Event Date: 17 November 2016
Chelsea Lecture Theatre
University of the Arts London
John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4JU
The Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) presents:
Professor Howard Caygill (Kingston) – Aesthetics and Madness
How did the work of artists incarcerated in mental hospitals at the beginning of the 20th century escape confinement, to play an important role in the pre- and post-war artworlds? This lecture will explore the conjuncture of diagnostics, record keeping and philosophical redefintions of art and creativity that temporarily opened a route out of the asylum and into the gallery and art market.
Welcome by Professor Malcolm Quinn (UAL):
Introduction by Professor Peter Osborne (Kingston):
Talk:
Response by Mark Walker and audience questions:
accompanying images: