Manifestos

ARTISTS! CAN! WRITE! MANIFESTOS!

• Who is the author?/ What is his/her perspective?

• Who is the audience being addressed?

• What is the problem being addressed?

• What is the proposed solution?

• How is the argument constructed?/ What is the style of the writing?

• What kind of work does the artist make? [Include at least three images as part of your description.]

• How does the artist’s work relate to their writing?

• How is the artist modern or postmodern?

• What is your group’s opinion of the overall argument/ approach to art?

Futurists

Lucio Fontana

Claes Oldenburg- "I am for an Art (1961)"

Sol LeWitt, "Sentences on Conceptual Art"

Valie Export- Women's Art: A Manifesto (1972)

Merle Laderman Ukeles