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Michael J. Magrath
ART 332
Seattle Campus
Intermediate work in various media and techniques with an emphasis on the creation of public art. .
Class description
Kitsch
This conference/studio class will explore how the issues and methods of Dada, Surrealism, the Situationist Internationale, Punk, and Post Modernism might relate to the proliferation of Kitsch in contemporary art. Readings and classroom discussions will be combined with individual and collaborative projects that explore kitsch in art, culture, and politics, focusing on site as stage for intervention, activation, and remediation.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Morning classroom discussions around readings balanced with late morning studio time to explore methods of addressing those concepts. Trip to the Frye, exploration of local sites.
Recommended preparation
Willingness to read and discuss ideas relating to art in historical, social, and political contexts in a conference setting, then applying the ideas generated into individual and collaborative projects which may involve specific site proposals or temporary installations. Projects will be fairly flexible as to media and method.
This is a 300 level art course, as such there will be more focus on conceptual development and not as much technical training in basic shop skills or art making.
Class assignments and grading
Selected Readings from; Odd Nerdrum on Kitch Dada and Surrealism; Matthew Gale Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of the 20th Century, by Griel Marcus The Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord The Condition of Post Modernity; David Harvey
Experimentation, participation, proaction.
