What is the grotesque in art?

23October 26, 2012

After the opening of the exhibition The Grotesque Factor the seminar What is the Grotesque in Art?examined the diverse range of this aesthetic category in four separate sessions that were hold in the MPM Auditorium.

Dates

October 23, 2012

October 26, 2012

Inscriptions

Free admission

Hours

7.00 pm

Duration

According to the program

Capacity

Limited

Programme

23.10.2012 The Plurality of the Category of the Grotesque Inmaculada Abolafio, coordinator of The Grotesque Factor exhibition. Museo Picasso Málaga Luis Puelles, lecturer in Aesthetics and Arts Theory. Universidad de Málaga. Xavier Tricot, author and painter, author of James Ensor’s catalogue raisoné.

24.10.2012 Satire and Social Criticism Valeriano Bozal, professor of Art History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Frances Connelly, professor of Art History. University of Missouri.

25.10.2012 Caricature as a Strategy Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, professor and director emeritus of Hamburger Kunsthalle.

26.10.2012 The Origins of Cinema and the Grotesque Antonio Meliveo, musician, film director and producer. Antonio Soler, author.

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