Monthly Archives: February 2009

‘On inventing our own art’ – more plasticity

Ibram Lassaw “On Inventing Our Own Art” 1938, reprinted in reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 397-398
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Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art

Piet Mondrian “Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art” 1937 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 387-393
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Constructivism

Naum Gabo “The Constructive Ideal in Art” 1937 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 385-387
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“But Does it Work?” discussion at Elizabeth Foundation

But Does it Work? Art, Activism and the Interventionist’s Gesture Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 pm A Conversation between Joseph DeLappe, Stephen Duncombe, and Steve Lambert Artists/activists Joseph DeLappe and Steve Lambert join writer/activist/media scholar Stephen Duncombe to discuss what happens when artists interfere with existing structures of media in order to manipulate and use them as vehicles for political [...]
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On The Media: The Science of Media Relations

Being a brilliant scientist doesn’t always translate into being a good talking head on television or even a good source for a science reporter. So the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program at Stanford University was created to give scientists a better understanding of how to deal with the media. Program director Pam Matson explains what goes [...]
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Hans Hofmann – On the Aims of Art

Included for its distinctly apolitical take on art. Hofmann is a pure abstract modernist who values the expression of the genius’ inner self rather than political content. Hans Hofmann “On the Aims of Art” Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 371-374
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Gropius on the Bauhaus

Walter Gropius “The Theory and Organization of the Bauhaus” 1923. Trans. H. Bayer. reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 309-314 “The dominant spirit of our epoch is already recognizable although its form is not yet clearly defined. The old dualistic world-concept which envisaged the ego in opposition to the [...]
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Jonah Lehrer on Colbert

The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jonah Lehrer Emotions vs. Rationality in decision making. Artists need to embrace the emotional influence their work has in decision making.
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More Dada

from Hugo Ball “Dada Fragments” originally published in 1927. trans. Jolas reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 250-251 “June 12, 1916 – What we call Dada is an harlequinade made of nothingness in which all higher questions are involved, a gladiator’s gesture, a play with shabby debris, an execution of postured [...]
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From the eve of World War One

I wanted to post this because the historical context struck me. The author is Franz Marc, writing a proposed preface to a second edition to the expressionist text Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), which chronicled the art of the Der Blaue Reiter group from 1912-14. This preface was written at the [...]
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