Project: Japonisme, Transculturation and National Cannons of Art in Europe (2023-)

ONGOING PROJECTS / GRANTS:  

• Project: Japonisme, Transculturation and National Cannons of Art in Europe (2023-)  

INTRODUCTION  

Motivated by a revival of discourses on national canons of art across Europe, the aim of this project in Art History is to advance a critical understanding of the role of transculturation in the construction of cannons of national art in 19th-century Europe. To understand what national art and cultural canon means in today’s globalized world it is necessary to interrogate the overlap of cultures constructing the premise for this art. The significance of this project is its potential to demonstrate the political agency of art, and expose the ideological fallacy of current discourses on national cannons of art afflicting democracies across Europe.  

PROJECT MEMBERS:

• Ewa Machotka, Professor in East Asian Art History, University of Zurich
  (ewa.machotka@khist.uzh.ch)  
• Katarina Wadstein MacLeod, Professor Art History, Stockholm University
  (katarina.macleod@arthistory.su.se)  

PROJECT FUNDING:

• Research Project Grant within Humanities and Social Sciences 2023, Swedish Research Council 

PROJECT ACTIVITIES:

The project will begin in January, 2025