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UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MEDIA
ART 101
This course designed to critically explore and
attempt to grasp concepts surrounding
contemporary art.
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This course designed to critically explore and
attempt to grasp concepts surrounding
contemporary art.
Takashi Murakami, 727, 1996
Ford Madox Brown, Work, 1852-63
André Fougeron, Atlantic Civilization, 1953
Mark Rothko,1958
Santiago Sierra, 250cm Line Tattooed On 6 Paid People,1999
Andrew Norman Wilson, ScanOps, 2012
Ford Madox Brown, Work, 1852-63
Takashi Murakami, 727, 1996
ART 101 UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY MEDIAFarhad [email protected]
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-11:30, Millrace 1, Office #103
Takashi Murakami, 727, 1996
WHY IT SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY
ART?
"Much today’s art isn't about art or communicating ideas, it's about showing yourself to [be] 'better' and more 'complicated' than ordinary mortals who just can't get it.“
-An response in Yahoo Answer
WHY IT SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY
ART?
"Some artists . . . attempt to rationalize their work and put it into a broader societal context through writing . . . 'artist statements,' which generally turn out to be incomprehensible esoteric gibberish. The goal is to sound smart while keeping it so confusing that no one can understand it, leaving [viewers] unable to take issue with your art.“
-from a Blog
WHY IT SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY
ART?
"The vast majority of the work [looked like] things that . . . preschoolers could accomplish while blindfolded."
- A visitor to the New Museum (of contemporary art) in New York City
WHY IT SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CONTEMPORARY
ART?
channelcode
context
Language
Material
Tool
History
Culture
Medium
Roman Jakobson’s Communication Chart(1920)
MediumMaterial
Historical/Cultural Background
Damien Hirst, Mother and Child (Divided), 2007
Damien Hirst, Mother and Child (Divided), 2007
Damien Hirst, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991
Orlan
The Reincarnation of Saint-Orlan
Maurizio Cattelan, La Nona Ora, 1999
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Communal Meals, 1990-2012
Krzysztof Wodiczko, Homeless Vehicle, 1990-2000
Krzysztof Wodiczko, Homeless Vehicle, 1990-2000