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Last update: Louis Armand, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)
The seminar offers a selected survey of developments in British and American Art from the Post-War period. There will also be a focus on early avant-garde movements, such as Vorticism in Britain and Dada in the USA, following the European influences of Cubism, Futurism and Dada. Special attention will also be given to selected theoretical writings and art criticism. REQUIRED READING Foster, Krauss, Bois & Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004) Renato Poggioli, The Theory of the Avant-Garde Peter Bürger, Theory of the Avant-Garde. ASSESSMENT One essay, of 3,000 words due 10 June. Essays must include full bibliographical references (footnotes) for all works cited or paraphrased (preferably in accordance with the MLA style, e.g. http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm). Emphasis will be placed on the component of original research, and students are advised not to use Web sources in place of adequately researching texts available in print. The topic of the essay is: IS THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF THE AVANT-GARDE INEVITABLE? Essays should engage with an artist’s (theorist's) or group of artist's (theorist's) work, along with detailed discussion of (a) selected critical or theoretical text(s) relevant to the topic. |
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Last update: Louis Armand, Ph.D. (13.04.2021)
POST-WAR BRITISH & AMERICAN ART Jean-Francois Lyotard, "Representation, Presentation, Unpresentable" (The Inhuman) Jean-Francois Lyotard, "The Sublime & the Avant-Garde" (The Inhuman) Sol LeWitt, "Sentences on Conceptual Art": https://monoskop.org/images/3/3d/LeWitt_Sol_1969_1999_Sentences_on_Conceptual_Art.pdf Hal Foster (ed.), Vision & Visuality Hal Foster (ed.), Discussions in Contemporary Culture
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Last update: Louis Armand, Ph.D. (26.01.2020)
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Last update: Louis Armand, Ph.D. (19.02.2024)
SCHEDULE 1: Avantgardism 2: Dada, Surrealism 3: Abstract Expressionism 4: Neo-Dada 5: Pop Art 6: Minimalism 7: Conceptual Art 8: Digital/Cybernetic Art |