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Art Schooled: A Year among Prodigies, Rebels, and Visionaries at a World-Class Art College

By Larry Witham

Book information

Publisher
UPNE
Year
2012
ISBN
1611680077, 9781611680072
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4099265 bytes)
Pages
337\337
Topic
Art
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-07-04 12:57:54

Description

What does it mean to be an artist at a time when the art world is becoming increasingly fragmented and disconnected--when the most highly valued art objects are seemingly the most abstruse, visually vexing, and conceptually difficult, or may not be physical objects at all? How does the art of today connect with the art of the past? These questions and more inform and enliven the pages of Art Schooled.In this fascinating chronicle Larry Witham takes readers inside the history, culture, economics, teaching, technique, and competition of one of the oldest and most prestigious art colleges in the country, the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. With rare, privileged access to the personal and professional lives of students, faculty, administrators, and visiting artists, he shows us how young artists develop their talent and vision, learn the ins and outs of the art world, and come to proudly define themselves as artists, even as theory and technology conspire to declare that art as we once knew it is utterly changed.

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