Julia Detchon, a CLAVIS PhD candidate, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student grant to support primary research in Buenos Aires, starting spring 2020. In Argentina, her project will be supervised by Dr. Andrea Giunta and the Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (IIEGE-UBA).
Julia will be advancing her dissertation, “Working Around: Lea Lublin, Marie Orensanz, Mirtha Dermisache, and Margarita Paksa, 1968-1983.” The four artists at the core of her study formed part of an effervescent milieu in Buenos Aires that led the continent in conceptual art experimentation despite and often in response to—Argentina’s military dictatorship (1974-1983). The artists frequently used language, as a linguistic device and pure form, to test constraints on public and private communication in this period as well as redefine the role of women in the art world and larger society. These experiments also extended beyond Buenos Aires, as they increasingly participated in an internationalized art scene.
Julia is a past recipient of a Tinker Field Research Grant and the Peter C. Marzio Award for Outstanding Research in 20th Century Latin American and Latino Art, given by the International Center for the Art of the Americas of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She also held the Mellon Curatorial Fellowship in Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum of Art from 2016-2018.
