Critical Practice,FA 650
Spring 2015, WSU Fine Arts Department
Spring 2015, WSU Fine Arts Department
1:25-3:50
Professor Io
Palmer
Office: Fine Arts 7021
Email: iopalmer@wsu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday: 12-1pm. or
by appointment
Professor Dennis DeHart
Office: FA 7025, Phone #: 5-4981
Email: dennis.dehart@wsu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday, 12-1pm, or
by Appointment
Course Locations
Various spaces including the photo
classroom, the digital lab, individual studios, and Palouse environs (wherever
necessary).
Course
Description
As a Graduate course in the fine arts, our
primary course objective is to facilitate a critical discourse, centered on
studio production, through individual and group critiques, in addition to
readings and discussions pertaining to contemporary art theory and films. The
critique is the cornerstone of studio arts pedagogy, and will function as
the primary tool to question, challenge, and ultimately help you develop your
abilities as artists. Discussions on required readings are also an important
tool in understanding ones personal creative practice as it pertains to
contemporary culture. As a collaborative learning community, everyone’s voice
will be both honored and required. Self-knowledge, critical examination, rigor,
and grace are all important tools in this process.
Participants will be evaluated in three
primary ways, which includes producing art, doing research, and class
participation/ discussions. Cultural production is at the core of studio art
practices. A significant emphasis will be placed on cross-disciplinary
production, which may take form through physical objects, text, research,
experimentation, etc. Research and studio production function in tandem, hence
emphasis will be placed not only on the production of objects, but also on the
process and how you came to these decisions. Hence you will be asked to cite sources,
document influences, and critically discuss your process as well as your
product.
Class participation will include engaging
in all aspects of the course including critiques and seminars. The seminar will
serve as an opportunity to engage with assigned critical readings and films,
representative of a diversity of contemporary topics in the visual arts
including, for example, race, class, identity, and globalism. The course will
require each student to be visually and verbally articulate as well as inviting
you to contextualize the conversation in a broader cultural discourse.
Expectations/Requirements/
Attendance
Consistent and engaged attendance and
participation in all aspect of the class is required. Please discuss absences
in advance with the instructor. Repeated absences will result in the lowering
of your grade. Two unexcused absences are allowed. Additional unexcused
absences will reduce your final grade by one-half a letter grade. Eight (8) or
more unexcused absences will result in an “F”. Not coming to class, arriving
late, or leaving early, is not acceptable. Each occurrence will reduce your
final grade by one-half a letter grade. Each instance of being unprepared to
work will reduce your grade by one-half a letter grade. You are expected to
complete all assignments on time.
Evaluation
Students will be evaluated (graded) through
a combination of production, research, and participation. Full participation in
all aspects of the class including critiques will be graded. Additionally, because
this is an art class, students will be evaluated on creativity and their
ability to produce work. This means that if you make a considerable effort, the
instructor will take your labor into account, though this does not guarantee an
"A." For maximum success, concern yourself less with your grade, and
focus on investing yourself into the process of art making. The percentage
breakdown for this course is approximately: Studio Production 60%, Research,
20%, Participation, 20%.
Academic
Honesty
WSU is committed to principles of truth and
academic honesty. Academic dishonesty includes cheating, plagiarism, and
fabrication in the process of academic work, and can result in suspension or
dismissal from the university. In this class, academic dishonesty will result
in failure of this course and will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct
Disability Accommodations
Reasonable accommodations are available for
students who have a documented disability. Please notify the professor during
the first week of class regarding accommodations needed for the course. Late
notification may cause the requested accommodations to be unavailable. Students
needing accommodations must first have them approved through the Associate
Director of Student Services, VSSB203a.
Cell Phones/Hand Held Media
WSU is
committed to providing a quality- learning environment. All cell phones/ smart
phones etc. need to be placed in a non-audible mode while in classrooms,
computer labs, the library, the learning center, and testing areas. Cell phones
must be used outside these facilities.
Bibliography/Readings/Resources
Critical Theory
Hickey, Dave,
Air Guitar, Essays on Art and Democracy, Art Issues, Press, LA, 1997
Bouriaud,
Nicolas, The Radicant, Lukas and Sternberg, NY, 2009
Bouriaud,
Nicolas, Relational Aesthetics, Les Presses du Reel, 2002
Davis, Ben, 9.5
Theses on Art and Class, Haymarket Books, 2013
Harris,
Jonathan, Globalization and Contemporary Art, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
Jacobs, Mary
Jane, The Studio Reader: On the Spaces of Artists, University of Chicago Press,
2010
Pedagogy/Curriculum
Madoff, Steven,
ed., Art School: Propositions for the 21st Century, MIT, 2009
Critique
Buster,
Kendall, The Critique Handbook, The Art Student’s Sourcebook and Survival
Guide, 2nd Edition, Pearson, 2010
Practical/Self
Help
Bayles, David,
Art and Fear, Observation On the Perils (and Rewards) of Art Making, Image
Continuum Press, 1993
On-Line scheduled readings:
Interview with Catherine Opie
http://transatlantica.revues.org/6430
Audio Program:
http://toe.prx.org/2014/05/a-better-tomorrow/
Audio Program:
http://toe.prx.org/2014/05/a-better-tomorrow/
Calendar
WEEK 1
Tuesday,
January 13
Syllabus
orientation
Readings
handed out
1 hour
relaxing and getting to know each other
Reading: Air
Guitar: David Hickey: A Rinestone as Big as the Ritz
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THURSDAY,
January 15
Discussion:
Air Guitar: David Hickey: A Rhinestone as Big as the Ritz
Individual
critique: Sam and Noelle
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WEEK 2
TUESDAY,
January 20
Individual
critique: Jade and Phil
Reading: The
Studio Reader: The Studio as Lived in Space
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THURSDAY,
January 22
Film Viewing: TBD No Io- |
WEEK 3
TUESDAY,
January 27
Individual
critique: Anna and Kayleigh
Discussion:
The Studio Reader: The Studio as Lived in Space
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THURSDAY,
January 29
Individual
critique: Kayla and Dylan
Discussion on
Film:
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WEEK 4
TUESDAY,
February 3
Individual
critique: Dani and Nicolle and Alx
Reading:
Creating a New Iconocity- Catherine Opie
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THURSDAY,
February 5
Individual critique:
Zack and Kevin
Discussion:
Creating a New Iconocity- Catherine Opie
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WEEK 5
TUESDAY,
February 10
First group
critique: 40 minutes each-Alx, Phil and Sam
Reading:
Thesis of Art and Class: Ch. 1 and 2 Art and Class
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THURSDAY,
February 12
Second group
critique: Kayla , Kevin and Zack
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WEEK 6
TUESDAY,
February 17
Third
group critique: Dawn, Anna and Jade
Discussion:
Thesis of Art and Class: Ch. 1 and 2 Art and Class
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THURSDAY,
February 19
Fourth group critique:
Noelle, Nicole, and Dylan
Discussion:
Thesis of Art and Class: Ch. 1 and 2 Art and Class
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WEEK 7
TUESDAY,
February 24
Fifth group
critique: Dani and Kayleigh
Reading:
Thesis of Art and Class: Ch 3 Art and Its Audience
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THURSDAY,
February 26
Mid Term
Evaluations: Course Evaluation and Assessment- Individual meetings with grads
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WEEK 8
TUESDAY,
March 3
Mid Term
Evaluations: Course Evaluation and Assessment- Individual meetings with grads
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THURSDAY,
March 5
Dawn, Individual
Critique
Discussion:
Thesis of Art and Class: Ch 3 Art and Its Audience
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WEEK 9
TUESDAY,
March 10
Individual
critique with Anna, Noelle, Sam
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THURSDAY,
March 12
Individual
Critiques: Dylan, Dani and Alx
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WEEK 10
TUESDAY,
March 17- THURSDAY, March 19
No Class-
Spring Break
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TUESDAY,
March 17- THURSDAY, March 19
No Class-
Spring Break
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WEEK 11
TUESDAY,
March 24
Individual
Critique: Nicolle, Kayla and Kayleigh
Reading: Globalization
and Contemporary Art, Ch. 4, Museums in the Colonial Horizon of Modernity:
Fred Wilson
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THURSDAY,
March 26
Viewing of
Film: TBA
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WEEK 12
Tuesday,
March 31
Discussion:
Globalization and Contemporary Art, Ch. 4, Museums in the Colonial Horizon of
Modernity: Fred Wilson
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THURSDAY,
April 2
Discussion on
Film
Group
Critiques with Dani, Dylan, and Kayleigh
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WEEK 13
TUESDAY,
April 7
Group
Critique: Kayla, Alx, and Nicole
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THURSDAY,
April 9
Discussion of
Film:
Reading:
Bourriaud, Nicolas: The Radicant
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MFA Opening
on April 10
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WEEK 14
Tuesday,
April 14
Discussion:
Bourriaud, Nicolas: The Radicant
Group
Critique: Kevin, Sam and Anna
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Thursday,
April 16
Tentative: Road Trip- Seattle |
WEEK 15
TUESDAY,
April 21
Group
Critique: Phil and Noelle
Discussion:
Bourriaud, Nicolas: The Radicant
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THURSDAY,
April 23
Group critique: Jade and Zack
Viewing of
Film: TBA
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WEEK 16
TUESDAY,
April 28
Individual
critique, Dawn
Discussion of
Film:
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THURSDAY,
April 30
Class
Assessment
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Weekly Schedule
of readings/film assignments
Weekly
Schedule
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Week 1-5
Week 1:
Jan 13-15
Week 2: Jan 20- 22
Week 3:
Jan 27-29
Week 4:
Feb 3-5
Week 5:
Feb 10-12
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Week 6- 11
Week
6: Feb 17-19
Week 7: Feb 24-26- Midterm
Week 8:
March 3-5
Week 9:
March 10-12
Week 10:
March 17- 19
Spring Break- No Class
Week 11:
March 24-26
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Week 12 – 16
Week
12: March 31-April 2
Week
13: April 7-9
Week
14: April 14-16
Week
15: April 21-23
Week 16: April 28-30 |
Themes
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Identity
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Class
Structure
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Globalization
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Readings:
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1 Air Guitar:
David Hickey: A Rinestone as Big as the Ritz
2. The Studio
Reader: The Studio as Lived in Space
3 Creating a
New Iconocity- Catherine Opie
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1 Thesis of
Art and Class: Ch. 1 and 2 Art and Class
2 Thesis of
Art and Class: Ch 3 Art and Its Audience
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1
Globalization and Contemporary Art, Ch. 4, Museums in the Colonial Horizon of
Modernity: Fred Wilson
2 Bourriaud,
Nicolas: The Radicant
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“Every minute of every hour of every day
you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as
well do it with generosity and kindness and style. “
― Rebecca Solnit
“Bad taste is
real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else's
privilege.”― Dave Hickey
Seattle Field
Trip, 4.17-19, 2015
FA 650 Critical
Practices
Friday 4/17
9:00am- WSU, Green lot south of French Admin Building, North of Vet Med
3:00am-Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington Campus
4100 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 543-2280
Optional: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW Art Department
Burke Natural History Museum, UW Campus
Sound Garden Sculpture Park, Magnuson Park
Saturday 4/18
11:00am MadArt
325 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 623-1180
325 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 623-1180
1:00pm- Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Library
3:00-5:00pm, Pioneer Square Art Galleries
Seattle Library
3:00-5:00pm, Pioneer Square Art Galleries
Sunday 4/19
10:00am, Sculpture Garden, downtown Seattle, WA
Leave Seattle after lunch
Optional:
Center of
Contemporary Art, 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
Photographic
Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Fry Art Museum,
704 Terry Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Resources:
Galleries:
Co-ops/collective
galleries:
Museums
Cultural
Museums/Organizations
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