Co-sponsored by Casa Italiana
Location: Casa Italiana, NYU, 24 West 12th Street, NY NY
Panel Discussion
The Paradox of Wall Painting Europe 1927-1957
A discussion, based on art historian Romy Golan's new book, Muralnomad, about mural paintings that are not convinced they belong on walls: such strange objects as mosaics designed to be disassembled; paintings that resemble large-scale photographs, or photomurals; and tapestries that functioned as portable woolen walls. The author argues that the uncertain relation of these objects to the wall is symptomatic of the dilemmas that troubled European art, artists, and architects during the middle decades of the twentieth century.
Romy Golan
Professor of Twentieth Century Art, Graduate Center and Lehman College, CUNY; author of Muralnomad: The Paradox of Wall Painting, Europe 1927-1957
Jean-Louis Cohen
Professor, History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
Jordana Mendelson
Associate Professor of Spanish, NYU
Ara H. Merjian
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies and Art History, NYU
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