Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Minimalism: For Class 3/31
Focus your response on Fried's difficult essay: what does he find wrong with minimalist sculpture (also termed literalism, specific objects, primary structures, ABC art)? What does he prefer about modernist sculpture? Define his terms (part by part, theater, timelessness, presentness, etc.) - what is opposed to what? Why does he critique Tony Smith's description of the unfinished turnpike, for instance?
Warhol and Pop: For Class 3/19
Focus your response on Crow's argument about trace and reference, mass culture and celebrity. How does Warhol reject modernist painting?
Abstract Expressionism: For Class 3/12
What is abstract expressionist painting and how does it differ from paintings that we have studied?
Modernist Sculpture: For Class 3/5
Focus your response on how Greenberg and Smith describe a visual encounter with sculptural objects - what words do they use and why?
Surrealism and Gender: For Class 2/19
Focus your response on the role of gender and sexuality in Surrealism. How do Man Ray and Claude Cahun offer different critiques using the female body?
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