Art School Anatomies

November 19 – 20, 2008

"Art School Anatomies" is an ongoing investigation initiated by Cliff Eyland, Jeanne Randolph, Dick Averns and Natalija Subotinctic about what art schools were, what they are now, and what they could be. The Art School Anatomies research team hypothesizes "symptomatic reactions" on all levels (philosophical, psychological, procedural, social, architectural, aesthetic, etc.) to art school education. The team will interpret current arts degree educational systems including accreditation procedures, degree-granting tenets, course content and even the architectural design aspects of contemporary art schools. We will participate in the production of objects, performances, panels and gallery installations that will follow our inclinations, interests, expertise and research directions, but most importantly, we will follow the direction of our collaborations.

  • A partitioned corner of the gallery. An airplane snack cart holds biscuit boxes in its top drawer, and books in its middle and bottom drawers. A wooden crate topped with a messy pile of books for learning how to make art, a tray of coffee and tea containers, a tea pot, and a nearly-empty tray of biscuits with an illegible paper sign. A plastic chair sits between them, and conceptual sketches of them are on the partition walls.

Events:

  • Demonstration: November 19, 2008, 8:00–10:00 PM – With Dick Averns and Jeanne Randolph.
  • Panel Discussion: November 20, 5:00 PM – With Marilyn Baker, Cliff Eyland, and Morris Wolfe.


 Publications and Press:

 

Exhibition Archive (Downloadable PDF)