Transcript 2CMNS488-whatIsArt_Who_are_artists

Art Worlds as Communication Networks
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, original (left) and recreations of lost 1917 “Original”
Who decides what is art?– the artist, experts, publics??
Art & Society example
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Videoclip: Excerpt from Cai Guo-Qiang interview: Art:21(Art in the 21st Century)
PBS
Olympic Ceremony Controversy (enhancement of Guo-Qiangs’s Footprints of
History” firework performance
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http://blog.art21.org/2008/08/22/cai-guo-qiang-responds-to-olympics-fireworks-controversy/
Today’s Class Session Schedule
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Art & artists in relation to notions of reality, truth,
knowledge, ‘types’ of artists & art world
Field Trip
Planning Presentation Topics and Dates
Field Trip : Visit of the Vancouver Art Gallery: 750
Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 2