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Art and the Nation StateAlexandria Contemporary Arts ForumJuly 19, 2009 7:00 PM Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF)10 Hussein Hassab Street, Flat 6, Azarita, Raimi Gbadamosi will look at art as a device for constructing the social self, determined by the polis, not governing bodies. What is the role of the monument as against the public sculpture? How is art made in isolation transformed into an instrument of nation building?What is the role of international exhibitions and art fairs in projecting the image of the nation state? How does the diplomatic and in some cases military apparatus of the nation state affect the consumption of and placement of art and artists on the world stage? What does the nation benefit from supporting culture financially and diplomatically when the monies made rarely circulate beyond a small group, and the credit goes to the individual artist? What is the place of ephemeral works in the nation’s image of itself? What does the artist give up when they choose to inadvertently represent the nation? Where do ephemera and ephemeral practices fit in the creation of national and social construction? |