| Description |
Taught in collaboration with Leah Dickerman, curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, this seminar will contribute to the conception of a major exhibition on abstraction to be held in 2012. Through close examination of original works and primary texts, we will investigate the beginnings of nonobjective art in its various iterations across Europe c. 1910-25. Why abstraction? What were the various motives and methods of its development? How could different philosophies and ideologies be projected onto this one form? Why did it have such repercussive effects across the arts? Regular study visits to MoMA will be involved. |