Art and Power Lecture 1: Sept 19, 2013 Readings: Pg 1-63 group of 7 paint a now national mythology of what

hat canada was works of art are not stable, but open for interpretation according to viewer and time david by michelangelo, 17 ft tall, on pedistool, everyone looks up @ him -was to be placed very high on a cathedral in city of florence, but it was admored so much that they decided to put it in main public square - was from biblical story for cathedral, ended up in town center Marcel Du champ's urinal was turning point - 1920s - battle between Andy Warhol Campell's - responds to american culture in 60s -emergence of advertising and commerciality

Museums National Gallery of Canada - filled with light, very transparent - resemblance to cathedral in walkways -museums often compared to being in like museum or temple - based on greek temples with columnar facades, domes, and intricate greek carvings - especially publically funded or government funded museums many paintings were sold and traded during world war 1 time because countries who lost wealth were desperate to get money by selling off their masterpieces museum of fine arts in Boston - NY only became commercial center of art recently, before that it was boston -boston started americal revolution (symbolic cultural and historical heart) -muceum founded in 1970s -movement through space is predecided (very ceremonial) rembrandt - blank canvases with illuminated faces ROM - crystal transformation of building by daniel leviskint -problems for curators because angeled interior

- used for dinosaurs - deviated away from white cube gallery mode White cube gallery in London England - artist tried to create works of sculpture based on pictures of big bang and chandeliers hitler's route through rome

Tutorial When analysing painting know: -artist/architect - date -brief description scrapbook - minimum 10 articles (also advertisements, essays) maximum 30 -relate concepts of art and power to one another -table of contents - must have source on article itself -must be within last 10 years -must have binder/ scrapbook - 3 page double spaces written commentary at front types of galleries - public run -Funding: government funded, on any level of government, donations, admission fee - Who/What is shown: National works, current popular culture - Relationship with artists: established artists, directors dictate shows - other events/ services: public lectures, responding events - Commercial galleries -Funding: Profits, private funding, typical gallery commision (50%) - Who/What is shown: Whats on sale, contemporary, any medium, but can be commodified - Relationship with artists: mutual benefit relationship - other events/ services: artist talks, openings, auctions, book launches - Artist run centers -Funding: government funding, grants, no admission fees or restaurants - Who/What is shown: own work or non-established artists, members can display work at centers. Artist run center is like a peer review of work, local work, - Relationship with artists: very personal, artists curate - other events/ services: openings, workshops on how to prepare yourself, how to put together portfolio, how to approach other galleries

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