Main entry:

Saletnik, Jeffrey, author.

Title & Author:

Josef Albers, late modernism, and pedagogic form / Jeffrey Saletnik.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Description:

218 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "Bye, bye, Bauhaus" -- Linear constructions. From object to processs : on Albers's pedagogic forms. Learning by doing ; Progressive education ; Educating Albers ; Pedagogic form -- Photography. Fold/manifold : on Eva Hesse and Albers. Lightweight and weighted down ; Folding and unfolding -- Painting. Color aid : on Richard Serra and Albers. Working methods ; Disciplined disorientation -- Epilogue : playtime.

Summary:

"In this book, Jeffrey Saletnik explores influential artist and pedagogue Josef Albers's teaching practices. The pedagogy Albers developed at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale consisted in a dynamic approach to teaching that transcended modernist agendas: it involved a set of ideas and practices that cultivated a material way of thinking among his students, which included notable future artists such as Eva Hesse and Richard Serra. By using exercises including paper folding, cutting, and collage, Albers tried to generate a form of "productive disorientation" in his students, teaching them problem-solving strategies to explore new conceptions of composition and color. Saletnik begins by examining Albers's pedagogy in relation to modern aesthetic, scientific, and educational thought. He then examines his design, drawing, and color instruction, focusing on his relationship with Hesse and Serra, showing how their approach to material and scale were shaped by Albers's teaching. Featuring many novel images--including nineteenth-century children's teaching toys as well as rarely seen works by Albers, Serra, and Hesse--this book challenges art historians to consider how artists are introduced to problems of form and how pedagogy shapes their work"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780226699172 hardcover
022669917X hardcover
e-book
9780226819396

Subject:

Albers, Josef.
Albers, Josef Influence.
Artists as teachers.
Art Study and teaching History 20th century.
Form (Aesthetics) Study and teaching History 20th century.
Art, Modern 20th century History.
Modernism (Art)
Artistes enseignants.
Art Étude et enseignement Histoire 20e siècle.
Forme (Esthétique) Étude et enseignement Histoire 20e siècle.
Art 20e siècle Histoire.
Modernisme (Art)
Art, Modern
Art Study and teaching
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316703
Call No.: 316703
Copy: 1
Status: Available