Readings for May 01

FINAL EXAM
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Readings for April 24

NO READINGS




Readings for April 17

POP ART & THE SITUATIONISTS

Guy Debord
“Writings from the Situationsit International 1957-61,” in Art in Theory, p. 693

Andy Warhol
“Interview with Gene Swenson 1963,” in Art in Theory, p. 730

Raymond Williams
“The Analysis of Culture,” in Art in Theory, p. 712




April 10

REVIEW





Readings for April 03

JOHN CAGE AND HAPPENINGS

Branden W. Joseph
"John Cage and the Architecture of Silence," October, Vol. 81 (Summer, 1997), pp. 80-104 (Link)

Allan Kaprow
“How to Make a Happening” (Link)




Readings for March 20

CLASS MEETING AT MOMA NEXT WEEK, March 20

SUBLIMATION, BARNETT NEWMAN AND ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONSIM

Jean-François Lyotard
“The Sublime and the Avant-Garde” Artforum 22, no. 8 (April 1984): 37 (Link)

Daniel Birnbaum
“On Jean-François Lyotard’s The Sublime and the Avant-Garde” Artforum (Sept 2012) (Link)

Barnett Newman
“The Sublime is Now,” in Art in Theory, p. 572



Readings for March 13

de STIJL, NEO-PLASTICISM, THE BAUHAUS AND PEDAGOGICAL TURNS

De Stijl , “Manifesto 1,” in Art in Theory, pp.278—279

Piet Mondrian
“Dialogue on the New Plastic,” and “Neo-Plasticism: the General Principle of Plastic Equivlaence,” in Art in Theory, pp.282—290

Harry Cooper
“Mondrian, Hegel, Boogie,” October, Vol. 84 (Spring, 1998), pp. 118—142 (.pdf)

(not required) Rosalind Krauss, “Grids,” October, Vol. 9 (Summer, 1979), pp. 50—64

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Walter Gropius
“The Theory and Organisation of the Bauhaus 1923,” in Art in Theory, pp.238—243

Hin Bredendieck
“The Legacy of the Bauhaus,” Art Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Autumn, 1962), pp. 15-21 (..pdf)

Lauren S. Weingarden
“Aesthetics Politicized: William Morris to the Bauhaus,” Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 8-13 (.pdf)




Readings for February 27

SURREALISM SUMMARY

Andre Breton
“From the First Manifesto of Surrealism,” in Art in Theory, pp.432—439

Rosalind Krauss
“The Photographic Conditions of Surrealism,” October, Vol. 19, pp. 3—34 (.pdf)





Readings for February 12

SURREALISM CONTINUED

CLASS MEETS AT Gladstone Gallery (530 West 21st St) NEXT WEEK FEB 13at 10h00AM TO VIEW Ian Cheng EXHIBITION

Ian Cheng: BOB
January 31 - March 23, 2019

Gladstone Gallery
530 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10011 USA
Website





Readings for February 6
DADA, THE READYMADE and SURREALISM

Hugo Ball
“Dada Fragments: 1916—1917,” in Art in Theory, pp.246—248

Tristan Tzara
“Dada Manifesto 1918,” in Art in Theory, pp.248—253

Marcel Duchamp
“The Richard Mutt Case,” in Art in Theory, p.248

Andre Breton
“From the First Manifesto of Surrealism,” in Art in Theory, pp.432—439

Rosalind Krauss
“The Photographic Conditions of Surrealism,” October, Vol. 19, pp. 3—34 (.pdf)

(not required) Michel Foucault
This is Not a Pipe, Trans. by James Harkness, pp.15—54 (.pdf)

ASSIGNMENT: Compose a dadist poem following Tzara's guidlines here.
Be prepared to share this and Wallach notes with the class.





Readings for January 30

CLASS MEETS AT THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM NEXT WEEK at 10h00AM TO VIEW Hilma af Klint EXHIBITON

ASSIGNMENT: Visit Denise Murrell's "Posing Modernity" exhibition at Columbia's Wallach Art Gallery. Select a work to discuss with the class, highlighting the curator's overall logic and its corresponding placement in the exhibition. How does placement ehance the curator's exhibitional thesis? How does the work raise questions specific of modernity: what is it, who makes it, who is it for? How does Ms. Murrell make its inclusion "count as art and information."




Readings for January 23

Jamie Chan and Leah Pires
"Kai Althoff" 4Columns, November 2018 (Link)

Parinaz Mogadassi
"Open Letter" (Link)

ASSIGNMENT

Visit Kai Althoff's Häuptling Klapperndes Geschirr at Tramps. Read the Pires and Mogadassi texts. Prepare a 3-4 sentance review addressing Pires's critical reception and Mogadassi's response.

TRAMPS
75 East Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
12 - 6p, Thurs - Sun + by appointment
www.trampsltd.com