The main thrust of this investigation is based on rosalind krausss notion of the post medium condition as set out in a voyage on the north sea. Rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field 1979, in the originality of the avantgarde. In these circumstances, references to the postmedium condition of contemporary art have become familiar. She is a founding editor of october and the author of passages in modern sculpture, the originality of the avantgarde and other myths, the optical unconscious, bachelors, perpetual inventory, under blue cup. This paper examines the landscapes of reinventing the medium in the contemporary projectioninstallation works exhibited in the art museum. Stamped on the photographic portraits made during the first. Summary and reflection of ideas in rosalind krausss a.
The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths the mit press krauss, rosalind e. Zlibrary is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. Rosalind krauss is a highly influential art critic and theorist whose career was launched in the postabstract expressionist era when she began theorizing about how newer artistic movements required a different analytical approach than what traditional methods dictated. For this reason, rosalind krauss sees the video as a medium in which heterogeneity cannot be. Rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field in originality of the avantgarde and other wmodernist myths cambridge, ma. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. Rosalind krauss december 15, 1996arriving in paris on air france, we are slipped unceremoniously into the reception hall, like so many letters slid under the door. By rosalind krauss et us start with two images, identically titled tufa domes, pyramid lake, nevada. Therefore, for krauss the reinvention of the medium, as an ensemble of conditions derived from the material characteristics of a given technical support, consists. With one eye on rosalind krauss recent critique of the postmedium condition in which the medium is outmoded, cashiered, washedup, finished and another on the extravaganza.
Photographys expanded field the mit press stable url. Atgets response to this artiness is to pull the plug on the portrait altogether and to produce. In its confounding of the logic that maintains terms like high and low, or base and sacred as polar opposites, it is this play of the contradictory that allows one to think the truth that bataille never tired of demonstrating. An expanded ver sion of the essay is reprinted in james coleman, ed. Perhaps it will continue for as long as photography keep reinventing itself. Rosalind krauss is professor of art history at columbia university. I am referring to artists such as james coleman, whose technical support is the slide tape, more. See her fundamental essay, the man with the movie camera. Pdf medium specificity in postmedia practice researchgate. Rosalind krauss, reinventing the medium, critical inquiry 25 winter 1999.
See krauss, reinventing the medium, critical inquiry 25 winter 1999. See also the import roles played by film and video in. Conference 2006 reinventing the medium melbourne aaanz. To our right was a copper painting by frank stella, its surface burnished by the light which flooded the room. It is also clear evidence that medium has come to mean something quite different from what it meant for theorists of modernism. Rosalind epstein krauss born november 30, 1941 is an american art critic, art theorist and a professor at columbia university in new york city. Art in theory the important work of critic rosalind krauss. Sanghee songs come back alive baby 2017 a 16 minutelong 3 channel projection installation and sunny.
Pdf reinventing the medium attempted by sanghee songs. Rosalind krauss, reinventing the medium, critical inquiry25 winter 1999. Reviews redrawing the medium matthew bowman perpetual inventory by rosalind krauss, cambridge, ma and london. An expanded version of the essay is reprinted in james coleman, ed. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths the mit press. Rosalind krauss with yvealain bois the brooklyn rail. Rosalind krauss and stanley cavell on photography and the. David bourget western ontario david chalmers anu, nyu area editors. Rosalind krauss and american philosophical art criticism. However, the books preconditioning imperative on the ontology of the medium proved somewhat relativized by her subsequent untiring lamentation against installation and participatory relational art while failing to. Rosalind earned her bachelors degree in art history from wellesley college in 1962, the same year she became married to the architect, richard i. David carrier, rosalind krauss and american philosophical art criticism, greenwood publishing, 2002.
Her father instilled in rosalind a love for the arts, and would frequently take her to museums in the washington, d. Sep 08, 2015 click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. Krauss also writes about artists who are reinventing the medium, artists who persevere in the service of a nontraditional medium strange new apparatuses often adopted from commercial culture, among them ed ruscha, christian marclay, william kentridge, and epub james coleman. Rosalind krauss biography, art, and analysis of works. Postmodern irreverence for the purity or unity of medium and. Krauss mit press, 1986 the originality of the avant garde rosalind krauss this summer the national gallery in washington installed what it proudly describes as the largest rodin exhibition, ever. Like the notion of medium or genre within more traditional contexts for art. An investigation of the concept of mediated art within the.
Rosalind krauss, reinventing the medium, critical inquiry 25, no. As a critic and theorist she has published steadily since 1965 in artforum, art international and art in america. I find myself missing the ritual of entry at the first roissy terminal, where, somewhat dazed, one would stand on the moving walkways snaking downward. Photography in the museum or in the gallery reflections on.
Reflecting on the essay, the evidence that krauss presented here does not appear to be fully in line with her own conclusions. Krauss is known for her scholarship in 20thcentury painting, sculpture and photography. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths. The main thrust of this investigation is based on rosalind krausss notion of the postmedium condition as set out in a voyage on the north sea. Not only was this the greatest public gathering of rodins sculpture, but it included, as well, much of his work never before. The publication of the first volume of the threevolume harvard edition represents a landmark in the american reception of walter benjamins works. Krauss begins her discussion of the medium or media by stating that whether or not these terms are specific to art the artistic medium, or used more broadly broadcast television, for example, they can be problematic because they may be too contaminated, too ideologically, too dogmatically, too discursively loaded.
Krauss is university professor in the department of art history at columbia university, where, from 1995 to 2006, she held the meyer schapiro chair in modern art and theory. Krauss 1999, in critical inqury, winter 1999, vol 25, no 2. A view of modernism rosalind krauss one day while the show, three american painters was hanging at the fogg museum at harvard, michael fried and i were standing in one of the galleries. Rosalind krauss, reinventing the medium, critical inquiry, vol. I find myself missing the ritual of entry at the first roissy terminal, where, somewhat dazed, one.
Kosuth, as the progenitor and organizer of conceptual art, says that what duchamp enforces is the statement, this is art, thereby posing the definition of art rather than the definition of painting or sculpture, because he says art is general, while painting and sculpture are specific, and what we want is this sense of the. Krauss also writes about artists who are reinventing the medium, artists who persevere in the service of a nontraditional medium strange new apparatuses often adopted from commercial culture. According to krauss, the medium of art can no longer be reduced to its technological support, as artists have reinvented what the means and methods of practicing trio a 57 3. Processing the medium oxford art journal oxford academic. David raskin, the shiny illusionism of krauss and judd, art journal spring 2006. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths, mit, rosalind epstein krauss is an. Apr 14, 2014 krauss begins her discussion of the medium or media by stating that whether or not these terms are specific to art the artistic medium, or used more broadly broadcast television, for example, they can be problematic because they may be too contaminated, too ideologically, too dogmatically, too discursively loaded. Her prose is as gripping as arnies in the terminator with almost flawless argumentation. Grids rosalind krauss unit 4 creativity and context.
Krauss attempts to theorize the medium and its reinvention. Art in the age of the postmedium condition, new york. In other terms, if in other terms, if post modernity rejects the centrality of the artistic medium as meaning for art, it. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. Rosalind epstein krauss 1941 is an american art critic and theorist. Rosalind krauss a escultura em campo expandido pdf. For rosalind krauss in her 1999 article reinventing the medium, photography is responsible both for the destruction of the medium in the 1960s, and for a subsequent reinvention of it. Isbn 0275975207, isbn 9780275975203 rosalind krauss.
In a series of articles since the mid 1990s, the renowned art critic rosalind krauss has striven to maintain the legitimacy of medium specificity and of the notion of medium as such in order to individuate forms of artistic practice in the contemporary new media environment. Mar 11, 2018 rosalind krauss is a highly influential art critic and theorist whose career was launched in the postabstract expressionist era when she began theorizing about how newer artistic movements required a different analytical approach than what traditional methods dictated. Sep 02, 2019 rosalind krauss a escultura em campo expandido pdf. As the medium continues to develop and change in technical and theoretical terms, the discussion follows its development.
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