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308 Advanced Sculpture / Project #1: Process

Assignments

 

Preparatory Readings/Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ymteGwJ3c

http://www.arthistoryunstuffed.com/process-art/

http://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/process_art

 

Quickfire Challenge:

A simple artwork done in a short time frame that addresses the project issue (process becomes the focal point of the work's meaning). Due TH 6

 

Project Proposals: (powerpoint)

Present a proposal that verbally and visually describes your plans for this project including: 1 page summary with a brief description and explanation of how it engages project issue and no less than 2 images that might include drawings/digital collages, visual source examples, photos of models, video or sound clips etc. Due TH 6

 

Research:

Research the work of two artists (selected from list below). Post research writing and images to your online eportfolio by class time. DUE TH 30 and T 4

 

Analysis:

Define and explain the concept of process-oriented art. Post writing to your eportfolio by class time. DUE TH 11

 

Studio Project and Intention Statement:

Create a work where the process becomes the focal point of the work's meaning. DUE TH 20

Photo document your project and write an intention statement. Post to your eportfolio by class on DUE T 25


link toÉ
guidelines for writing assignments

 

Schedule

 

Project #1: Process

DUEÉ

 

T 28

Process Lecture

Preparatory Readings (see links above)

TH 30

Work time

On Line posting of research (one artist)

T 4

Work time

On Line posting of research  (one artist)

TH 6

Review: Quick-Fire Challenge

Quick-Fire Challenge and project proposal

T 11

Work time

 

TH 13

Work time

On Line posting of analysis

T 18

Work time

 

TH 20

Review: Final Project

 

T 25

 

Online posting of Project 1 (images and statement)



Research Artists (sources below with no links must be accessed through Blackboard)

Richard Serra

Exhibition Site: MOMA Retrospective  (for process work see Ôsixth floorÕ link under ÔexhibitionÕ with audio comments by Serra on each artwork)

Article: Alchemy: Richard SerraÕs Early Work

Article: Review of exhibition of early process work at Zwimer

Links to Reviews: Gagosian Gallery/ Serra press page: a page of links to PDFs of recent reviews

Interview: Sculpture Magazine Interview with the Artist

Video and interviews: Serra Art 21 page w/ video segment and shorts (oriented toward recent work)

Video: Serra Interview with Charlie Rose

SMCM Library: Ann Hamilton, art search results (books and full text articles)

 

Ann Hamilton

ArtistÕs Website: Ann Hamilton Studio Page (dig deep, some essays available in press section)

Article: Situations of Desire by Buzz Spector and other process/labor specific wrtings)

Interview: Spring 2008 American Art Magazine, A Conversation with Ann Hamilton

Video and interviews: HamiltonÕs Art 21 page w/ video segment and shorts

Video, Audio and interactive web: SFMOMAÕs site focusing on HamiltonÕs Indigo Blue Project

Article: Sculpture Magazine. May 2003

Gallery Site: Detailed info on Tropos from Dia Foundation

Interview: Everywhere and nowhereÓ Robert Ayers in conversation with Ann Hamilton

SMCM Library: Ann Hamilton, art search results (books and full text articles)

 

Ana Mendieta

Overview: A good career summary from h2g2 site

Article: Washington Post's critic Blake Gopnik on Mendieta

Museum Brochure: HirshhornÕs exhibition overview by curator Olga Viso

Review: Exhibition review by Kristen M. Jones

Review: Links to two NY Times articles

Thesis: ANA MENDIETA by Stephanie Lynne Finkelstein (comprehensive)

SMCM Library: Mendieta search results (books and full text articles)

 

Jackie Winsor

Exhibition Essay: Jackie WinsorÕs Sculpture, Meditation, Revelation, and Aesthetic Democracy by Dean Sobel, 1991, Milwaukee Art Museum (comprehensive)

Article: Sculpture, Gender, and the Value of Labor by Chave, Anna C.

Interview: Oxford Art Online

Museum Collection Info: About Four Corners

Review: LA Times, Feb 1992

SMCM Library: Winsor search results (a few full text articles)

 

Eva Hesse

Article: Danto, All About Eva, The Nation, July 2006

Article: Tate Modern, Minimalism with a human face

Overview: OK synopsis from Story of Art

Interview: Cindy Nemser Interview with Hesse

Article: Letting It Go As it Will: The Art of Eva Hesse by Elizabeth Sussman (extensive pdf)

Video: 14 minute film excerpt from Hesse Estate

Video: San Francisco Museum (sfmoma), various video shorts

Video: Smart History site with critics discussing two specific works: rope piece and untitled

SMCM Library: Hesse search results (SMCM has many books, lots of full text articles too)

 

Janine Antoni

Gallery Site: Luhring Augustine Gallery's Artist Page (many reviews (pdfÕs) under ÔpressÕ at bottom of pg)

Video and interviews: AntoniÕs Art 21 page w/ video segment and shorts

Exhibition Essay: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1996 (PDF) (http://www.thewadsworth.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Matrix-129.pdf)

Interview: Art in America, Oct, 2009

Interview: Bomb, Winter, 1999

SMCM Library: Antoni search results (a few full text articles)

 

Tara Donovan

Review: New York Times Review, Genius of Little Things

Article: The Emergent Artist (an exploration of DonovanÕs work in relationship to genetic principles)
Review:
Paul Brewer Review of the UCLA show (click the ÔmoreÕ button for the entire essay)

Interview: Artnet Interview
Exhibition Brochure: ICA Exhibition

Video: Sculpting with everyday materials (a 4 minute video of artists remarks)

SMCM Library: Donovan search results (a few full text short reviews)

 

Gabriel Orozco

Video and interviews: OrozcoÕs Art 21 page w/ video segment and shorts

Article: Game Changer by Nancy Princenthal, Art in America, March, 2010

Interview: Bomb, Winter 2007

Review: Art Tattler, Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms installation

Review: New Yorker, Dec. 21, 2009 by Peter Schjeldahl

Review: The Economist, Jan 12, 2011

Article: The Paris Review, Dec 2011

SMCM Library: Orozco,art search results (a book and few full text reviews)

 

Tom Friedman       

Gallery Site: Stephen Friedman Galley lots of PDFÕs under Press and a 7 min. exhibition video with artist comments

Gallery Site: Luhring Augustine Gallery's Artist Page w/ many reviews (pdfÕs) under ÔpressÕ

Article: The Bric-a-Brac: Everyday Work of Tom Friedman, Applin, Jo. Art Journal. Spring2008

Review: Design Boom, 2002

Article: ArtsEditor Feature

Article: Frieze, 9.9.02

SMCM Library: Tom Friedman search results (a book and few full text reviews)

 

Alan Sonfist

ArtistÕs Website: http://www.alansonfist.com/ (Some reviews under ÔpressÕ)

Interview: Interview with Alan Sonfist by Anne Morgan, Art Papers. Nov/Dec91, Vol. 15 Issue 6, p37-42. 6p.

Article: Separating the Trees From the Forest, Artnews, Summer, 2011

SMCM Library: Alan Sonfist search results (a few full text reviews)

 

Alan Sonfist

ArtistÕs Website: http://www.alansonfist.com/ (Some reviews under ÔpressÕ)

Interview: Interview with Alan Sonfist by Anne Morgan, Art Papers. Nov/Dec91, Vol. 15 Issue 6, p37-42. 6p.

Article: Separating the Trees From the Forest, Artnews, Summer, 2011

SMCM Library: Alan Sonfist search results (a few full text reviews)

 

Allan McCollum

ArtistÕs Website: Allan McCollum Site (Lots of articles and reviews)

Review: Shape Shifter, Nancy Princenthal, Art in America. Feb 2007, p106-109.

Interview: Mass Producing Individual Works, Sculpture Magazine, Mar 2013  (pdf-go to pg 44)

Video and interviews: Alan McCollumÕs Art 21 page w/ video segment and shorts

Review: Jessica Helfand, The Illusion of Certainty

 

 

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