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Sculpture 2 ondrizek spring, 2014 the expanded field until the twentieth century representation of the human form was central to sculpture. Retracing the expanded field encounters between art and architecture edited by spyros papapetros and julian rose. In her seminal essay grids, the art historian rosalind krauss claimed that the grid functions to declare the modernity of modern art. The idea was popularized in the art world by the critic, rosalind krauss, and is so sacred and accepted that few dare question it. Click here to view or download this sessions abstracts. Closer to it, the large square face of the pit can be seen, as can the ends of the ladder that is needed to descend into the excavation. Rosalind krauss sculpture in the expanded field lorenzo. Installation architecture beyond art ila berman, douglas burnham on. Rosalind krauss, selfstyled liquidator of modern, avantgarde art. Krauss, co founder and co editor of october magazine, a veteran of artforum of the 1960s and early 1970s, rosalind krauss has presided over and shared in the major formulation of the theory of postmodernism. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths. In the article, sculpture in the expanded field rosalind krauss describes her own intention as being an attempt to map out the determinant structure that developed from the sculptural practices of the 1960s and 70s krauss, p44. Rosalind krauss, klein group, illustration, sculpture in the expanded field, 1979.

In this challenging collection of fifteen essays, most of which originally appeared in. Rosalind epstein krauss born november 30, 1941 is an american art critic, art theorist and a professor at columbia university in new york city. May 24, 20 excerpts from two chapters of rosalind krauss the originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths. 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.

As a critic and theorist she has published steadily since 1965 in artforum, art international and art in america. How to understand rosalind krauss, the art critic who made. Sculpture in the expanded field the mit press stable url. Mary weatherfords tang retrospective connects neon.

Through this diagram, she defines what sculpture is and shows that sculpture is rather only one term on the periphery of a. This a work will function as a space for the community to sit and converse in. While krauss first achieved prominence for her articles in artforum and october many of which, such as her legendary sculpture in the expanded field, included her infamously inscrutable diagrams her books have proven especially significant in establishing her place in contemporary art criticism. As sculpture moved away from being solely threedimensional works in a gallery, krauss expressed the expanded field as lying between not landscape and not architecture. This chapter provides an overview of the development of conceptual fashion and the connections between fashion and art. Stories, polemics, futures franca trubiano, ramona adlakha, ramune bartuskaite, eds. The 1972 krauss essay, sculpture in the expanded field will give you a historical perspective on works that are theatrical. Public sculpture in the expanded field for art history. At the end of the late 1970s, art theorist and critic rosalind krauss had written a seminal text entitled sculpture in the expanded field, in an attempt to both locate and analyze vanguard sculptural practices of the time such as the work of richard serra, robert smithson, mary miss, and donald judd whose practices crossed outside of the limits of traditional sculpture and entered into.

First applied to art theory by historiantheorist rosalind krauss in 1979 as a productive diagrammatic framework by which to approach the ambiguous ontology of postwar american sculpture, the method of the expanded field derives from the mathematical framework of klien group or vieregruppe theory. But do we know where the idea that originality is dead came from, and is such a damning idea itself immune to challenges. Creating a framework for the future in her essay, sculpture in the expanded field, 1979 rosalind krauss. An incomplete interim sketch of an ongoing examination. Since the seventies, when rosalind krauss mentioned sculpture in the expanded field, not only the concept of sculpture but also the notion of the public has been reconsidered from various aspects. Download scientific diagram the expanded field, diagram by rosalind krauss. Rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field blogger. Sep 29, 2010 sculpture in the expanded field by rosealind krauss in the hands of this criticism categories like sculpture and painting have been kneaded and stretched and twisted in an extraordinary demonstration of elasticity, a display of the way a cultural term can be extended to include just about anything. Rosalind krauss, the art historian, published an essay, sculpture in the expanded field, in which she defined the structural parameters of sculpture, architecture, and landscape art through the precise diagram. Krauss first became interested in 20thcentury art criticism as an undergraduate at wellesley.

Pdf rosalind krauss sculpture in the expanded field. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. In a different though related vein, she attended a rosalind krauss lecture based on the scholars influential essay the originality of the avantgarde, which examines the paradoxical. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Krauss rosalind 1979 sculpture in the expanded field. By virtue of this logic a sculpture is a commemorative representation.

Sculpture in the expanded field rosalind krauss october, vol. It sits in a particular place and speaks in a symbolical tongue about the meaning or use. Rosalind krausss seminal essay sculpture in the expanded field 1978 will allow me to think about landscape as a critical interruption of monumental reinscriptions and emplacements, opening these towards spaces of itinerance with a potentiality for moving beyond the temporality of trauma or at least of rethinking the latter in terms of. I included a lot of the piece, because frankly, it all seems important for me to understand the concepts she is laying out. With rodin, sculpture enters into the space that krauss terms its negative condition. Part 2 210 reading jackson pollock, abstractly 221 lewitt in progress 244 richard serra, a translation 260 sculpture in the expanded field 276 poststructuralism and the paraliterary 291 credits 297. This text provides a potted history of sculptural practice in the 20th century, helps us to understand what sculpture is today and the way that sculpture has evloved over time. Rosalind krauss sculpture in the expanded field october, vol. How solid is the reasoning of this art world heavyhitter. The impact on the field of architecture of rosalind krausss essay the expanded field and the book optical unconscious, towards the formulation of a conceptual. No longer tied to the condition of the monument, it becomes homeless, functionally placeless and selfreferential. The originality of the avantgarde 151 sincerely yours 171 ii toward postmodernism notes on the index.

In that famous text, krauss tried to articulate a new frame of reference for art works that began to appear in the early 1960s and that stretched the limits of the conventional. Krauss 1977, sculpture in the expanded field, in the originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths, cambridge ma. In 1979, reacting against contemporary art s transformatio. Dec 26, 20 this title pays homage to rosalind krauss seminal essay sculpture in an expanded field krauss 1979. In her expanded field essay, krauss suggests that contemporary painting would.

In this article, krauss summarized the development of the american sculpture in 60s and 70s as two major trends. At the end of the late 1970s, art theorist and critic rosalind krauss had written a seminal text entitled sculpture in the expanded field. In 1979, reacting against contemporary arts transformation of modernist mediumspecificity into postmodernist medium multiplicity, the art historian rosalind krauss published an essay, sculpture in the expanded field, that laid out in a precise diagram the structural parameters of sculpture, architecture, and landscape art. Sculpture in the expanded field rosalind krauss toward the center of the field there is a slight mound, a swelling in the earth, which is the only warning given for the presence of the work. The grid as a checkpoint of modernity tate papers tate.

Krauss is known for her scholarship in 20thcentury painting, sculpture and photography. The impact on the field of architecture of rosalind. Sep 12, 20 11 in the essay sculpture in the expanded field, krauss argues that this sets ups a new problem for sculpture. The logic of sculpture, it would seem, is inseparable from the logic of the monument. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths by. Sculpture in the expanded field, rosalind krauss 26 09 2010 i enjoyed this reading because it addressed a question that i have recently begun to ponder. Richard serra, a translation for serra the abstract subject only yields itself up within a kind. In modern and contemporary art, the scale of sculpture is directly related to the human form and a phenomenological experience for the body.

Krauss, american art critic and historian of 20thcentury art who first came to prominence when she accused the art critic clement greenberg of mishandling the estate of sculptor david smith. In 1979, reacting against contemporary arts transformatio. Paradox of the public commission of installation art. Conversely, where much of krausss earlier work may be read as a deconstruction, if not outright rejection of medium talkthink of rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field, the originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths cambridge, mass. 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. Mar 21, 20 phillip osullivan examines the logic of krauss s famous expanded field art theory. Stories, polemics, futures one of the strengths of the small but ambitious volume women rebuild. Sculpture in the expanded field art history 389 with. Distinguished art historian and critic rosalind krauss analyzes with exceptional clarity and insight the major works that have led 20th century sculpture from the traditional and figurative to the revolutionary conceptual art of the 1970s. Pdf retracing the expanded field encounters between art. Studies major works by important sculptors since rodin. Since the seventies, when rosalind krauss mentioned sculpture in the expanded field, not only the concept of sculpture but also the. Phillip osullivan examines the logic of krauss s famous expanded field art theory. Horizontality, according to rosalind krauss and yvealain bois, was a response to.