Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York

This course examines ways of looking and ways of seeing, both personally & professionally as artists and in a larger cultural context. Through field trips to contemporary art and other cultural sites, conversations with visiting critical thinkers and practicioners, readings, discussions, and visual & written responses, we will examine how we look, think, act, create and respond--critically questioning our own artistic practices and ways of looking at the world.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Inventing Abstraction 1910-1925


These are a few of my favorite works from the Inventing Abstraction exhibition. What are some of yours?

Josef Albers' Gitterbild (Lattice Picture, also known as Grid Mounted); c. 1921; Glass, iron latticework, and copper wire

Marcel Duchamp's À Regarder; 1918; Oil, silver, lead wire, steel, and magnifying lens on glass (cracked), mounted between panes of glass in a standing metal frame

Augusto Giacometti's Chromatische Phantasie (Chromatic fantasy); 1914; Oil on canvas
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  1. Constance CastilloFebruary 18, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    Thank you for this, Chromatische Phantasie was also one of my favorites.

    Really loved seeing Kandinsky's process. And the influence of Schoenberg's music on his style.. http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/authors/Knutsson-PostmodernismIII_files/Kandinsky.jpg

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