Talking Art : The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Education / Gary Alan Fine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fine, Gary Alan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Art.

Master of arts degree--United States.

Master of arts degree.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Talking Art, acclaimed ethnographer Gary Alan Fine gives us an eye-opening look at the contemporary university-based master's-level art program. Through an in-depth analysis of the practice of the critique and other aspects of the curriculum, Fine reveals how MFA programs have shifted the goal of creating art away from beauty and toward theory. Contemporary visual art, Fine argues, is no longer a calling or a passion-it's a discipline, with an academic culture that requires its practitioners to be verbally skilled in the presentation of their intentions. Talking Art offers a remarkable and disconcerting view into the crucial role that universities play in creating that culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Introduction. The Brave New World of the MFA

One. Producing Practice

Two. Sharp Genres and Blurred Boundaries

Three. Painted Words

Four. The Reason of Pure Critique

Five. Community as Praxis

Six. Preparing for a Hostile World

Seven. Disciplined Genius

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780226560359

022656035X

OCLC:

1049974753