Aaron SlodounikColumbia University | CU · Department of Art History and Archaeology
Aaron Slodounik
PhD
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Introduction
I am an art historian who specializes in the art and visual culture of nineteenth- and twentieth- century Europe, with a focus on France and its empire. My research is centered on French Symbolism, gender, diaspora, racialization, and artist’s books. My work investigates how modern art participates in broader social networks, uncovering new perspectives on the dynamics that shape artistic creation and reception. My current book project is tentatively titled Rereading Gauguin: Artistic Dialogues
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August 2023 - present
August 2023 - present
Education
June 2021 - June 2021
May 2015 - May 2015
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Publications (2)
The French academic painter Henri Regnault’s life and legacy straddles two eras. He practiced his art during the liberal regime of the Second Empire, but died during the Franco-Prussian war, to have his history written during the Third Republic’s “moral order”. Written during the “law and order” climate of the Trump Administration, this review ques...
This essay applies insights from my dissertation on nineteenth-century French Symbolist artist Paul Gauguin to the issue of president-elect Donald Trump's campaign against civil rights. Through pattern seeking and a creative application of the criteria of "actual malice" (established by the Supreme Court case New York Times v. Sullivan) we can begi...
