2008 Fall: Theoretical Constructions in Contemporary Art

Hello all,
A final posting for the semester from the I and I.
I'm posting two papers from the class that were exceptionally focused and well written.

In addition to some of the readings from the semester, we consider them as good examples of academic writing on aesthetics and critical theory.

Jonathan Kaiser: Folk
 Culture, 
Common
 Space, 
Subversive 
Possibilities 
in 
Everyday
 Life

Robin Schwartzman: Leisure, Pleasure, Authenticity and Process

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Mike Mignola
http://www.hellboy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola

Russ Nordman
http://russnordman.wordpress.com/
http://thecinemacity.wordpress.com/

Jody Boyer
http://www.jodyboyer.com/
http://jodyboyer.wordpress.com/about/

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Baker Associates:
http://www.bakerassociates.com/

Tom Friedman:
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/tom-friedman
http://www.designboom.com/portrait/friedman_bio.html
http://www.artseditor.com/html/features/0204_friedman.shtml
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_7_40/ai_84182769

Mel Chin:
http://www.stationmuseum.com/mel/chin.htm
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/chin/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Chin

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Text is here.

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Akira Toriyama -- ( + | + | + )

Jared Tarbell -- ( + | + )

Takashi Murakami -- ( + | + | + )

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Arvo Part
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt
http://www.arvopart.info/

Christoph Buchel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_B%C3%BCchel
http://www.artleak.org/buchel.html
NY Times article about Mass MoCA debacle

Martin Ramirez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ramirez
http://www.mam.org/ramirez/

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