Visual and Cultural Studies

Barbara Kruger

recycling of images

stylistic link to Russian Constructivism

art < --- > advertising (Diesel, CK, etc.)

Carl Andre

Questions raised fall into three categories:

1.    identity (What is it? Is it a work of art? What are the criteria?)

2.    meaning (What is it about? What does it express? [connotation, 42f])

3.    value (What value, if any, does it have? Intrinsic? Extrinsic? How is its value determined?)

Remember the Components of a Discourse: Rules, Statements, Subjects, and Practices

Also keep in mind other factors affecting the nature of a visual culture, e.g. patronage & economic conditions.

Manet

depiction (denotation) and representation (connotation) [27]

formal (Zola, Bell, Greenberg) and narrative (Buchon, Butler) analysis [28f]

Malevich

depiction abandoned