![]() ![]() After decades of decline, mining activities would again be on the rise. In 2012, the French minister of economy Arnaud Montebourg, followed by Emmanuel Macron, heralded the opening of an era of "mining renewal" (renouveau minier) in metropolitan France. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: material excess and gesture materiality and scale material variations: expanse and expense light and tactility object-ness and physical existence abject and object collage, assemblage, and mixed media. ![]() This panel looks to build upon an already growing study of materiality in postwar art and welcomes contributions from both artists and art historians. Seeking alternatives, some artists turned to unconventional fine arts materials and mixed media, with increased emphasis on the issues of scale to create complex surface effects and alternative spaces. In postwar era, artists increasingly stressed the importance of improvisation, gesture, and materiality in their artistic practice. ![]() Considering a range of approaches that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War in Europe and the United States, a key development was the rejection of the rationalism that had dominated the arts before the war. The vigorous and varied new materials, forms, and techniques that have been introduced into painting and sculpture since 1945 brings into question the spatial boundaries between painting and sculpture and two-dimensionality and threedimensionality. "Material Obsessions and Postwar Art" Session Chair: Roja Najafi, Oklahoma City Museum of Art This panel will explore the formal and conceptual emphasis on materiality and medium in painting and sculpture from 1945 to present. ![]()
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