Current suggested readings include:
- Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion by Oliver Grau
- Eyesight Alone: Clement Greenberg's Modernism and the Bureaucratization of the Senses by Caroline Jones
- Painting Machines: Industrial Image and Process in Contemporary Art by Caroline Jones
- Monet, Narcissus, and Self-Reflection: The Modernist Myth of the Self by Steven Z. Levine
- Art and Objecthood by Michael Fried
- The Optical Unconscious by Rosalind E. Krauss
- Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag
- Ways of Seeing by John Berger
- Color in Art by John Gage
- Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye by Rudolf Arnheim
- Echo Objects: The Cognitive Work of Images by Barbara Maria Stafford
- A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V. S. Ramachandran
- The Artful Eye by Richard Gregory, John Harris, Priscilla Heard, and David Rose
- Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation by David Edwards
- The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
In addition to the readings, regularly scheduled field trips will be planned to NYC to visit the Chelsea galleries and museum exhibits for further research on contemporary artists of particular interest and to supplement the readings on current history in painting.
Five papers delivered at the start of each month (Aug thru Dec). The first paper is a summary of the residency and the last paper is a summary of the semester. The middle three pieces will begin to hone in on the topics to be included in my thesis.
In addition to the academic papers a blog will be maintained on a regular basis to document the process of the academic work (thoughts, reactions to gallery visits, readings, meetings with mentor, etc.) as it relates to the work being conducted in the studio. The blog to include images of work being conducted in the studio.
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