Art Centers and Peripheral Art [A Lecture at the University of Hamburg, October 15, 1982]
Nicos Hadjinicolaou
Change in the history of art has many causes, but one often overlooked by historical institutions is complex, unequal set relationships that subsist between centers and peripheries. These take forms, from powerful penetration peripheral subjects, styles modes relevant center, through accommodation to this various degrees kinds resistance it. Mapping these should be a major task for historians, especially those committed tracing reception works dissemination ideas about art. This lecture, delivered Nicos Hadjinicolaou 1982, outlines “political geography” approach challenges, demonstrates it exploring four settings: commissioning paintings commemorating key battles during Greek War Independence; changes Diego Rivera's style on his return Mexico Paris 1920s; impact certain Mexican artists 1960s “hard edge” painting United States; differences Socialist Realism Moscow Soviet Republics Asia mid-twentieth century. The lecture here translated into English first time introduced Terry Smith, who relates its author's long-term quest, as previously pursued book Art History Class Struggle (1973).
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