The Shock of The New or Shock For Shockâs Sake? Art and Scandal in The Modern Period
The Shock of The New or Shock For Shockâs Sake? Art and Scandal in The Modern Period
Ever since the emergence of the avant-garde in the second half of the nineteenth century, art and controversy â not to say, scandal – have often gone hand in hand. This wide-ranging and thought-provoking presentation will examine the complex reasons for this phenomenon, and in so doing grapple with important issues of freedom of expression, blasphemy, censorship and taboo. As will become evident, sex, religion, politics, morality and money â either by themselves, or in combination – lie at the heart of such controversies â as does the power of modern art to challenge and subvert the social and aesthetic status quo.
Morning tea will be available between two lectures making up the presentation.
London-based freelance lecturer, writer and exhibition organiser, Monica has lectured for the Tate, the National Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Open University, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and the Courtauld Institute of Art. She was an Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck College for over 15 years and has led many art tours, mainly for Martin Randall Travel. Publications include Understanding Modern Art (1991), Chagall (1998/2001), The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001), and Art and the Second World War (2013). She is the founding director of the ongoing Insiders/Outsiders project, and contributing editor of its companion volume, Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Visual Culture (2019). Monica has been an accredited lecturer with the Arts Society since 2012.
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