The Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) program presents a roundtable discussion focused on international networks that decenter, complicate, or even bypass Western-centric models. The panel will consider how Western institutions can address art outside of their own contexts.
Panelists
Geeta Kapur, critic and curator, New Dehli
Joanna Mytkowska, director of Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Chika Okeke-Agulu, artist and associate professor of African and African diaspora art, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Irene Small, associate professor of modern and contemporary art, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
Moderated by Kathy Halbreich, associate director and Laurenz Foundation Curator at The Museum of Modern Art
Admission is free but RSVP is required. Space is limited and seating will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP to [email protected] with DECENTERING in the subject line.
post presents is a series of talks devoted to the cross-geographical consideration of modern and contemporary art. The sessions are an extension of post, MoMA’s online platform devoted to art from a global perspective. The Museum of Modern Art’s Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) initiative, of which post is part, is supported by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art. Additional funding for C-MAP travel programs is provided by the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Patricia Cisneros Travel Fund for Latin America. Special thanks to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for founding support of C-MAP and post.
Founded in 2009, C-MAP emerged from a long history of international outreach at the Museum.
The initiative is currently organized into four research groups that respectively focus on modern and contemporary art produced in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The C-MAP group members include senior and junior staff from across the Museum’s departments. Each group invites eminent scholars, artists, and curators to lead regular seminars at the Museum according to a geographically focused curriculum and conducts research trips to build local contacts and firsthand knowledge. A website, post, devoted to art and the history of modernism in a global context, makes C-MAP research available to a broader public. As a result of these combined efforts, C-MAP’s goal is to nourish a nuanced understanding of the histories and legacies of modernism throughout the Museum’s programs and exhibitions.