Seminar
Columbia University School of the Arts
Spring 2004

Net Art Session 9: Monday, March 22, 2004

Topic

Formalism Versus Conceptualism

Class Plan

+ Presentations
+ Discuss readings
+ Critique mid-term projects

Relevant Sites

+ MTAA: Locate War http://tinjail.com/war/index.html
+ Günther Selichar: Who’s Afraid of Blue, Red, and Green?  http://brg.adm.at

Required Readings

+ Clement Greenberg: “Modernist Painting,” 1960 - Also available as class file

+ Concepts of Modern Art, edited by Nikos Stangos, Thames & Hudson, 1991
Available in course packet

Roberta Smith: Conceptual Art (pp. 256 - 270)

+ Ken Johnson: "'Parallel Actions': Once Upon a Time in Central Europe, When Unruly Was the Rule" - Available as class file. Required reading = bold paragrahps only.

+ Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology, edited by Alexander Alberro and Blake Stimson
Available in course packet

Sol Lewitt: Paragraphs on Conceptual Art (pp. 12 – 16)
Sol Lewitt: Sentences on Conceptual Art (pp. 106 - 108)

Files

+ Clement Greenberg: "Modernist Painting"
+ Ken Johnson: "'Parallel Actions': Once Upon a Time in Central Europe, When Unruly Was the Rule"

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