovinac | David Crowley | Katalin Cseh-Varga | Mela Dávila Freire | Lina Džuverović | Meghan Forbes | Daniel Grúň | Sarah Haylett | John Held | Roddy Hunter – Judit Bodor | Jasna Jakšić – Tihana Puc | Klara Kemp-Welch | Kaja Kraner | Emese Kürti | Karolina Majewska-Güde | Lívia Páldi | Henar Rivière | Sven Spieker | Kristine Stiles | Katalin Timár | Tomasz Załuski | Elisabeth Zimmermann
Klara Kemp-Welch [Biography]
Networking the Bloc: Critical Reflections on Art Historical Method
Abstract:
This paper seeks to elucidate the methodological challenges of studying international artists’ networks, with attention to the specificities of the late Cold War context. My focus will be on the questions I confronted while working with living artists, personal and institutional archives while researching and writing the book Networking the Bloc: Experimental Art in Eastern Europe 1965– 1981 (published in 2018). Looking back at the project, I discuss how its working structure evolved over the course of ten years, and how its final shape related to my research questions and methodology, considering the advantages and limitations of the book’s approach. The main aim of the paper is to explore Networking the Bloc in relation to the question of “grounded theory” and recent developments in art historical methodology more broadly.