Action 11 ART TWO PART Assignment

ACTION 11 for ART, TWO PART ASSIGNMENT

PART ONE:

COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION

This week I want to address the artist Jeff Koons, who remains a major figure in art world controversy.

Learn about his "public artwork" Puppy here:

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/artwork/48

Do you think this piece can measure up against the more serious-minded work of Abstract Expressionism?  Do you take this seriously as art or do you view it as a superficial market ploy?

One way to address this is through connecting the work to art history.  Do you see its roots in any earlier artists we have discussed? Is it extending the creative tradition or is it rejecting it?

PART TWO: HOMEWORK

Week Eleven: Painting in the Seventies______________________________

• Read Chapter 13: Painting in the Seventies

•Complete the Homework

Compile an Annotated List of Web Resources

Choose one artist or art style from this week’s reading and/or lectures. Do some research online and develop a list of 10-15 web resources that would help someone learn about their work and/orthe 1970s “pluralistic” art world as a whole. For each web link, includes a brief 2-4 sentence

annotation, explaining its value to the student

.For example (dealing with a more recent artwork):

http://www.moma.org/collection//browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE

%3A31040&page_number=&template_id=6&sort_order=1

The Museum of Modern Art website includes essential information for learning about the American photographer Alan Sekula’s most famous work, Fish Story

. Not only does the museum include images of the work, but also some of the writing composed by the artist to accompany his photographs. The information is essential to understanding the subject matter and artistic intent of the project.

For research purposes, it’s best practice to choose websites with “.org” or “.edu” web addresses.

MORE ARTIST FEATURED THIS WEEK:

ACTION 11: Painting in the Seventies

Philip Guston and End of an Era

Jack Whitten: From Gesture to Molecular Abstraction

Elizabeth Murray and Pop Abstraction

American Neo-Expressionism: Julian Schnabel