Events

As part of Leeds' Thought Bubble convention and Comics Forum, the Institute is convening a 1-day event on the interrelationships between sculpture and comic art.  Confirmed speakers:

 

Ian Hague (Comics Forum)
Welcome to Comics Forum

Lisa Le Feuvre (Henry Moore Institute)
Introduction to the Henry Moore Institute

Kirstie Gregory (Henry Moore Institute)
Introduction to Sculpture & Comic Art

'Historical Interrelationships'

Chair: Chris Bloor (Leeds Metropolitan University)

Richard Reynolds (School of Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins)
The Superhero Genre and Sculptural Form - From Antiquity to Now

Florence Quideau (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
The Visual Power of Sculpted Caricatures and Comic Lithographs

Ian Kirkpatrick (Artist)
From Classics to Comics: Hero, Myth and Narrative in Contemporary Sculpture

'Monuments and Multiples'

Chair: Paul Gravett (Independent writer/curator)

Tim Martin (De Montfort University)
Smithson Entropy and the New Comedy

Stuart Burch (Nottingham Trent University)
Statue of Judgement: Estonia's Bronze Soldier from a Dreddful

'Expanded Space'

Chair: Jon Wood (Henry Moore Institute)

Kim Pace (Artist/Curator)
The Beginnings of Comic Language in Spatial Terms

Dan Smith (Chelsea College of Art & Design)
Space and Excavation in the Work of Olivia Plender

Catherine Labio (University of Colorado)
Comics' Third Dimension

Followed by a wine reception at The Henry Moore Institute.
Artists Paul McDevitt and Cornelius Quabeck will be producing comics in the lecture theatre during the conference.

 

This conference is being held as part of the wider event Comics Forum 2011. One-day tickets are available for £10. For more information and to book please see the Comics Forum website.

The Henry Moore Institute will also be convening a panel on this subject at the Lucca International Convention of Comics, Animation & Illustration, 28 October - 1 November.