September 25th – Galleries and Institutions

In-class discussion on readings of ARC’s, commercial art galleries, biennale’s, fairs, and other international art events and how it affects the type of art produced and the role of artistic practice.

Required Reading/Discussion On

• Gabriele Detterer The Spirit and Culture of Artist-Run Spaces in Artist Run Spaces:  Nonprofit Collective Organizations in the 1960s and 1970s p.10-49
• Michael Turner Whose Business Is It? Vancouver’s Commercial Galleries and the Production of Art in Vancouver Art & Economies p.205-218

Extra Resources

• A Bronson The Humiliation of the Bureaucrat:  Artist-Run Centres as Museums by Artists first from Museums by artists (Available here)
• AA Bronson The Transfiguration of the Bureaucrat in Institutions by Artists (Available here)
• Keith Wallace Artist-Run Centres in Vancouver:  A Reflection on Three Texts in Institutions by Artists
• Sarah Thornton The Fair in Seven Days in the Art World  76-104 (this whole books is really fun!)
• Jan Verwoert The Curious Case of Biennial Art in Filipovic, Van Hal, Ovstebo The Biennial Reader
• Okwui Enwezor Mega-Exhibitions and the Antinomies of the Transnational Global Form in Filipovic, Van Hal, Ovstebo The Biennial Reader
• Gerardo Mosquera Beyond Anthropophagy: Art, Internationaization, and Cultural Dynamics in The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds
• Sara Giannini J’est un autre: Notes on Cannibalism and Contemporary Art from The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds

Lecture

On art Events, Global and Local, including Fairs, Biennale’s, etc….

In-Class Reflection Activity

• Intro to reflection & meeting with the partner – how did it go?
• Personal and Group Shareback – Articulate Learning

Homework

• For October 16^th, please prepare and print a poster for display that describes your partner; include the mission, history, structure, programming, and other details for the purpose of knowledge sharing with your classmates. As well, a blog submission on your institution/artist with a summary, and include a smaller version of your poster (pdf or jpg) on your blog for classmates to download.
• Readings on “The Artist’s Studio” due for next week’s reading discussion.

Upcoming Work

Please have a project outline posted on your blog by 9am October 2^nd (let me know if you need an extension), and remember your readings for next week!