Talk
Looking East: Contemporary Art from Eastern Europe
20 Mar 2007
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- Somerset House, Strand
- London
- WC2R 0RN
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Charing Cross/Temple/Holborn
- Waterloo/Charing Cross
Event map
The panel discussion brings together curators and academics in order to discuss identity politics in contemporary Eastern European art:
About
With two more former-communist countries joining the European Union, how are artists from Eastern Europe negotiating their new European identity in the context of their regional political history?
Speakers:
Dr Sarah Wilson (Reader in the History of Art, The Courtauld Institute, University of London)
Olga Mala (Independent Curator, Czech Republic)
Pawel Leszkowicz (Curator and Academic, Poland)
Tomek Kitlinski (Curator, Poland)
Matei Bejenaru (Artist and Curator, Romania)