Saturday 2 June 2007, 10.00–18.00

This symposium has been organised in anticipation of the forthcoming exhibition Helio Oiticica: The Body of Colour. It will explore the findings of new research into Oiticica’s artistic practice and the issues raised by this major exhibition.The sessions will also examine Oiticica’s life and his legacy, in particular with regards to his participatory practice which continues to influence contemporary art.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£25 (£15 concessions), booking required
Price includes entry to exhibition and drinks afterwards

    

Programme

Session 1: Hélio Oiticica and Colour

Michael Asbury, art  historian and curator, author of This Other Eden: Hélio Oiticica and Subterranean London

Wynne H. Phelan, Director of Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, U.S.

Yve-Alain Bois, art historian and critic, Professor of Art History in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, U.S.

Panel discussion moderated by Ann Gallagher, Curator and Head of Collections (British Art)), Tate, and curator for the presentation of Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Colour at Tate Modern.

 

Session 2: Thinking Hélio Oiticica: the life of the work

Guy Brett, writer and curator, co-editor with Luciano Figueiredo of Oiticica in London

Susan Hiller, artist

Briony Fer, Professor of Art History, University College London

Luciano Figueiredo, artist and Director of Centro Cultural Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Panel discussion moderated by Michael Asbury, research fellow at Centre for Transnational Art Identity and Nation at University of Arts, London

 

Session 3: Remapping Oiticica: legacies

Paulo Venancio Filho, curator and critic, Escola de Belas Artes and Projeto Universidade Federal, UFRJ, Brazil

Lisette Lagnado, independent curator and curator of XXVII São Paulo Biennial

Anna Dezeuze, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Manchester

Panel discussion moderated by Dawn Ades, Professor of Art History at University of Essex and Director of University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art

This event is related to the Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Colour exhibition