ARTISTS RESPOND TO MEDIA
Break into groups and choose one or a pair of artists to research. Use the links listed below to start you out, but also find at least one article from the JSTOR database. Collect at least three images from your subjects. Post those, as well as the findings of your research using links attached to this wiki page. We'll discuss your results together as a class.
http://www.warhol.org/collections/index.html
What is Warhol’s relationship to commercialism & capitalism?
Give specific examples of work and mode of practice.
What was new/significant/meaningful/lasting?
Could an artist work now using his approach?
[How] is Warhol’s work critical of contemporary cuture?
What kind of work does Haim Steinbach make? Why? What is your response to it?
http://www.breadandpuppet.org/
What exactly are they doing? Be specific, describe their aesthetic and philosophy.
How is their work a strategic response to culture?
Is it/ can it be effective?
http://www.theyesmen.org/
http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/59/index.html
Give examples of Yes-Men projects
What is their philosophy/ approach?
What is the 59th Minute? Who organizes it & who pays for it?
Examples of projects
[How] are these projects effective in critiquing culture? How are they similar/distinct?
http://adbusters.org/spoofads/index.php
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A551&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
What is Adbusters? What kind of projects have they done?
What is their strategy/ philosophy?
What kind of work does Ashley Bickerton do? How has the art world responded to his work? What is your response?
How are these two approaches different? What are their strengths and weakneses?
http://www.takashimurakami.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/magazine/03MURAKAMI.html
What kind of work does Murakami do? What kinds of strategies/ processes does he employ?
How is Murakami’s nationality important to his work?
What is Murakami’s relationship to commerce?
What kind of comment does his work make on culture?
Can you draw comparisons between his work and Andy Warhol’s?
http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=38
How was this exhibit curated? Where was it held?
Who was exhibited? Please give specific examples (Except for the Yes-Men)
What ,akes art political?
What is the role of a museum when it comes to an exhibit like this?
Who is the audience for such an exhibit?
How is this exhibit related to Massive Change?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/magazine/30brand.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Give some quick case studies for “anNYhing,” “Barking Irons,” and “The Hundreds”?
The Brand Underground:
Can a Hipster T-Shirt be as incendiary as a rock anthem?
Is a cool logo some kind of manifesto?
Does shopping for weird new stuff make you subversive?
http://www.beehivecollective.org/
What is the process by which the Bees make work?
What is their political stance?
How do they express that with their art?
What is the relationship between high and low art?
Is a "low art" style of high art beneficial or harmfull for artists?
Is the art displayed in this exhibit still relevant to today's youth culture?
Present findings to class
Do these artists address culture effectively?