Manet Fight!
Édouard Manet intervened to crucial effect in the conventions of painting to produce connections, breaks and interruptions which would signal the arrival of a truly modern(ist) art. But in which sets of conventions, discourses and arenas did he intervene most significantly? And why Manet, still – why is his achievement not yet ‘saturated’ for us? And what idea of Manet is the strongest for today? In this session, Paul Hegarty (French, UCC) and Ed Krčma (History of Art, UCC) will stake out claims for Manet’s importance, then and now, by elaborating close readings of specific works and arguing the case for their centrality within Manet’s oeuvre. It is intended that by way of our selections and our attempts to assert (competing) claims, some of the complexity and power of Manet’s achievement will be dramatized.
The session will take place in West Wing Room 9 (UCC) from 6.15-7.45, Thursday 15 December.
All are welcome.
