CALL FOR PAPERS: Stretching the Canon: Working Class and Queer British Art Today
Deadline for abstracts: Monday 22 July, 9am
Conference Overview
Stretching the Canon: Working Class and Queer British Art Today
Date: 6 September
Location: Whitworth, Manchester
Time: 10.30-5pm
Lunch and refreshments included
Free
What is the art history canon?
It is a hierarchy. It is the standard, the reference point, against which quality in art is measured. The canon lays claims to timelessness, to an impeccable quality which transcends time and place which has been chosen by people of privilege to bestow privilege on others. Artists who have entered the canon have entered history and queer working-class artists have historically been omitted from the canon.
The opportunities museums and galleries offer, whether that be exhibition, acquisition or through events, are canon-forming and it is key arts professionals understand their position in shaping art history. This conference has two aims in mind; firstly how do we ensure the canon represents a plurality of voices and how can we redress the balance and create a platform for queer and working-class artists.
This event is a collaboration between the Queer British Art Network and Working Class British Art Network and will foreground transdisciplinary discourse.
Call for Papers
We are looking for papers of no more than 20 minutes in length responding to one of the following provocations:
‘Slippiness'
The in-built fluidity with both ‘queer’ and ‘working-class’ as terms, both resistant to concrete categorisations and binary definition, slippery and relational and with a strong connection to the British colonial past.
A Place for Pleasure
Pleasure as a taboo in queer and working-class lives as narratives dominated by hardship. Focus on bodily joy and a place for humour.
Keeping it Clean
Building on linguistic similarities around ‘cleanliness’ and queer and working-class discourse, particularly how ‘not being clean’ has been weaponised to stymie queer and working-class voices.
Other papers relating to working-class queer art also welcome.
Submission
Please submit one single document (in English) with subject ‘WCBAN & QBAN conference proposal’, containing 1) an abstract of up to 300 words; 2) a 100-word biography and contact information by 9am on 22 July 2024. Participants from all career stages are most welcome.
If you would like to submit your proposal by voice note or similar please prepare a proposal of up to 3 mins.
All submissions to be sent to [email protected].
Fee
Invited speakers will offered an honorarium of £150. Travel and accommodation costs are not provided although we will be opening applications for travel grants for those outside of the North West of England
Conference Overview
Stretching the Canon: Working Class and Queer British Art Today
Date: 6 September
Location: Whitworth, Manchester
Time: 10.30-5pm
Lunch and refreshments included
Free
What is the art history canon?
It is a hierarchy. It is the standard, the reference point, against which quality in art is measured. The canon lays claims to timelessness, to an impeccable quality which transcends time and place which has been chosen by people of privilege to bestow privilege on others. Artists who have entered the canon have entered history and queer working-class artists have historically been omitted from the canon.
The opportunities museums and galleries offer, whether that be exhibition, acquisition or through events, are canon-forming and it is key arts professionals understand their position in shaping art history. This conference has two aims in mind; firstly how do we ensure the canon represents a plurality of voices and how can we redress the balance and create a platform for queer and working-class artists.
This event is a collaboration between the Queer British Art Network and Working Class British Art Network and will foreground transdisciplinary discourse.
Call for Papers
We are looking for papers of no more than 20 minutes in length responding to one of the following provocations:
‘Slippiness'
The in-built fluidity with both ‘queer’ and ‘working-class’ as terms, both resistant to concrete categorisations and binary definition, slippery and relational and with a strong connection to the British colonial past.
A Place for Pleasure
Pleasure as a taboo in queer and working-class lives as narratives dominated by hardship. Focus on bodily joy and a place for humour.
Keeping it Clean
Building on linguistic similarities around ‘cleanliness’ and queer and working-class discourse, particularly how ‘not being clean’ has been weaponised to stymie queer and working-class voices.
Other papers relating to working-class queer art also welcome.
Submission
Please submit one single document (in English) with subject ‘WCBAN & QBAN conference proposal’, containing 1) an abstract of up to 300 words; 2) a 100-word biography and contact information by 9am on 22 July 2024. Participants from all career stages are most welcome.
If you would like to submit your proposal by voice note or similar please prepare a proposal of up to 3 mins.
All submissions to be sent to [email protected].
Fee
Invited speakers will offered an honorarium of £150. Travel and accommodation costs are not provided although we will be opening applications for travel grants for those outside of the North West of England
