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Friday AM Discussion – March 10, 2017
Who's Afraid of Modern Art? by Daniel Siedell Chapter Six, "The Poetics of Modern Art" (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) Quotes: "...I had heard and read from biologist Stephen Jay Gould and psychologist Steven Pinker, evolution did not...
Friday AM Discussion – March 3, 2017
Who's Afraid of Modern Art? by Daniel Siedell Chapter Six, "The Poetics of Modern Art" (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) From previous discussion: "The relationship of the modern artist to the past begins...with the experience of rupture and...
Friday AM Discussion Quotes – February 24, 2017
Who's Afraid of Modern Art? by Daniel Siedell Chapter Six: "The Poetics of Modern Art" (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) Quote "For Modernism is but a logical consequence - compression and concision - of things classical." "No one absorbs the...
Friday AM Discussion Quotes – February 17, 2017
Who's Afraid of Modern Art? by Daniel Siedell Chapter 5, "The Art" (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) From the previous discussion: "In her description of her lecture, "Ending Things" at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, O'Neill writes:...
Friday AM Discussion Quotes – February 3, 2017
Who's Afraid of Modern Art? by Daniel Siedell Chapter 5, "The Art" (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) From a previous discussion: "Serrano's work has been characterized by the creation of beautiful images of the most repugnant and taboo...
Quotes from Friday AM Discussion: January 13, 2017
Who’s Afraid of Modern Art by Daniel Siedell Chptr 5, “The Art” (all quotes, unless otherwise indicated, are from the book) From a previous discussion: “…I think an artist should seek to be understood but on their own terms, not the terms of the other people viewing...
