Readings and films


Readings:

SEMESTER 3:

PILE OF BOOKS TO READVitamin D2, Vitamin P2, The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges, Magic Animals of Japan by Davis Pratt and Elsa Kula, The Comics of Chris Ware, Drawing is a Way of Thinking, edited by David M. Ball and Martha B. Kuhlman, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, by Vicki A. Clark and Barbara Bloemink.

Articles:
  • To the "Infinite Spaces of Creation”: the Interior Landscape of a Schizophrenic Artist. By Deborah Carter Park, Paul Simpson-Housley and Anton de Man. From Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 84, No. 2 (Jun., 1994), pp. 192-209
  • Classical Mythology in Twentieth-Century Art: An Overview of a Humanistic Approach by Judith E. Bernstock. In Artibus et Historiae, Vol. 14, No. 27 (1993), pp153-183.
  • What? Clotheslines and Popbeads Aren't Trashy Anymore?: Teaching About Kitsch. By Congdon, Kristin G.; Blandy, Doug. Studies in Art Education, Spring2005, Vol. 46 Issue 3
  • The Liberating Potential of the Fantastic in Contemporary Fairy Tales for Children by Jack Zipes. In Fairytales and the Art of Subversion, Routledge Classics, New York, 2012. pp 168-190.
Books:

Bell, Roanne, and Mark Sinclair. Pictures and Words: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration.Yale University Press, 2005.

Saylor, Harry. EdgyCute: From Neo-Pop to Low Brow and Back Again. Mark Batty Publisher, 2009.

Andrews, Lew. Space and Time in Renaissance Art
Miro, Zipes, Fairy tales & subversion (add complete citations)
Graphic Novels:
Bouchard, Herve. Illustrated by Janice Nadeau. Harvey: How I Became Invisible. Groundwood Books, Toronto, 2009. English translation copyright 2010 by Helen Mixter.
Carre, Lilli. Heads or Tails. Fantagraphics books, 2012.
Chwast, Seymour. Homer: The Odyssey (graphic novel adaptation). Bloomsbury USA, 2012.
Corwin, Tom. Illustrated by Craig Frazier. Mr. Fooster: Traveling on a Whim. Doubleday, 2008.
Tardi, Jacques. The Arctic Marauder. Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 2011. Translated by Kim Thompson: originally published in1974.
Vance, Jack. Adapted by Humayoun Ibrahim. The Moon Moth: Based on the Classic Short Story. Roaring Brook Press, 2012. (original story published in 1961).
Ware, Chris. The Acne Novelty Date Book: Volume 1 (Fascimile sketches, notes, and cowardly personal attacks, 1986-1995). Drawn and Quarterly, 2005. 

SEMESTER 2:

PILE OF BOOKS TO READ: Persian Painting by Sheila R Canby, The Animal Illustrated: 1550-1900. From the Collections of the New York Public Library;, Saul Steinberg by Harold Rosenberg. 


Graphic Novels:
Adventure Time volume 1 by Ryan North, 2012
Blacklung by Chris Wright, 2012
Best American Comics 2008 (editors: Linda Barry, Jessica Abel, Matt Madden)
Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #3: Genevieve Elverum, Sammy Harkham, and Matt Broersma, 2005.
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham, 2006
Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman
The Silver Surfer by Stan Lee and Moebius, 1988
Was She Pretty? by Leanne Shapton, 2006

Books:
Anderson, Kirsten (editor). Pop Surrealism: the Rise of Underground Art. Ignition Publishing, San Francisco, CA, 2004.

Barthes, Roland. Mythologies. Translated by Annette Lavers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. 

Bosing, Walter. Bosch: the Complete Paintings. Taschen Press, Koln, Germany, 2000.

Delacampagne, Ariane and Christian. Here be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.  2003.

Emmerling, Leonhard. Basquiat. Taschen Press, New York, 2006.

Ford, Gerald W.R. American Folk. MFA Press, 2001.

Holmes, Bryan. Grandville's Animals: the World's Vaudeville. Thames and Hudson, New York. 1981.

Storr, Robert. Raymond Pettibon (Contemporary Artists). Phaidon Press, 2001.


DVDs:
Beautiful Losers. Directed by Aaron Rose, 2008.
--> (Features artists of the early 90's art scene in NYC, with Barry McGee, Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Shepard Fairey, Thomas Campbell, Mike Mills, Jo Jackson, Ed Templeton, etc.)
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture. Directed by Bruno Wollhelm. 2009
Helvetica. Directed by Gary Hustwit. 2007
James Castle: Portrait of an Artist. Directed by Jeffrey Wolf, 2008.
Louise Bourgeois: the Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine. Directed by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach. 2009.
Matisse/Picasso. Directed by Philippe Kohly. 2002.
Mirai Mizue: Works 2003-2010. Japanese Independent Animators, Vol 1. 2010.
--->Here's a link to one of his films, JAM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMFVTal5M5Q
Painters Painting, the New York Art Scene 1940-1970. Directed by Emile de Antonio. 1972.

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Perec, Georges. Thoughts of Sorts. Translated by David Bellos, David R. Godine Press, Boston, 2009.

Spieker, Sven. The Big Archive: Art from Bureaucracy. MIT Press, Cambridge, Ma, 2008.

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SEMESTER 1:

Arnheim, Rudolf. Entropy in Art: an Essay on Disorder and Order. University of California Press, Los Angeles, California, 1971.

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces. 3rd Edition copyright the Joseph Campbell Foundation, New World Library, Novato, California, 2008. Original edition printed in 1949, Pantheon Books.

Cousineau, Phil. The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell: on His Life and Work. Element Books, Boston, MA,1999. Originally published by Harper & Row, 1990.

Kerouac, Jack. On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition. Viking Penguin, Penguin Group, USA, 2007. Originally printed in 1957.

Moyers, Bill, and Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth.  First Anchor Books, NY, July 1991. Originally published by Doubleday in 1988. 
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Johnson, Ken. “Picturing a Mind-Blowing World Made of Drugs.” New York Times Art Review, October 7, 2010.

Oskenhorn, Stewart. “Fred Tomaselli: Art with Substance(s).” Aspen Times Weekly, August 16, 2009.

Scoggin, Tamar. “Making Waves: the Rimo of Curating Contemporary Tibetan Art Through an Anthropological Lens.”  From the exhibition Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art at the Mechak Center for Contemporary Tibetan Art, 2006. Article at: http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/waves/rimo.html

Smee, Sebastian. “In MFA Exhibit ‘Seeking Shambhala,’ Everything is Illuminated.” Boston Globe Art Review, March 30, 2012.

Dorfman, John. “Tibetan Art: An Unusual Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.” Art & Antiques Magazine, 2012.  Article at: http://www.artandantiquesmag.com/2012/05/tibetan-art-museum-of-fine-arts-boston/

Michod, Alex. “The Process: Fred Tomaselli, Night Music for Raptors.” From the Believer by McSweeney’s, San Francisco, CA, January 2012.
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Staniszewski, Mary Anne. “Believing is Seeing: Creating the Culture of Art.” Penguin Books, NY, 1995.

Jameson, Frederic. Postmodernism and Consumer Society, 1982. In Foster, Hal. “The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture.” The New Press, NY, 2002.

Stevens, Anthony. “Jung: A Very Short Introduction.” Oxford University Press, NY, 1994

DVD & AUDIOTAPE:
In the Realms of the Unreal: Henry Darger (DVD)
The Power of Myth-- interviews with Bill Moyers



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