Reading by Session

12 June 2020
THE MNEMONIC FUNCTION OF THE PAINTED IMAGE

Alison M. Gingeras
THE MNEMONIC FUNCTION OF THE PAINTED IMAGE

Kai Althoff “Untitled”, 2014, Oil and enamel on fabric, 91.5 x 112 cm

29 May 2020
The Logic of Sensation

Deleuze, Gilles (2003) Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation, trans. Daniel W. Smith, London: Continuum.Deleuze Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

Francis Bacon Triptych August 1972, 1972

15 May 2020
Painting beside itself

DAVID JOSELIT ‘Painting Beside Itself’, October, 130, Fall 2009, pp. 125–134.

Jutta Koether

1 May 2020
Abstraction of the Body

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Amy Sillman
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Amy Sillman the nervous system, arts club of chicago

Melissa Gordon, “Abstraction of The Body: Melissa Gordon on Amy Sillman at Camden Arts Centre, London,” Texte zur Kunst, December 2018

24 April 2020
‘The Grey Space’

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Gerhard Richter Confrontation 1, 1988

Frances Guerin ‘The Grey Space Between: Gerhard Richter’s 18.Oktober 1977’, in Guerin, Frances., and Roger. Hallas. The Image and the Witness : Trauma, Memory and Visual Culture. Nonfictions. London: Wallflower, 2007.

THE MNEMONIC FUNCTION
Alison M. Gingeras THE MNEMONIC FUNCTION OF THE PAINTED IMAGE
https://www.saatchigallery.com/art/essays.htm

Antigone: freedom fighter or terrorist?
Guardian, Feb 2015

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Useful material and videos on Richter’s work:
https://www.gerhard-richter.com/en/art/paintings/photo-paintings/baader-meinhof-56/dead-7688?&categoryid=56&p=1&sp=32&tab=videos-tabs

Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) showing the backdrop and discussion of events and terrorism in Germany in 70s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MwCaTq2QvM

17 April 2020
Resistance and Ambiguity

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Aldo Van Eyck: Playground, Nieuwmarkt.
See a discussion about Van Eyck’s work:
Aldo van Eyck’s Playgrounds: Aesthetics, Affordances, and Creativity

Sennett, Richard. The Craftsman. London: Penguin Books, 2008.
Chapter 8: Resistance and Ambiguity  

Additional Reading on the idea of snow and white surfaces see:
CharlesHarrison, “On the Surface of Painting,” Critical Inquiry15.2 (1989).


3 April 2020
The Way of the Shovel


Discussions around Dieter Roelstraete The Way of the Shovel

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Tim Ingold
Materials against materiality 

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‘Towards understanding the nature of history and its limitations’: An interview with the American Artist David Schutter. Journal of Contemporary Painting
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/christianmieves/files/2020/04/5.-JCP_4.2_Mieves_285-300.pdf

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Dieter Roelstraete
The Way of the Shovel: On the Archeological Imaginary in Art

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22 Nov 2019
How the World came in.


Painting 2.0 Expression in the Information Age.
Achim Hochdörfer: How the World came in.


8 Nov 2019
The Space of the Canvas

Session 2
Foucault: Manet and the Object of Painting
Chapter 1: THE SPACE OF THE CANVAS

1 Nov 2019
Humor and Painting

Session 1
‘Ansel Krut and Ana Milenkovic talk art school, creative block and finding your style’
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/artists-in-conversation-ansel-krut-ana-milenkovic-160217

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BOOKS
SENSES OF HUMOR
Christopher S. Wood on Saturn and Melancholy