Art and Subjecthood—A Conference on the Return of the Human
Figure in Semiocapitalism  Ina Blom  1. July 2011 Interview
01.07.11  The Human Figure in Semiocapitalism  Rachel Harrison
Haycation, 2009.  This afternoon, at 15:00, the conference Art
and Subjecthood—A Conference on the Return of the Human Figure
in Semiocapitalism starts at the Städelschule in Frankfurt.
Initiated by the Institut für Kunstkritik (Isabelle Graw, Daniel
Birnbaum, Nikolaus Hirsch) participants include Hal Foster,
Caroline Busta, Michael Sanchez, Ina Blom, and Jutta Koether.
Kunstkritikk sat down with Professor Ina Blom for five minutes
on her way to Frankfurt.  The conference seeks to speculate on a
perceived re-emergence of the human figure, and of
anthropomorphism, in recent art. Is this a premise you would
agree upon?  – I am not so sure that there is a reemergence of
the human figure specifically (at least not in the sense that
associates «figure» with a distinct form), but I am curious to
hear what the other participants have to