Throughout the twentieth century and into the present, sculptural values and design imperatives have shifted. Artists have explored the sculptural resonances of industrial and three-dimensional design while designers have appropriated the forms, language and discourse of sculpture. Sculpture has colonised domestic, industrial and social space whereas industrial design and functional objects now occupy the gallery. From the earliest ready-mades to contemporary multiples, the mass-produced has found itself re-located, re-displayed and re-interpreted.
This symposium will explore some of the connections between sculpture and design and sculptors and designers, it will address aspects of education, authorship, making and manufacture, display, consumption and critical reception.
The keynote presenter is Barbara Bloemink, Curatorial Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, curator of the exhibition DESIGN ? ART: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread - running until 25 February 2005 at the Cooper-Hewitt.
Barbara Bloemink is joined by international speakers; Marion Arnold, Loughborough University School of Art and Design; Cheryl Buckley, University of Northumbria at Newcastle; Robert Burstow, University of Derby; Penelope Curtis, Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds; Dan Cuffaro and Saul Ostrow, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio; Anja Gerritzen, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany; Craig Martin, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College; Nicky Ryan, University of the Arts, London; Jennifer Way, University of North Texas, USA; Jane Riches, University of East London; Jonathan Woodham, University of Brighton; Franziska Uhlig, independent.
The symposium is supported by the British Academy, the Henry Moore Foundation, the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton, and Loughborough University School of Art and Design. It is organised by Catherine Moriarty, University of Brighton and Gillian Whiteley, Loughborough University School of Art and Design.£45 full conference fee, £15 students.
To book a place contact Amira Driscoll 01273 643209 email: dhrc@brighton.ac.uk
