Although I will provide links to many extra readings, only the first two reading assignments will be required. None of the required reading assignments will be longer that 10 pages. Similarly, although the video playlists are usually 10- 15 videos, only the first five are required. However, I strongly recommend that you read and explore as much as possible. Learning to be an artist is an immersive act.
Instead of a reaction paper for each week's media assignment (because who has time for all that grading), you will have a six question survey to be completed each week. Consider it kind of like an on-line treasure hunt. The first four questions will be specific to that week's content and will be short phrase answers. The last two questions will always be the same always need to be answered in short paragraphs: Question 5-What connections between these pieces did you find interesting? and Question 6- Why do you think I assigned all of these? What am I getting at?
Week 1: The Big Bang
artists of focus: Julie Mehretu, Cai Guo-Qiang,
link to reading assignments:
link to video playlist: "Big Bang Playlist"
other links:
an NPR story about Charlie Parker's Kansas City beginnings.
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Week 2: In the Place That You Are
artists of focus: Takashi Murakami, Anselm Kiefer
link to reading assignments:
link to video playlist: "Stand Playlist"
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NPR story about 'Lined-Out Singing'.
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Week 3: Back to Basics
artists of focus: Tomma Abts, Rachel Whiteread, Frank Auerbach
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Interview and review about a new, and very comprehensive book about color.
Who is more hardcore fundamental than Judd? Here is a story about his apartment.
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artists of focus: Odd Nerdrum
an NPR story about vintage baseball practitioners.
Week 4: Your Peanut Butter's in My Chocolate
artists of focus: Gerhard Richter,
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Great story and interview about a collaboration between Elvis Costello and the Roots.
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Week 5: I'm Trying to Break Your Heart
artists of focus: Anish Kapoor, James Turrell
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More about James Turrell; this time from NPR.
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Week 6: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
artists of focus: Sol Lewitt, Terry Winter
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link to video playlist:
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Interesting interview with Thurston Moore and Doug Aitken about collaboration and inspiration.
process, process, process.. it can apply even to illustrative projects like this.
A sort of review/ article about the sophomore album of Mount Kimbie. Of course I like this... its about process, process, process. Click on the first listen link, and you can here the whole album plus get a little more discussion about the recent changes in electronic music.
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Week 7: Monsters Make the Most Interesting People
artists of focus: Mathew Barney, Paul McCarthy
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One of the Buggs Bunny bests....
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Week 8: I'm not There
artists of focus: Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Berndt and Hilla Becher
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a studio 360 story about Cindy Sherman's Untitled Film Stills series.
Lunch break.... during the mural class; had some time to look at these show reviews:Michele Abeles, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Rodney Graham- all photographers. I liked the Tillmans show the best. Also looked at the review of Rafael Leonardo Black (which is an awesome name), I found the review and the bio interesting but the work not so much. Like I said, the Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition was the best; the most interesting, the most mature, the most aesthetic.
Andrei Codrescu can say nothing; very well...
Weekly Questions:Week 9: Sabotage
artists of focus: John Baldessari, Ai Wei Wei,
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a studio 360 story about Erich Fischl.......
The thing about Artforum's "picks" column is that it seems endless and the writing tends to be dense and cryptic; nonetheless the top article, the one about Walter Dahn is clearly written, interesting and relevant to many of themes of this class.
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Week 10: Where the Wild Things Are
artists of focus:
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Week 11: Kittens!! Inspired by Kittens!
artists of focus: Yoshitomo Nara,
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link to video playlist:
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an artforum preview of the upcoming Balthus exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
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Week 12: Behold the Power of Cheese
artists of focus: Mike Kelley
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A great story about Ed Ruscha's early photography.
Here is a link to an NPR story about the tricky art of cultural referencing:
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/18/169519664/in-a-fragmented-cultureverse-can-pop-references-still-pop
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Week 13: One World
artists of focus: Ai WeiWei, El Anatsui, Beatrize Milhazes
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link to video playlist:
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Here's a link to an NPR story about a Fela Kuti tribute album.
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Week 14: Wide World
artists of focus:
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A studio 360 story about Sarah Sze and her Venice Biennale installation.
another 360 link...some insight into what creative artists are reading/ looking at/ listening to.
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Week 15: Until the End of the World
artists of focus:
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link to video playlist:
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