
What Do Artists Know?
James Elkins(Editor)
Pennsylvania State University Press
Published on 16. November 2012
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-271-05424-7 (ISBN)
Description
Each of the five volumes in the Stone Art Theory Institutes series, and the seminars on which they are based, brings together a range of scholars who are not always directly familiar with one another's work. The outcome of each of these convergences is an extensive and "unpredictable conversation" on knotty and provocative issues about art. This third volume in the series, What Do Artists Know?, is about the education of artists. The MFA degree is notoriously poorly conceptualized, and now it is giving way to the PhD in art practice. Meanwhile, conversations on freshman courses in studio art continue to be bogged down by conflicting agendas. This book is about the theories that underwrite art education at all levels, the pertinent history of art education, and the most promising current conceptualizations.
The contributors are Areti Adamopoulou, Glenn Adamson, Rina Arya, Louisa Avgita, Jan Baetens, Su Baker, Ciarin Benson, Andrew Blackley, Jeroen Boomgaard, Brad Buckley, William Conger, John Conomos, Christopher Csikszentmihalyi, Anders Dahlgren, Jonathan Dronsfield, Marta Edling, Laurie Fendrich, Michael Fotiadis, Christopher Frayling, Miguel Gonzalez Virgen, R.E.H. Gordon, Charles Green, Vanalyne Green, Barbara Jaffee, Tom McGuirk, William Marotti, Robert Nelson, Hakan Nilsson, Saul Ostrow, Daniel Palmer, Peter Plagens, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Howard Singerman, Henk Slager, George Smith, Martin Soberg, Ann Sobiech Munson, Roy Sorensen, Bert Taken, Hilde Van Gelder, Frank Vigneron, Janneke Wesseling, Frances Whitehead, Gary Willis, and Yeung Yang.
The contributors are Areti Adamopoulou, Glenn Adamson, Rina Arya, Louisa Avgita, Jan Baetens, Su Baker, Ciarin Benson, Andrew Blackley, Jeroen Boomgaard, Brad Buckley, William Conger, John Conomos, Christopher Csikszentmihalyi, Anders Dahlgren, Jonathan Dronsfield, Marta Edling, Laurie Fendrich, Michael Fotiadis, Christopher Frayling, Miguel Gonzalez Virgen, R.E.H. Gordon, Charles Green, Vanalyne Green, Barbara Jaffee, Tom McGuirk, William Marotti, Robert Nelson, Hakan Nilsson, Saul Ostrow, Daniel Palmer, Peter Plagens, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Howard Singerman, Henk Slager, George Smith, Martin Soberg, Ann Sobiech Munson, Roy Sorensen, Bert Taken, Hilde Van Gelder, Frank Vigneron, Janneke Wesseling, Frances Whitehead, Gary Willis, and Yeung Yang.
Reviews / Votes
"This book asks one of the most important questions in contemporary art, and James Elkins's way of asking it is idiosyncratic, original, and inclusive. Anyone who is interested in the intelligence of art, or in the idea of art as a process of enquiry, will find this book informative and engrossing. What Do Artists Know? is a must for graduate art students, emerging artists, and those faculty who currently think they know all they need to know."-Timothy Emlyn Jones, Dean of the Burren College of Art, Ireland
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-271-05424-7 (9780271054247)
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Person
James Elkins is E. C. Chadbourne Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He coedited the previous volumes in the series, Art and Globalization (Penn State, 2010) and What Is an Image? (Penn State, 2011).
Content
Contents
Series Preface
Introduction
James Elkins
The Seminars
1 Histories of Studio Art Teaching
2 What Parts of Those Histories Are Relevant?
3 The Possibility of a Book on Art Teaching Worldwide
4 Knowledge, Part 1
5 Knowledge, Part 2
6 The First-Year Program
7 The BFA Degree
8 The MFA Degree
9 The PhD Degree
Assessments
Areti Adamopoulou
Ciarin Benson
Andrew Blackley
Jan Baetens
Robert Nelson
Bert Taken and Jeroen Boomgaard
William Conger
Anders Dahlgren
Michael Fotiadis
Tom McGuirk
George Smith
Martin Soberg
Su Baker
Gary Willis
Yeung Yang
Louisa Avgita
Rina Arya
Brad Buckley and John Conomos
Charles Green
Hakan Nilsson
Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens
Janneke Wesseling
Vanalyne Green
Glenn Adamson
Henk Slager
Christopher Csikszentmihalyi
Marta Edling
Sir Christopher Frayling
Miguel Gonzalez Virgen
R.E.H. Gordon
Barbara Jaffee
William Marotti
Saul Ostrow
Daniel Palmer
Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen
Howard Singerman
Ann Sobiech Munson
Roy Sorenson
Hilde Van Gelder
Frank Vigneron
Frances Whitehead
Afterword
Howard Singerman
Notes on the Contributors
Index
Series Preface
Introduction
James Elkins
The Seminars
1 Histories of Studio Art Teaching
2 What Parts of Those Histories Are Relevant?
3 The Possibility of a Book on Art Teaching Worldwide
4 Knowledge, Part 1
5 Knowledge, Part 2
6 The First-Year Program
7 The BFA Degree
8 The MFA Degree
9 The PhD Degree
Assessments
Areti Adamopoulou
Ciarin Benson
Andrew Blackley
Jan Baetens
Robert Nelson
Bert Taken and Jeroen Boomgaard
William Conger
Anders Dahlgren
Michael Fotiadis
Tom McGuirk
George Smith
Martin Soberg
Su Baker
Gary Willis
Yeung Yang
Louisa Avgita
Rina Arya
Brad Buckley and John Conomos
Charles Green
Hakan Nilsson
Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens
Janneke Wesseling
Vanalyne Green
Glenn Adamson
Henk Slager
Christopher Csikszentmihalyi
Marta Edling
Sir Christopher Frayling
Miguel Gonzalez Virgen
R.E.H. Gordon
Barbara Jaffee
William Marotti
Saul Ostrow
Daniel Palmer
Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen
Howard Singerman
Ann Sobiech Munson
Roy Sorenson
Hilde Van Gelder
Frank Vigneron
Frances Whitehead
Afterword
Howard Singerman
Notes on the Contributors
Index