Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Reading for Monday Feb. 28th | Intro to POMO

Can Postmodernists say I love you? | Umberto Eco

find pdf on blackboard

Introducing Postmodernism | part 1 and 2 by Richard Appignanesi and Chris Garratt | 1995
find pdfs on blackboard

The Postmodern Condition: a report on Knowledge | Jean-Francois Lyotard | 1979
http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/lyotard.htm

Read next post below- art workers coalition | 12 questions - 1969

Monday, February 14, 2011

Contemporary Ideas | Visiting Artist Lectures

The following Art Faculty will be visiting our class and giving lectures on their work!

February 28th: Jen Woodin
March 14th: Rena Leinberger
March 28th: Suzanne Stokes
April 4th: Barb Smith
April 21st: Steven Bradford

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Leo Castelli 1960

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/06/07/100607crbo_books_schjeldahl

Castelli in 1960 with works by Frank Stella, Jasper Johns, Lee Bontecou, Edward Higgins, and Robert Rauschenberg.

michael fried link

http://www.theartstory.org/critic-fried-michael.htm

minimalist artists and their contemporaries

Tony Smith on Time Magazine Cover, Oct. 13, 1967
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1966-68














Robert Morris, Installation at the Green Gallery, NY, 1964














 Carl Andre, Equivalents VIII, 1966


John McCracken, Red Plank, 1967



















Anne Truitt, Valley Forge, 1963



 Anthony Caro, Early One Morning, 1962














David Smith
Running Daughter, Bolton Landing, 1956 - 1960

















Jules Olitski, Untitled-Seven, 1960


















Kenneth Noland, Bloom, 1960


















Frank Stella, Telluride, 1960-61









Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Readings for Monday | Feb. 14th (because we heart minimalism)

Donald Judd "Specific Objects" 1965
Robert Morris "Notes on Sculpture 1-3" 1966
(find these two readings in a joint pdf on blackboard)

Michael Fried "Art and Objecthood" 1967
(find pdf on blackboard)

Remember to post at least five images on your blog of works and artists that the readings reference each week. Also post other links and info about the artists/authors that would contribute to our understanding of the readings.

Saturday, February 5, 2011