Phillip osullivan examines the logic of krausss famous expanded field art theory. In that famous text, krauss tried to articulate a new frame of reference for art works that began to appear in. Sculpture in the expanded field, rosalind krauss 26 09 2010. Rosalind krauss sculpture in the expanded field free download as pdf file. Rosalind earned her bachelors degree in art history from wellesley college in 1962, the same year she became married to the architect, richard i. Throughout his career, morris has ceaselessly invented new ways of doing, gone against established genres, attempted to.
An incomplete interim sketch of an ongoing examination. 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. Rosalind krauss but to think the complex is to admit into the realm of art two terms that had formerly been prohibited from it. Rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field 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. 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. Krauss statement that the term is in danger of collapsing raised several questions for me. Rosalind krauss is a highly influential art critic and theorist whose career was launched in the postabstract expressionist era when she began theorizing about how newer artistic movements required a different analytical approach than what. Art in theory the important work of critic rosalind krauss. How to understand rosalind krauss, the art critic who made. Toward the center of the field there is a slight mound, a swelling in the earth, which is the only warning. Public sculpture in the expanded field for art history. Sculpture in the expanded field, october, spring 1979. Weld intro to studio, woodshop and welding studio times and training.
Apr 26, 2015 pdf sculpture in the expanded field rosalind krauss shes so organized. Pdf retracing the expanded field encounters between art. 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. In that famous text, krauss tried to articulate a new frame of reference for art works that began to. Krauss first became interested in 20thcentury art criticism as an undergraduate at wellesley. Scholars and artists revisit a hugely influential essay by rosalind krauss and. Rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field blogger. Closer to it, the large square face of the pit can be seen, as can the ends of the ladder that is. 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. Retracing the expanded field revisits krauss s hugely influential text and maps the ensuing interactions between art and architecture. Some thoughts on sculpture in the expanded field npt. 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. Rosalind krauss sculpture in the expanded field blogger. In hta ftamous t, ketxaruss ted tiro aace a nutlitr ew farme rofeeerfnce f aor wtr s tokr ha btegan to appea in tr he e yalr 1960s and tha stcerthted the lms otii tfhe cono aneivlnt definition of sculpture, defying its internal logic.
At this point rosalind krausss essay sculpture in the expanded field in october 1979 jumped in to reconstrue the foundations of what art. The logic of sculpture, it would seem, is inseparable from the logic of the monument. 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. I propose to relate the diagrams put forth by rosalind krauss in her 1979 essay sculpture in the expanded field ef, with another set o f diagrams published fourteen years lat er in the first. Toward the center of the field there is a slight mound, a swelling in the which is the only warning given for. Whilst, as i mentioned in reading group, i found it hard to get beyond the mathematical complications of page 37 and am currently still attempting to. Situating harrison amongst an emergent movement of unmonumental contemporary sculptors, trevor smith argues.
Rosalind krauss, sculpture in the expanded field 1979, in the originality of the avantgarde. I included a lot of the piece, because frankly, it all seems important for me to understand the concepts she is laying out. Though the theoryheavy art journal shes famous for foundingoctoberonly has a circulation of about 2,000 people, and her myriad books and articles remain littleread outside of academic circles, she is considered one of the most influential critics of modern and contemporary art. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths en 1985. Krauss rosalind 1979 sculpture in the expanded field. I propose to relate the diagrams put forth by rosalind krauss in her 1979 essay sculpture in the. Rosalind krauss biography, art, and analysis of works. Rosalind krauss famously dubbed the new conditions of sculpture that emerged in the 1960s as entering an expanded. 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. Examining relationships between the arts and their critical and social contexts, october addresses a broad range of readers.
Conclusion problems then artists move beyond that modernist sculpture sculpture negativity the field of art history needs to be expanded to address contemporary new forms of art of the 1960s and 1970s. Though this work appears to be a retreat from rosalind krausss description of sculpture in the expanded field, it might be seen more accurately as a strategic bulwark against that fields potential collapse into. Architecture in the expanded field cca wattis institute. Pdf sculpture in the expanded field semantic scholar. At the forefront of contemporary arts criticism and theory, october focuses critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation. How solid is the reasoning of this art world heavyhitter. Rosalind epstein krauss is an american art critic and theorist. An expanded version of the essay is reprinted in james coleman, ed. David getsy abstract bodies sixties sculpture in the. Krauss is the kind of paradox one only finds in the art world.
Her father instilled in rosalind a love for the arts, and would frequently take her to museums in the washington, d. Obversion, chance, and the unconscious of optics donald kunze1 the first part of this essay revisited rosalind krausss landmark essay, sculpture in the expanded field, published in the journal october 1979. Architecture andlandscape fortyfive a journal of outside. 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. Creating a framework for the future in her essay, sculpture in the expanded field, 1979 rosalind krauss. The originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths, mit, rosalind epstein krauss is an. Responding to krauss and revisiting the milieu from which her text emerged, artists, architects, and art historians of different generations offer their perspectives on the legacy of sculpture in the expanded. Sculpture in the expanded field by rosealind krauss up. 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. Through heroic works such as spiral jetty and by contrast through the abject partially buried woodshed, smithson ushered in a new paradigm of sculpture as rosalind krauss described in her seminal 1974 essay sculpture in the expanded field. In the early part of this century there began to appear, first in france and then in russia and in holland, a structure that has remained emblematic of the modernist ambition within the visual arts ever since. Sculpture in the expanded field by audrey cook on prezi. Artists have constantly questioned the relationship between. Rosalind krauss a escultura em campo expandido pdf.
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. At this point rosalind krausss essay sculpture in the expanded field in october 1979 jumped in to reconstrue the foundations of what art practices were and were not and what they could become. 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. This seminar, which evokes rosalind krauss pathbreaking essay sculpture in the expanded field which first appeared in october in 1979, explores tensions, analogies and exchanges that characterize the complex relationship between modern architecture and contemporary art. Calendarsculpture 2 2014 the expanded field week 1 january 27. In this essay krauss seeks to make sense of a new development in sculptureminimalism, specifically land based art including the work of smithson. Esultura is these two characteristics of modernist sculpture that declare its status, and therefore its meaning and function, as essentially nomadic. 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. Rosalind krauss, richard serra, a t ranslation and sculpture in the expanded field excerpts from two chapters of rosalind krauss the originality of the avantgarde and other modernist myths. By virtue of this logic a sculpture is a commemorative representation.