SPRING 2025 - STUDIO 276
In Person Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00-3:30 PM
Office and Studio Appointments, Tuesdays
COURSE SYLLABUS
Critical Perspectives:
Rosalind Krauss
Greil Marcus
A.O. Scott
Susan Sontag
Lucy R. Lippard
Course Texts:
Passages in Modern Sculpture by Krauss
Better Living Through Criticism by Scott
The Elements of Sculpture by George (optional but recommended)
Required Materials:
Sketchbook
Camera, phone-cam, drawing materials you like
Large spiral drawing pad of paper
Materials for your projects
Tools for your projects not in the tool crib
COURSE DESCRIPTION
ADVANCED SCULPTURE is designed as a forum for individualized studies in sculpture and post-studio practice at the highest undergraduate level. Students explore what it means to practice sculpture today by creating new art projects, readings, class discussions, and critiques. This course is for students to create new work, learn about current and past work in the field, discuss their methods and philosophies, and ultimately continue establishing their creative visions.
COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK ONE
Jan. 13 Course Introduction
Create Updated and Cohesive Bios for the outside studio door
Order texts (Passages in Modern Sculpture, Krauss; Better Living Through Criticism, Scott)
Create Studio work schedule - 10 hrs per week minimum
Prepare 10-minute talk for Wednesday
Jan. 15 Readings Due: Blockbusters by Dave Hickey
Watch: Modern Art: A History, From Rodin to Bourgeois Exhibition
BFA Presentations
Prepare a minimum 10-minute presentation on your work:
1. Where you’re from or feel most at home geographically or spiritually - origins
2. Your artistic process (past and current)
3. Artists, examples of work you are inspired by
4. Your finished artwork (what you’ve made)
5. BFA Project proposal or Goals for this semester if not graduating
WEEK TWO
Jan. 20 No Class. MLK Day
Jan. 23 Sculptural Bookshelf Due / complete and on your workstation
Texts due in class + 20 artist research books from Norlin Library
Create content for Bio and Image holders for the outside studio door
Artist Statements Due
CRIT 0: 2-hour sculpture
WEEK THREE KRAUSS
Jan. 27 Project 1
Lecture and Discussion: Pedestal to Carving Board
Studio Work Session
Jan. 29 Project 1
Studio Work Day
WEEK FOUR - KRAUSS / FRIED
Feb. 3 Readings Due for Discussion:
Reading Due: Sculpture in the Expanded Field
Brancusi to Duchamp to Antoni + Minimalism
sketchbook prompt: Light and Shadow
Feb. 5 Project 1
sketchbook prompt: Material Tests
Studio Work Day
* See film in the theater before class on Monday
WEEK FIVE - SCOTT
Feb. 10 Project 1
sketchbook prompt: Moving Image
Reading Due: Better Living Through Criticism, P. 3-42 by Scott
Feb. 12 Project 1
Studio Work Day
WEEK SIX MARCUS
Feb. 17 Due: 3-page Review of Film
Readings Due: Art and Objecthood by Fried,
Better Living Through Criticism, P. 43-80 by Scott
The Old Weird America by Marcus
Feb. 19 No Class Meeting
Studio Work Day
WEEK SEVEN MARCUS
Feb. 24 Studio Work Day
Artist Statements, Label Drafts Due - 500 Words
Feb. 27 Critique Project 1
Artist Statements + Label, Approx. 200 Words
WEEK EIGHT SONTAG
March 3 Project 2
sketchbook prompt: Drafts of Project
Reading Due: Against Interpretation, The Aesthetics of Silence by Sontag
March 5
Studio Work Day
WEEK NINE LIPPARD
March 10 Project 2
Due: 2-page Album Review
Reading Due: The Dematerialization of the Art Object and The Pink Glass Swan by Lippard
March 12 Project 2
Studio Work Day
WEEK TEN LIPPARD
March 17 Project 2
sketchbook prompt: Dislocation
Reading Due: Undermining by Lippard
Studio Work Day
March 19 Critique Project 2
Include Artist Statements + Label, Approx. 200 Words
2-Page Critical Writing Due
WEEK ELEVEN
March 24 No Class - Fall Break
March 26 No Class - Fall Break
WEEK TWELVE
March 3 Project 3
sketchbook prompt: Pacing
Studio Work Day
April 2 Project 3
Studio Work Day
WEEK THIRTEEN
April 7 Project 3
sketchbook prompt: Direct Message
Studio Work Day
April 9 Project 3
Studio Work Day
WEEK FOURTEEN
April 14 Project 3
sketchbook prompt: Audience Engagement
Studio Work Day
April 16 Project 3
Studio Work Day
WEEK FIFTEEN
April 21 Project 3
No Class Meeting
Studio Work Day
April 23 Project 3
No Class Meeting
Studio Work Day
WEEK SIXTEEN
April 28 Project 3
Studio Work Day
April 30 Final Critique - Project 3
May 5 Final Portfolios Due by 5PM