Symposium:
R. B. Kitaj: Artist from a Fragmented World
Including PDFs of Selected Conference Papers and the Opening Keynote by David N. Myers (video recording, in English)
With his distinctive figurative style, the artist R. B. Kitaj has attracted the attention and acclaim of both the London and international art worlds since the 1960s. A two-day symposium accompanies the exhibition R. B. Kitaj 1932–2007: Obsessions.
recording available
Symposium
The first part of the symposium entitled R. B. Kitaj and the Heroes of the Modernism explores Kitaj’s innovative artistic contribution as a draftsman, painter, and interpreter of his art.
The second part entitled Diasporic Art - At Eye Level with Freud and Kafka consideres identity in the modern age, which became a major theme of Kitaj’s life and work. In his analysis of his own “Jewishness,” he derived the idea and concept of a “Jewish” art from the experience of Diasporic existence.
Lecture Kitaj – Commentary on an Eccentric Jewish Life by David N. Myers, delivered on 25 October 2012; Jewish Berlin, 2012.
Further down on this page, you can also download the lecture as a PDF.
Selected Conference Papers
Day 1: R. B. Kitaj and the Heroes of the Modernism (25 Oct 2012)
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3 pm |
Words of Welcome |
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3.15–5.45 pm |
The Artist |
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6.15–7 pm |
Guided tour led by the curator Eckhart Gillen through the exhibition R. B. Kitaj (1932-2007). Obsessions |
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7.30 pm |
Lecture by David N. Myers: Kitaj - Commentary on an Eccentric Jewish Life |
Day 2: Diasporic Art - At Eye Level with Freud and Kafka (26 Oct 2012)
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10-12 am |
The Tate War |
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1–1.45 pm |
Guided tour led by the curator Eckhart Gillen through the exhibition R. B. Kitaj (1932-2007). Obsessions |
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2–4 pm |
Diaspora |
In cooperation with the Berlin Academy of the Arts and Humboldt University of Berlin.
Supporters
We would like to thank our supporters: the Society of Friends and Patrons of the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation (Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Stiftung Jüdisches Museum Berlin e.V.), Dr. Friedrich Christian Flick, and the Embassy of the United States of America.
When & Where?
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Where
Old Building, level 2, Great Hall
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
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