Art and Women Fall 2013: Sherrie Levin

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Sherrie Levin

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Sherrie Levine is an American artist and photographer who's most popular works were done after the 1970's. Women artists in the 1970's were still facing a challenges due to their gender. But things were definitely improving in aspect to the recognition of female artists .As said in Chadwick " Banding together around 1970 for the first time in modern history, women in North America and Great Britain gathered politically to protest their exclusion form the male-dominated exhibitions and institutions"(355).
http://www.aftersherrielevine.com/ . Sherrie Levine rephotographed Walker Evans' photographs from the exhibition catalog "First and Last." In 2001 Michael Mandiberg scanned these same photographs, and created AfterWalkerEvans.com and AfterSherrieLevine.com to facilitate their dissemination as a comment on how we come to know information in this burgeoning digital age.

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Michael Mandiberg, 3250px x 4250px (at 850dpi), 2001
     Her work is not about originality and she doesn't hide the fact that her work wasn't original. As Chadwick stated;her work was an " act of  refusal: refusal of authorship, rejection of notions of self-expression, originality, or subjectivity" (384).
    Levine is best known for the work shown in "After Walker Evans", her 1980 solo exhibition at the Metro Pictures Gallery. The works consist of famous Walker Evans photographs, rephotographed by Levine out of an Evans exhibition catalog, and then presented as Levine's artwork with no manipulation of the images.
     Her style of rephotogarphing sent waves across the art world and posed challenges to the male dominated art scene.

Sherrie Levine
Small Krate Table: 1-6
1993
Paula Cooper Gallery

Sherrie Levine
Parchment Knot 5
2003
Auction: Nov 11, 2013
Phillips New York
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Sherrie Levine
Equivalents: After Stieglitz 1- 18
2006
Paula Cooper Gallery
http://www.artnet.com/artists/sherrie-levine/

Work cited: www.aftersherrielevin.com
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women and art by Whitney Chadwick

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****NO CLASS TUESDAY 12/3****

Due to an extreme medical emergency class presentations are postponed and will only begin 12/5. Please complete all projects and post to the blog tomorrow. We will adjust our schedule to accommodate all presentations in the remaining days. Final exam schedule is not affected.

Please do not email with questions. I will explain all the remaining details when I see you on 12/5.****

Quiz 2 FINAL - 12/19 3:00-6:00pm Study guide HERE

READING DAY 12/12

DUE 12/5 and 12/10

SEMESTER PROJECTS!-summary on the blog along with images and any videos

-link to your project (including pdf projects)

-presentations (3 minutes max) will be from your blog post or linked directly from the post PLEASE TEST THIS BEFORE ARRIVING IN CLASS

-projects must be handed in to me on 12/3 with resources list/bibliography in addition to preparing the above for the presentations.

-I have invited guests to attend our final presentations.

*on 12/3 and 12/5 please arrive in class at 3:50- we will begin class exactly at 4:00pm. I will take attendance exactly at 4:00pm.

POST 4 (now due 12/3)

Can you name 5 women artists?

Your thesis choice

Concentrating on the artists and exhibitions you saw at the Brooklyn Museum, choose 5 women artists (they do not all need to be in the exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum but must include several from the galleries or be inspired by the exhibitions there) to illustrate and briefly explain various themes we have discussed throughout the course about gender, race, class and art history.

You can organize your post into genres, 'isms, political or societal messages, aesthetics, techniques or personal narratives. You must choose a clear thesis and the 5 artists carefully. Your post should include artists working today as well. Be sure to illustrate your post with various images (and/or videos) and to cite your research. Please reference the Brooklyn Museum and the exhibitions of the Sackler Center extensively.

Feel free to include or tie in the topic of your final assignment if appropriate. You can use this opportunity to dive into that research for this post if you can find overlap.

~10 paragraphs, citations and bibliographic info and MANY images with captions!

COMMENTS on 4 student project proposals. (due 11/28!!!) Please give suggested resources, ideas for distribution or research, point students to other examples of inspiration, artists and art projects that may help steer the project or its creator. Be generous and take some time to help each other. Include links (just paste in urls) when appropriate and be as specific as possible.

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Due Tuesday 11/19

Review: Linda Nochlin's Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?http://www.bakeru.edu/faculty/adaugherty/wc/module5/artists.html

and

Chadwick, Ch.13 pg. 378-422

NEW READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.14 pg.423-466

COMMENTS on 4 student project proposals. Please give suggested resources, ideas for distribution or research, point students to other examples of inspiration, artists and art projects that may help steer the project or its creator. Be generous and take some time to help each other. Include links (just paste in urls) when appropriate and be as specific as possible.

Due Thursday 11/21

READINGS: Chadwick Ch.15 pg.467-495

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***Changes have been made to the syllabus. Please see syllabus here for some updates.

****Group trip to the Brooklyn Museum is Sunday, NOVEMBER 24th at 1pm

DO NOT BUY TICKETS!! Jakki Godfrey will be having us enter from a visitor's entrance. We will meet as a group in the main entrance lobby. Please find our group and we will wait for Jakki to take us in together.

*Several of us will be meeting in Jersey City at the Grove Street PATH station (to ride in together) at 11am if you are interested in riding together.

DIRECTIONS:

Please remember that the PATH train WILL NOT RUN TO WTC this weekend!!

You can take the 33rd Street PATH train to Christopher Street and walk to the subway 2/3 train at Seventh Avenue. Then take the 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.

See a subway map. Make sure to check with the MTA for any service changes, especially on the weekend.

We will be receiving a tour of the conservation lab by Brooklyn Museum Conservator Jakki Godfrey. Please see her website at www.boro6artconservation.com

This trip is mandatory, but you can visit on your own at anytime before 11/24. POST 4 based on the museum trip - see the assignment below- is now due 12/3****

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DUE Tuesday 11/12

READINGS: Chadwick Ch.13 pg.378-422

***You are invited to the Artist Reception of "And that is why I hate love letters" curated by Doris Cacoilo and Lillian Ribeiro at City Hall Jersey City 11/12 6-8pm***

FB invite and details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/173918302803896

DUE THURSDAY 11/14

READINGS: Linda Nochlin's Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?http://www.bakeru.edu/faculty/adaugherty/wc/module5/artists.html

DUE Updated Proposal Post on the class blog!!!

Please post a short description of where you are with your semester project. Be sure to explain the medium and exact output of your research. Your project is NOT a presentation, but instead you will present the project to the class in a presentation. in your post please list resources from your research on your topic. These include: inspiration (examples similar to what you would like to create) and the resources you have already that are informing your project.

Please be sure to address: Why are YOU making this project?Who is your audience? What is your message? How does this fit into your professional aspirations? How does this fit into your portfolio?

Be specific, focus your message on a clear point, use your research to help flush out your ideas and where you are in your production at this point. Remember all projects must be completed and posted to this blog by 12/3.

Work on your semester projects!!

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE TUESDAY 11/5

READINGS: Chadwick Ch.12 pg.355-377, Guerrilla Girls pg.89-91

Group 10 presents

DUE THURSDAY 11/7

POST 3 due

In your reading select a 20C woman artist to focus on. Please create a post about your artist analyzing the main issues from our discussion and explaining the societal conditions of the time in which the artist is working. Explain the subject matter and medium the artist chose, its significance to the work and the time it was made. Explain the meaning and historical significance of the artist's work as well as lasting influence on contemporary artists. Please cite from the class readings and include at least 2 other sources (not wikipedia!) for your post.

5-6 paragraphs, citations and bibliographic info and MANY images!

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE TUESDAY 10/29

READINGS: Chadwick Ch.11 pg.316-354, Guerrilla Girls pg.80-88

Group 9 presents

DUE THURSDAY 10/31

Happy Halloween.

Work on Semester Projects!!

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE TUESDAY 10/22

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch. 9 pg.252-278, Guerrilla Girls pg.59-79

Group 7 presents

DUE THURSDAY 10/24

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.10 pg.279-315

Group 8 presents

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE THURSDAY 10/17

Quiz 1 - Midterm

*Please arrive to class 5 minutes before class begins at 3:55pm.

DUE TUESDAY 10/15

Review all readings for our exam review. See the Study Guide HERE or on Blackboard.

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DUE TUESDAY 10/8

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.8 pg.228-250

Proposal Due for Semester Project

~One page - printed and handed in -explaining the topic you have chosen to focus on and research, the medium you hope to explore in creating your project (research paper, essay, video, art project etc. - see the project description on the syllabus.) Please be as specific as possible. Also include some research in a small bibliography, inspirational examples and other resources you plan to use.

Group 5 presents

**GROUP PRESENTATIONS must also have a summary posted to the blog. One post per group. Best to complete this before your presentation in class. For those who have presented please do this immediately. This post is part of your presentation grade.

DUE THURSDAY 10/10

No new readings - review for your exam.

POST 2 DUE

What were the expected roles of women in Europe in the Middle Ages? How did roles for women change throughout the Renaissance and into the 19C? Please explain how these roles influenced the lives women artists and the subjects of their work. Using references to the readings and to discussions in class, please use examples through to the 19C to illustrate the challenges women artists faced. How did they overcome these or reference them in their work?

5-6 paragraphs. You must cite the readings and any other research you use for your writing. Please include at least one image and links to additional resources.

NOTE about your post EDIT!! Please go back and edit, format*, re-write if needed. These posts should be strong analyses of the readings, convey an understanding of the readings and cite them extensively. These should be carefully written and be well edited and properly cited with bibliographic information at the bottom of each post. All posts should include illustrative images (with captions) and links that are clear and introduced in your text.

*Please be sure that your published post is formatted correctly with spacing, alignment, paragraphs, images and captions of images lined up as best as can be. Fonts and images should be sized correctly. Please remember these are on the web - format for the web. Format them to reflect your best published writing with images and text appearing as polished as possible. This is a good part of the writing grade. EDIT!

Group 6 presents

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE TUESDAY 10/1

Group 3 presents

READINGS:

Review: Chadwick, Ch. 4 + 5 pg.115 – 174

Due: Chadwick Ch.6 pg.175-204, Guerilla Girls pg.47-57

DUE THURSDAY 10/3

Group 4 presents

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.7 pg.205-227

***Prepare for Project Proposal - Now due 10/8

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE TUESDAY 9/24
Group 1 presents
Review Chadwick, Ch. 2 + 3 pg.67-113, Guerilla Girls pg.29-37

DUE THURSDAY 9/26

Group 2 presents

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch. 4 + 5 pg.115 – 174, Guerilla Girls pg.39-45

3 comments on fellow classmates writing assignments - Ways of Seeing.

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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DUE TUESDAY 9/17
Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch. 1 pg.43-65, Guerrilla Girls pg.19-27

DUE THURSDAY 9/19

**POST 1 Due
Please answer the following questions based on your readings and class discussion. Use your own experiences and realizations to help illustrate your understanding of the material - cite from the readings.

What is the male gaze and why is it a pervasive in art and in popular culture? Give illustrative examples. What is the oppositional gaze and why (as described by bell hooks) has it developed? Give examples. How have you come to understand these structures and in what ways has this understanding changed your views about various art and media examples and of your own identity and role in these structures?

5-6 paragraphs. Include citations of the readings in your post. Please be sure to include at least one image and one link. Watch the videos (from class and additional ones) to help your analysis.

**Group 1 (postponed) presents on TUESDAY 9/24

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch. 2 + 3 pg.67-113, Guerilla Girls pg.29-37

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen
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***Reminder: NO CLASS on Thursday 9/12

Due Tuesday 9/10

Introduce yourself on the blog - MINI POST
Please post 1 paragraph about yourself and your professional and academic goals. How might feminism, art and art history fit into your studies and your interests. You must include one image and one link.

READINGS:
-review Guerrilla Girls, pg.7-17
-John Berger, Ways of Seeing (on Blackboard or emailed*)
-bell hooks, The Oppositional Gaze (on Blackboard or emailed*)

*Please email me if you cannot access the readings on Blackboard

TWO TWEETS with #artandwomen

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Due Thursday 9/05

Make sure you are signed up for the class blog and experiment with drafting a post. (first post due Tuesday 9/10)

READINGS:
-Guerrilla Girls, pg.7-17

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Link to Syllabus

Links to online videos from class screenings

It is helpful that everyone in the course reviews several key terms crucial to the course material. Please review this important list of terms.

Readings on the syllabus refer to chapters in your texts: Whitney Chadwick's Women Art and Society and The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art

**Additional readings can be found on the Blackboard site and will be specified here for each class. Please check the blog for additional readings.