Montag
22
JUN

18.15 Uhr

[CANCELLED] Framing the Self: Yokoyama Matsusaburo in the Historical Context

Dr. Maki Fukuoka, University of Leeds (Großbritannien), School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies

This presentation aims to explore the manner in which we interpret the experiences in the life of the image-maker as a reliable source in construing their work. In writings of art and visual histories of Meiji Japan, the broader changes instigated by Meiji Restoration, particularly the shifts in societal and political infrastructures and attendant experiences of such reshaping are deployed as reliable and concrete sources that explain the visual and graphic works produced. As a result, one’s experiences of seminal events on one hand and one's works on the other cohere into an overarching interpretive approach. The works of Yokoyama Matsusaburō and his writings will be introduced as a case study to anchor this topic.

Maki Fukuoka teaches at the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies. Her research explores visual materials from the nineteenth-and twentieth centuries Japan, anchored by questions emerging from histories of photography. Her first book The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-century Japan was published in 2012 from Stanford University Press. She is currently working on three projects. Engendering East Asia explores contemporary art from East Asia through the lens of gender issues. “Terms and Conditions: Words that Realise Art and Its Histories” is a collaborative historical investigations of key art historical terms within the East Asian context. Finally, “Shaping Likeness” is a manuscript project on the practices related to portrait productions in early Meiji Japan.

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CATS – Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies, Gebäude 4120

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Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens

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Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens

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