Portraiture Resources, Art 21

We are currently taking advantage in FA 381 of Art 21's great selection of videos for our current cprojects centered  portraiture. 

Elle Perez

https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/elle-perez-works-between-the-frame/

LaToya Ruby Frazer

https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/latoya-ruby-frazier-makes-moving-pictures/

Layla Ali 

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s3/laylah-ali-in-power-segment/

Cindy Sherman: Transformations

We are moving into the theme of Portraiture for the next 5 weeks in FA 381. Our first viewing is Cindy Sherman on Art 21. 

 https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s5/cindy-sherman-in-transformation-segment/

“The Social Photo: On Photography And Social Media” by Nathan Jurgenson

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The Social Photo: On Photography And Social Media” by Nathan Jurgenson

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2947-the-social-photo

 Frieze Article

"Photos don't just depict the self but are a procedure for self knowledge, a mode of thinking about the self. This identity work is deciding to remember something as quintessentially me, a choice, a performance, memorialized within the frame." -Nathan Jurgenson 

Week 5: Trevor Paglen and Hal Foster

Final week exploring the theme of place (except for semester long place studies). Please review Art 21 video and Hal Foster Article. 

https://art21.org/watch/extended-play/trevor-paglen-limit-telephotography-short/

Hal Foster, You Have New Memory 

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n19/hal-foster/you-have-a-new-memory

Meadowlands

Bryan Zanisnik Goes to the Meadowlands

 https://art21.org/watch/new-york-close-up/bryan-zanisnik-goes-to-the-meadowlands/

During our recent Critical Practices Class, 1st year Graduate Student Allen Vu recommended Fergemanden as as an artist to check out. 

website Fergemanden

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Within an interdisciplinary practice of painting, sculpture, installation, film making, and performance art, Nikesha Breeze investigates the inter-relationality and resilience of the black and queer body in relationship to power, vulnerability, the sacred, and the ancestral. Her work is deeply ritual and process based, often employing her entire physical body into the action of her work. Originally from Portland, Oregon Nikesha Breeze lives and works in the high desert of New Mexico, she is an American born African Diaspora descendant of the Mende People of Sierra Leone, and Assyrian American Immigrants from Iran.

FA 381: Weeks 1-5, Theme: Place

As part of FA 381, Intro to Photography, we will be focusing on 3 different themes throughout the semester. During weeks 1-5, while learning basic camera fundamentals and formal / compositional techniques, we will also be focusing on the theme of place. Assignments include a semester long study of a specific place, a "photo" treasure hunt, and more. 

Art 21 currently allows access to all seasons including Sally Mann's segment about the importance of place in her photographic works.  

Sally Mann 

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/sally-mann-in-place-segment/

Resurrecting the WSU FA Photo Blog

After almost two years of quite, we are resurrecting the WSU Fine Art Photoblog. Stay tuned for new postings and content. Also, take a moment and check on the archives including fabulous student work by WSU alumni.