Description
Selected and introduced by Juli Carson, this book presents a collection of essential essays, interviews, and never-before published archival materials that trace the development of the teaching of major artist and thinker Mary Kelly, from 1980-2017. As an artist and a theorist, Kelly is known for her foundational contributions to Feminism and Conceptual Art; she is also revered for her innovative pedagogy, which has influenced countless artists, writers and teachers within the international art community. Her description of a feminist practice of concentric pedagogy, centred on the artwork rather the mastery of the teacher, radically changed teaching practice in art studios. Detailing Kelly's innovative pedagogical program, the essays are split into three sections: The Method, which focuses on Kelly's renowned method of "ethical observation" within studio critique; The Project, which explores her notion of what constitutes an artistic project; and Project and Method in the Field which presents, for the first time, a transcription of On the Passage of a Few People though a Rather Brief Period of Time, a performative colloquy commissioned by the Tate Modern and moderated by Kelly in 2015; following this transcription is a portfolio of practicing artists previously enrolled in Kelly's Interdisciplinary Studio Area at UCLA. Mary Kelly's Concentric Pedagogy highlights how contemporary studio teaching practice has been largely informed by Kelly's bold and innovative approach to art pedagogy, evidencing how the intersection of teaching, artistic practice, and radical political engagement can transform our approach to all three. It is essential reading for students and teachers of art and design studio practice, art history and theory, contemporary, and feminist art.
A collection of essential essays, interviews, and archival materials that trace the development of the pedagogy of the highly-influential feminist artist Mary Kelly from 1980-2017
About the Author
Mary Kelly is an American conceptual artist, feminist, educator, and writer. Juli Carson is Professor of Art, Criticism and Curation at University of California Irvine, USA. From 2018-19 she was Philippe Jabre Professor of Art History and Curating at the American University of Beirut. Her previous books include Exile of the Imaginary: Politics, Aesthetics, Love (2007), The Limits of Representation: Psychoanalysis and Critical Aesthetics (2011) and The Hermenuetic Impulse: Aesthetics of An Untethered Past (2019).
Reviews
A significant collection of essays, archival materials, and artist conversations that offers considerable insight into the celebrated teaching methodologies of Mary Kelly. An instruction manual for how to approach, look, think, parse, and speak about art and exhibitions. * Glenn R. Phillips, Senior Curator, Head of Exhibitions, Getty Research Institute, USA *
Kelly's writings speak to the most urgent concerns in the field today: the systems of art, the solicitation of the art-encounter, and how to attend with rigour to the artwork as a political agent in times of global crisis. This is an important, timely and necessary book. * Natalie Loveless, Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Alberta, USA *
Mary Kelly is one of our great pedagogues. We have been using her concentric pedagogy since 1997, in the knowledge that it creates the artistic awareness necessary to transform students into artists. Finally, her collected writings on pedagogy is here. * Gertrud Sandqvist, Professor, Malmoe Art Academy, Lund University, Sweden *
Modelling the interconnections between teaching and artmaking, this book provides an in depth look at how Kelly's "method" and "project" brought feminism and psychoanalysis from first generation conceptualism to the classroom, and includes course materials, projects, and contributions by former students. It will be a valuable resource for artists and educators alike. * Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art and Professor of Art, Scripps College, USA *
Serves as a potent affirmation for artist educators seeking to activate mutually dynamic relationships between an artwork's material particularities and broader worlds of perception, fiction, consumption, exploitation and production. * Sean Lowry, Head of Critical and Theoretical Studies, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia *
Finally, Mary Kelly's tremendously influential pedagogy is available beyond the circle of students and colleagues who have been lucky enough to work with her. This book will be an essential resource for everyone who cares about the ethics of engaging with art. * Andrea Fraser, Practising Artist and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio, UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350352438
Author Juli Carson
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
A collection of essential essays, interviews, and archival materials that trace the development of the pedagogy of the highly-influential feminist artist Mary Kelly from 1980-2017
About the Author
Mary Kelly is an American conceptual artist, feminist, educator, and writer. Juli Carson is Professor of Art, Criticism and Curation at University of California Irvine, USA. From 2018-19 she was Philippe Jabre Professor of Art History and Curating at the American University of Beirut. Her previous books include Exile of the Imaginary: Politics, Aesthetics, Love (2007), The Limits of Representation: Psychoanalysis and Critical Aesthetics (2011) and The Hermenuetic Impulse: Aesthetics of An Untethered Past (2019).
Reviews
A significant collection of essays, archival materials, and artist conversations that offers considerable insight into the celebrated teaching methodologies of Mary Kelly. An instruction manual for how to approach, look, think, parse, and speak about art and exhibitions. * Glenn R. Phillips, Senior Curator, Head of Exhibitions, Getty Research Institute, USA *
Kelly's writings speak to the most urgent concerns in the field today: the systems of art, the solicitation of the art-encounter, and how to attend with rigour to the artwork as a political agent in times of global crisis. This is an important, timely and necessary book. * Natalie Loveless, Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Alberta, USA *
Mary Kelly is one of our great pedagogues. We have been using her concentric pedagogy since 1997, in the knowledge that it creates the artistic awareness necessary to transform students into artists. Finally, her collected writings on pedagogy is here. * Gertrud Sandqvist, Professor, Malmoe Art Academy, Lund University, Sweden *
Modelling the interconnections between teaching and artmaking, this book provides an in depth look at how Kelly's "method" and "project" brought feminism and psychoanalysis from first generation conceptualism to the classroom, and includes course materials, projects, and contributions by former students. It will be a valuable resource for artists and educators alike. * Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art and Professor of Art, Scripps College, USA *
Serves as a potent affirmation for artist educators seeking to activate mutually dynamic relationships between an artwork's material particularities and broader worlds of perception, fiction, consumption, exploitation and production. * Sean Lowry, Head of Critical and Theoretical Studies, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia *
Finally, Mary Kelly's tremendously influential pedagogy is available beyond the circle of students and colleagues who have been lucky enough to work with her. This book will be an essential resource for everyone who cares about the ethics of engaging with art. * Andrea Fraser, Practising Artist and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio, UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350352438
Author Juli Carson
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
