Hubert Damisch and the works of art
Hubert Damisch's (1928-2017) commitment to creating a space for interaction between art history and the humanities as a whole led directly to the founding of the Center for the History and Theory of Art (CEHTA) in Paris. Integrated within the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), this Center has become one of the leading laboratories for theoretical production on the subject of images. Hubert Damisch's ideas laid the groundwork for a theoretical opening whose influence would extend to Visual Studies and the Anthropology of the Image. By dedicating a day to his thought in el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid Not only do we bring together leading scholars in this hybrid and constantly evolving field, but we also open, from the intellectual legacy of Hubert Damisch, a space for debate between philosophy, semiotics, psychoanalysis or sociology around the history of art.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM - Boardroom
Invitations for this session are sold out. Access to the event will be granted without registration, with priority given to those who present an invitation.
9:30 a.m. Presentation by Gabriel Cabello and Daniel Lesmes
09.45 Thierry Dufrêne (Director of the Pierre Francastel Center): “From Pierre Francastel to Hubert Damisch: divinoe figurative et objet théorique” (From Pierre Francastel to Hubert Damisch: figurative thought and the theoretical object.)
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. First panel discussion
Matthew Bowman (University of Suffolk):
"Damisch and Krauss. Apropos the In(-)Visibility of the Theorical Object"
(Damisch and Krauss. On the In(-)Visibility of the Theoretical Object)
Gabriel Cabello (University of Granada):
“The history of art wrapped in a scarf . A counter-reading of Hubert Damisch.”
12:00 - 13:30 Second panel discussion
Sabine Guermouche (CEHTA, responsible for the Hubert Damisch archive):
“Thinking the symbolic form – Damisch lecteur de Cassirer.”
(Thinking the symbolic form – Cassirer's Damisch reader)
Daniel Lesmes (Complutense University):
“Take what I cannot give you”: Goya and the influence of Damisch between two languages.
Elisa Coletta (La Sapienza University):
“Nuages en perspective” (Clouds in perspective)
AFTERNOON PROGRAM - Cine Estudio
Invitations for this session are sold out. Access to the event will be granted without registration, with priority given to those who present an invitation.
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Presentation and screening of the documentary about Hubert Damisch, Traité du trait (Films du Louvre, 1995, 45 minutes). Conversation with Teri Wehn-Damisch (documentary filmmaker) and Guillermo G. Peydró (documentary filmmaker).
My Formative Years by Hubert Damisch. October Magazine (N179), 2022, pp. 3–10.
6:30 p.m. Closing Conference. Georges Didi-Huberman : “Between Phenomenology and Structuralism”.
The presentations will be given in French, English and Spanish. simultaneous translation.
Image credits: Hubert Damisch by Teri Wehn Damisch.
- Date:
- 23.11.2023
- Schedule:
- 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. / 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- Conference room:
- Various (see program)
- Price:
- Free entry until complete seats
- Organized by:
Círculo de Bellas Artes
- Collaboration:
CEHTA (Centre d'Histoire et de Théorie des Arts