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