Past Event
Coinciding with the major retrospective of his work, this symposium is inspired by Eduardo Paolozzi’s 1985 exhibition Lost Magic Kingdoms and Six Paper Moons from Nahuatl. This exhibition demonstrates the breadth of his work in addition to confirming his position as a true pioneer, as one of the first artists to intervene in a museum collection. We bring together key scholars on Paolozzi to explore his wide ranging practice, drawing on collection, collage, design, display and the role of the artist in wider culture and society.
Speakers include Daniel F. Herrmann (Whitechapel Gallery), Prof. Ben Highmore (University of Sussex), Prof. Anne Massey (London College of Communications), Dr. Beth Williamson (Independent Art Historian), Lisa Maddigan Newby (University of East Anglia) and Ben Cranfield, (Royal College of Art).
Ticket price includes entry to the exhibition.
14.00 Welcome by Jane Scarth, Curator: Public Programmes, Whitechapel Gallery.
14.05 Introduction by Daniel F. Herrmann, Eisler Curator and Head of Curatorial Studies, Whitechapel Gallery
Panel One
14.20 Lisa Maddigan Newby, PhD Candidate and Associate Tutor University of East Anglia
‘Lost Magic Kingdoms: An assemblage of objects, an assemblage of ideas’
14.40 Dr. Beth Williamson, Independent Art Historian
‘Paolozzi and Ehrenzweig: Collaborations and Creatures of the Unconscious’
15.10 Discussion chaired by Daniel F. Herrmann. Followed by Q&A.
15.50 Break
Panel Two
16.15 Prof. Ben Highmore, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
‘Monsters and Mantelpieces: Paolozzi and the New Domestic Interior’
16.35 Prof. Anne Massey, Professor of Design and Culture, LCC, University of the Arts London
‘Paolozzi and the Independent Group’
17.05 Discussion chaired by Ben Cranfield, Senior Tutor in Curatorial Theory and History, Royal College of Art. Followed by Q&A.
17.45 End
