Steven Henry Madoff, who is senior critic at the Yale University School of Art, has a new book, Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century) (MIT Press). The book contains essays, questionnaire interviews, and transcripts of conversations by and among prominent artists and art educators, all of them addressing the mission and means of the art school. This sound fascinating…learn more in his interview with Inside higher ed. Here is the table of contents, click on the links to read some sample chapters.
Introduction
Steven Henry Madoff
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1 On the Ground
Practical Observations for Regenerating Art Education
Ernesto Pujol 1
2 An Ethics
Putting Aesthetic Transmission in Its Proper Place in the Art World
Thierry de Duve 15
3 Education by Infection
Boris Groys 25
4 Aesthetic Platforms
Brendan D. Moran 33
Project 1: École des Beaux-Arts 38
5 Conversation
John Baldessari and Michael Craig-Martin 41
6 Dear Colleague
Robert Storr 53
Project 2: Bauhaus Building 68
7 How to Be an Artist by Night
Raqs Media Collective 71
Project 3: Black Mountain College 82
8 The Thing Seen: Reimagining Arts Education For Now
Ann Lauterbach 85
Project 4: Institute for Design 98
9 Include Me Out: Preparing Artists to Undo the Art World
Charles Esche 101
Project 5: Yale Art and Architecture Building 114
10 Roaming, Prelusive, Permeable: Future Academy
Clémentine Deliss 117
11 Artereality (Rethinking Craft in a Knowledge Economy)
Jeffrey T. Schnapp and Michael Shanks 141
12 Undesigning the New Art School
Charles Renfro 159
13 Conversation
Marina Abramovi? and Tania Bruguera 177
14 From Exhibition to School
Notes from Unitednationsplaza
Anton Vidokle 189
15 In Latin America
Art Education Between Colonialism and Revolution
Luis Camnitzer 201
Project 6: Marfa Complex 216
16 Under Pressure
Ute Meta Bauer 219
Project 7: Art Center College of Design 228
17 Teaching Art: Adorno and the Devil
Daniel Birnbaum 231
18 Nobody Asked You to Do Nothing/A Potential School
Liam Gillick and students 247
Project 8: Generator Project 254
19 Conversation
Dennis Adams, Saskia Bos and Hans Haacke 257
20 States of Exception
Steven Henry Madoff 271
Project 9: Le Fresnoy 286
21 Questionnaire
Brian Sholis, Ann Hamilton, Dana Schutz, Fred Wilson, Guillermo Kuitca, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Matthew Higgs, Mike Kelley, Paul Chan, Paul Ramírez-Jonas, Piero Golia, Shirin Neshat and Thomas Bayrle 289
22 Dear Steven
Ken Lum 329
Project 10: Zollverein School of Management and Design 340
