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A short presentation on the origins of modern art and design education, designed for newbies. (Not necessarily an endorsement.)
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How Artists and Designers Learn to be Creative( or, Why most modern art is so alienating )
Kevin HamiltonAssociate Professor of New MediaSchool of Art and Design, UIUC
Pre-professional arts training is passé( for upwardly mobile moderns )
Pre-professional arts training is passé( for upwardly mobile moderns )
Why?
because skilled labor is outsource-ableToday:
Pre-professional arts training is passé( for upwardly mobile moderns )
Why?
because skilled labor is outsource-able
because the language of art should be universal
Today:
Yesterday:
Art’s new universals: object-oriented aesthetics
From the figure to the rectangle
From the figure to the rectangle
From the arch & column to the plane & void
From the particular to the universal
Down with the guilds and salons...
Down with the guilds and salons...
talentgenius
apprenticeshipemulation
...on to the laboratory, the workshop!
...on to the laboratory, the workshop!
expressionsynthesis
accessresearch
Origins in pre-WWII Germany and Russia
Origins in pre-WWII Germany and Russia
Exodus to America - Chicago, Cambridge, and Carolina
Modernism in America
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Modernism in America
RESEARCH
APPLICATION
Modernism in America
RESEARCH
APPLIED
Research:M.F.A. / Ph.DMuseumsCompetitionsJournals
Modernism in America
RESEARCH
APPLIED
Research:M.F.A. / Ph.DMuseumsCompetitionsJournals
Applied:Design FirmsCommercial Art GalleriesPropagandaTechnical Innovation
Modernism in America
RESEARCH
APPLIED
Research:M.F.A. / Ph.DMuseumsCompetitionsJournals
Applied:Design FirmsCommercial Art GalleriesPropagandaTechnical Innovation
(Sometimes this distinction is very fuzzy)
The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The scope of universalized knowledge expands
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The art student’s task
The art student’s task
1. identify the building blocks
The art student’s task
1. identify the building blocks2. redeploy and reconfigure
The art student’s task
1. identify the building blocks2. redeploy and reconfigure3. assess and critique
Caveat
Educational theory vs. actual implementation :
Educational theory vs. actual implementation :• Artists are rarely trained to teach
Educational theory vs. actual implementation :• Artists are rarely trained to teach• Romantic individualism protects the classroom
Educational theory vs. actual implementation :• Artists are rarely trained to teach• Romantic individualism protects the classroom• Research and Application not well differentiated
Educational theory vs. actual implementation :• Artists are rarely trained to teach• Romantic individualism protects the classroom• Research and Application not well differentiated• Analytically-minded are rarely encouraged to pursue art
Educational theory vs. actual implementation :• Artists are rarely trained to teach• Romantic individualism protects the classroom• Research and Application not well differentiated• Analytically-minded are rarely encouraged to pursue art• (Sometimes, this is all just as well)
Examples from Research
[ examples of artists and their processes here ]
References
http://delicious.com/kham/art_manual
A non-comprehensive list of entry-level books where you can see what art students learn.
Kevin Hamilton http://www.complexfields.org
