Taking Sides: The Role of the Artist in Conflict Situations
Saturday, February 17, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM
Sutton Parlor South, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chair: Conor McGrady, independent artist, Brooklyn
Male Fantasies: Otto Dix’s Soldier Selves
Elizabeth Otto, State University of New York, Buffalo
Cultural Collaboration: Artists in the Service of Global Oil
Kevin Noble, New York City College of Technology
War Is Surreal: Lee Miller’s Photodocumentation of World War II
Caitlin S. Davis, The Frick Collection
Loyal Enemy Alien: Yasuo Kuniyoshi and US Anti-Japan Propaganda
ShiPu Wang, University of California, Merced
Hannah Arendt vs. Immanuel Kant: Banality or Radical Evil? The Political Responsibility of Artists in the Face of Three Historical Episodes of Genocide
Gary Laurence Nickard, University at Buffalo, State University of New York