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The Unexpected

This session consists of papers that connect the familiar work of Walt Disney to cutting edge modern art, comment on the ability of re-contextualized classical nudity to shock contemporary audiences, and examine the artist Kehinde Wiley’s intriguing reuse and upending of traditional portraiture conventions.

Presentations

It Is a Small World, After All: Walt Disney as an American Avant-Garde Artist

Presenters

Joseph R. D'Ambrosi

In the Shadow of the Fig Leaf: Art Censorship and Scandal in the 21st Century

Presenters

Anne E. Bowler

Kehinde Wiley’s Female Portraits of Popular Culture: A Synthesis of Low Class Urban Imagery with High Class European and American Classic Art

Presenters

Sharon Pruitt

Session chairs

Janna Eggebeen