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The Significance of Arthur Fleischmann’s International Career
See our profile of Arthur Fleischmann here
The decision by the City Council of Bratislava in 2023 to close the Arthur Fleischmann Museum (established in 2002) has raised concern in international academic and cultural circles and has been featured in depth on Slovak television. Discussions are underway to re-open it, either at its original location, Fleischmann’s family home, a sixteenth-century town house in the centre of Bratislava, or at an alternative venue in the city.
Since his death in 1990, Fleischmann’s sculpture has inspired global scholarly interest, reflecting the scope of his international career in Bratislava, Vienna, Padua, Johannesburg, Bali, Sydney, London and Los Angeles.
9.30 – 9.35
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James’s, Róbert Ondrejcsák
9.35 – 9.40
British Ambassador to Slovakia, Nigel Baker OBE MVO
Session 1 Arthur Fleischmann in Bali and Australia – Chair Dominique Fleischmann, son of Arthur Fleischmann
9.40 – 10.00
Arthur Fleischmann and his Australian Legacy, Jim Bertouch
10.00 – 10.20
Arthur Fleischmann on Bali: contexts and connections, Gianni Orsini
10.20 – 10.50
What We Have Seen in Heaven: the Jewish Temple, Christian Mystical Ascent and the Art of Arthur Fleischmann, Fr Dominic White O.P.
10.50 – 11.00 Q&A
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break
Session 2 Arthur Fleischmann’s Early Life – Chair Joanna Barnes, Arthur Fleischmann Foundation Trustee
11.20 – 11.40
The Press Photography of Red Vienna 1929-1938, Professor Eva Bransome
11.40 – 12.00
Fleischmann’s background: family, schooling and early artistic life before 1938, Dr Thomas Lorman
12.00 – 12.20
My Personal Recollections of the Establishment of the Arthur Fleischmann Museum, Štefan Holčik
12.20 – 12.40
Arthur Fleischmann and the Interwar Slovak Moderna, Marianna Oracová
12.40 – 1.00
Arthur Fleischmann’s Ceramic Sculptures and Artifacts from the Interwar Period, Mgr Zuzana Francová
1.00 – 1.20 Q&A
1.20 – 2.00 Lunch Break
Session 3 London and the later work – Chair Dr Robert Burstow, University of Derby
2.00 – 2.20
Lot’s Wife and the Worlds of Yesterday and Tomorrow, Dr Philip Ward-Jackson
2.20 – 2.40
Space. Light and Form, Dr Lucia Gregorová Stach
2.40 – 2.50 Q&A
Session 5 Central European Émigré Sculptors – Chair Dr Holly Trusted, Public Statues and Sculpture Association
2.50 – 3.10
Oscar Nemon (1906–1985) – Émigré Sculptor, Aurelia Young
3.10 – 3.30
Arthur Fleischmann and Peter László Péri: the work and patrons of two Hungarian-born sculptors in Cold War Britain, Dr Robert Burstow
3.30 – 3.50
Parallel Lives? – Arthur Fleischmann and Willi Soukop: Two Émigré Sculptors in London, Sarah MacDougall
3.50 – 4.00 Q&A
4.00 – 4.20 Tea break
Session 6 Arthur Fleischmann’s Legacy – Chair Gervase Hood, Arthur Fleischmann Foundation Trustee
4.20 – 4.35
Sculptors’ Archives as Challenge and Legacy: the Example of Arthur Fleischmann at Tate?
Dr Darragh O’Donoghue
4.35 – 4.45
The Arthur Fleischmann Archive, Peter Simpson and Dominique Fleischmann
4.45 – 5.00
From Water, Light and Starwars to Figure and Abstraction, Nick Hornby
5.00 – 5.15 Q&A
5.15 – 5.30 Closing remarks, Dominique Fleischmann
Free event, but you must register to attend by emailing: ArthurFleischmannFoundation@gmail.com
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