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AR 346 Section 1: Selected Topics in Art History;
The Avant-Garde and the Text
Steven Michael Vroom: Instructor
Course Description: A critical survey of the posters, little reviews, chapbooks, and other printed ephemera produced by avant-garde artistic communities in the twentieth century. Artists from both Europe and the
United States will be interrogated to reveal the many thoughts and creative strategies of how the avant-garde uses the text to communicate.
Course Requirements: (1.) Two 5-7 page essays which examine a particular case or instance of the use of the text by the avant-garde. [30% each] (2.) The final examination [40%] Class attendance is afactor in final evaluation.
Course Textbooks:All material will be available on the Library Reserve Shelf. The principle source materials will come from the following;
Foster, Stephen C. [ed.] "Event Arts and Art Events", 1988, UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor/London.
Motherwell, Robert [ed.]The Dada Painters and Poets: An Anthology[2nd ed.], 1951/79, Wittenborn Art Books/Harvard University Press, Cambridge/Boston/London.
Richter, Hans Dada: Art and Anti-art, David Britt [trans], 1967/97, Thames and Hudson, London.
Visible Language:
"The Avant-Garde and the Text", Stephen C. Foster [ed.], Volume XXI, Number 3-4, Rhode Island School of Design [RISD], Summer/Autumn, 1987.
"The Artist's Book: The Text and Its Rivals", Renee Riese Hubert [ed.], Volume XXV, Number 2-3, RISD, Spring/Summer, 1991.
"Fluxus: A Conceptual Country", Estera Milman [ed.], Volume XXVI, Number 1-2, RISD, Winter/Spring, 1992.
Syllabus [subject to revision]
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Week Topic Text assignment
1 Introduction and Course Philosophy
2 Alfred Jarry, Pere Ubu and Paris Events Foster; c. 9
3 Futurism, Taking the Text to the Street Foster; c. 11
4 The Avant-Garde goes to World War I Richter; c. 1
5 The Revolution and the Text: Russia Foster; c. 3, 6
6 The Revolution and the Text: Berlin XXI; pp.365-412
7 Apres la Guerre: Paris Motherwell; c. 9
8* The "other" Europe and the Text* Foster; c. 1, 5
9 The Cabaret and the Text Foster; c. 7, 8
10 Propaganda and Art
11 Cold Warriors and Amerikanismus Foster; pp.283-90
12 Fluxus: A Conceptual Country XXVI; pp. 9-44
13 A Librarian's Nightmare: Artist's Books XXV; pp. 315-33
14 Material Review
15 Final Examination**
*first essay due
**second essay due
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