L’Atelier contemporain recueille la plupart des textes sur l’art de Francis Ponge. Malgré sa réputation de « poète des choses », celui-ci n’y écrit pourtant pas avant tout sur les œuvres finies (les tableaux), mais plutôt sur les artistes mêmes. S’appuyant sur un approfondissement de la conceptualisation de la poétique pongienne comme érotique entre le sujet et l’objet, ce mémoire cherche à découvrir, à travers les questions particulières que la peinture pose à l’écriture de Ponge, les raisons du déplacement du regard de l’écriture de la chose muette à la personne parlante. Il semble que Ponge, face à des œuvres artistiques non verbales, soit à la recherche d’une signifiance qu’il ne peut trouver, ce qui l’oblige à se tourner vers les personnes. Mais ces personnes finissent toujours par céder la première place, dans L’Atelier contemporain, au « je » du poète. / Francis Ponge’s L’Atelier contemporain is a collection of most of his texts on art. In those texts, despite Ponge’s reputation of “poet of things”, his primary focus is not put on the finished works (the paintings), but rather on the artists themselves. Supported on a deepening of the conception of Ponge’s poetic as an erotic relation between the subject and the object, this master’s thesis aims at discovering, through the specific questions that painting asks to writing, the reasons of the shifting of the look from the mute things to the talking persons. It seems that Ponge, facing non-verbal artistic works, is seeking a power of significance that he cannot find, which forces him to turn towards the persons. However, these persons always yield, in L’Atelier contemporain, to the poetic subject.

Wassily Kandinsky wrote Über das Geistige in der Kunst, in 1912, and was translated from German into English by Michael Sadler. Naming it at first, “The Art of Spiritual Harmony” in 1914 it is known as, Concerning the Spiritual in Art. He wrote color and music theories based on angles, synesthetic experiences, subjective instincts, chromotherapy, and shapes. Kandinsky’s theories are worth continuing to research and bring forth into the new generation of technology where we can see music as numerical expressions. The goal of this iPhone Application is to teach users the relationship between color and music based on Kandinsky’s theories. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

O presente trabalho levanta questões sobre algumas formas particulares de estruturação de um sistema profissional de produção cultural para as artes plásticas no eixo Rio de Janeiro São Paulo no período que coincide com um momento de florescimento político e econômico e se fortalece a partir da segunda metade dos anos 1940 e ao longo das décadas de 1950/1960. No que concerne especialmente aos museus de arte moderna, observou-se um fortalecimento institucional em torno do qual o sistema artístico brasileiro se estruturou. Para se chegar a essa conclusão foram analisados os aspectos estruturais (econômicos e políticos) centrados no eixo Rio de Janeiro São Paulo, e conjunturais, a partir das particularidades do fenômeno da arte da vanguarda construtiva brasileira. Foram consideradas as visões dos artistas nacionais em relação tanto à questão da arte de vanguarda como na sua relação com o museu. Consideramos, também, a Bienal como instituição, seu vínculo com os artistas e com o próprio MAM/SP no processo de divulgação da arte. Avaliamos a ação artística, peculiar pela presença das vanguardas construtivas, que envolvia grande participação dos artistas no cotidiano museológico. Além disso, consideramos o estreito diálogo que havia com os críticos que atuavam em veículos de comunicação. Como parte fundamental do estabelecimento de um sistema profissional de produção cultural, avaliamos a consolidação de um mercado de arte com base na atuação de marchands e na criação de galerias privadas em uma ação ainda não muito distinta daquela dos museus. Os movimentos concreto e neoconcreto, na medida em que se caracterizam como vanguardas artísticas e sua atuação permitiu a mobilização do suposto sistema em torno das discussões sobre suas novas propostas éticas e estéticas, foram considerados pontualmente. / This thesis raises issues on some specific ways of structuring a professional system of cultural production for the arts in the circuit Rio de Janeiro São Paulo coincident to a moment of political and economical emergence that gets stronger from the middle of the 1940s and during the 1950/1960 decades. Regarding in special the museums of modern art, it was observed an institutional strengthening around which the Brazilian artistic system was structured. To reach that conclusion structural aspects the economics and politics in the circuit Rio de Janeiro São Paulo as well as situational ones were considered on the specificities of the phenomenon of the Brazilian constructive vanguard art. We also considered the vision of the national artists on the art of vanguard and its relation to the museum. Also, we considered the Bienal and its relation with the artists and with the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo itself in the process of divulging the art. We evaluate the artistic action, peculiar because of the presence of the constructive vanguards, and that involved a great participation of the artists on the museum day-to-day. Besides that we consider as well the close dialogue with the critics who worked on the vehicles of mass communication. As a fundamental part of the establishing of a professional system of cultural production, we evaluate the consolidation of an art market based on the activities of the dealers and the creation of private galleries in one action not yet very much distinct from that of the museums. The concrete and neoconcrete movements were specially considered because as artistic vanguard, their performances enabled the mobilization of the supposed system around the discussions on its new ethical and aesthetic proposals.

O interesse desta tese reside na persistência da questão da \"arte brasileira\" na crítica de Frederico Morais (Belo Horizonte, 1936) em três períodos distintos de sua produção, os quais nomeio, de acordo com o comportamento de seu discurso: \"Contestação\" (1966-1973), \"Dúvidas\" (1974-1984) e \"Conciliação\" (1985-2012). Parte-se do fato de que a formulação de um debate em torno da definição do que seria uma \"arte brasileira\" surgiu ainda no século XIX - embora já tivesse se delineado em termos literários no século anterior - e foi se transformando com o passar do tempo, mantendo-se vivo, porque ainda em discussão, durante o século seguinte. Nesse contexto, procurou-se identificar, na produção de Frederico Morais, a sobrevivência da questão do nacional e, ainda, mostrar de que maneira ele se utiliza de uma prática constante de revisão da história - por meio de textos publicados na imprensa, mas também manuais, cronologias e \"enciclopédias\" - para manter essa discussão em pauta. No Capítulo 1 (\"Contestação\") analiso o primeiro período de sua crítica de arte, caracterizado pela adoção de um discurso assertivo e militante, em defesa de uma \"arte brasileira\" como um espaço privilegiado para a experimentação e a resistência. Nessa época, ele apoia incondicionalmente a \"vanguarda brasileira\", movimento que, segundo o autor, estaria sediado no Rio de Janeiro, expandindose a partir da antiga capital para o restante do país. No Capítulo 2 (\"Dúvidas\") trato de sua fase de transição, em que se revela certo desencanto com a situação da vanguarda no Brasil. No Capítulo 3 (\"Conciliação\") abordo o segundo período do crítico, quando se consolida o processo em que Frederico Morais abdica da defesa do \"novo\" enquanto principal saída para a \"arte brasileira\", passando a revisar tanto suas posições como parte significativa da história da arte brasileira. Nesse percurso, seus vai adotando posturas mais conciliatórias, menos intransigentes para o que entende como possibilidades de uma produção artística de caráter brasileiro. Esta tese procurou demonstrar que é possível encontrar ecos do desejo por uma arte nacional em críticas, ensaios e artigos que atravessam as três fases do percurso de Morais. Buscou ainda apontar as contradições e fragilidades que surgiram entre duas posturas distintas do crítico em relação à produção artística do período no país: uma, a escolha pelo que seria \"genuinamente nacional\", aproximando-se de algo que singularizasse a arte produzida no Brasil em relação àquela que se apresentava assertivamente como internacional; outra, colocandose contra o risco do isolamento, do atraso e do descompasso em relação ao mundo, adotava a opção por se deixar levar pelas correntes artísticas que vinham dos Estados Unidos e Europa. / The interest of this thesis lies in the persistence of the question of Brazilian art in the criticism produced by Frederico Morais (Belo Horizonte, 1936) in three distinct periods of his production, which I have named, according to the behavior of his discourse, as \"Contestation\" (1966-1973), \"Doubts\" (1974-1984) and \"Conciliation\" (1985-2012). The starting point resides in the debate formulated around the definition of what Brazilian art is, which emerged in the nineteenth century -- although it had already been delineated in literary terms in the previous century --, a debate that changed over time, kept alive in discussion throughout the following century. In this context, the thesis aims to identify the survival of this question of the national in Morais\' production. It also proposes to show -- through texts published in the press, but also in chronologies, manuals and \"encyclopedias\" -- how he makes constant use of historical revision to keep the discussion relative to Brazilian art on the agenda of public debate. In Chapter 1, I analyze his first period, characterized by the assertive and militant discourse adopted in defense of Brazilian art as a privileged space for experimentation, resistance and, above all, for the avant-garde. In his view, this movement was based in Rio de Janeiro, expanding from the former capital to the rest of the country. In Chapter 2, I deal with his transitional period, which reveals a certain disenchantment with the situation of the avant-garde in Brazilian art. In Chapter 3, I address the critic\'s second period, which consolidates the process in which Morais abdicates the defense of the \"new\" as the principal \"way ahead\" for Brazilian art, and comes to revise not only his positions, but a significant part of the history of the Brazilian art as well. Over the course of time, Morais gradually adopts positions that are less intransigent and more conciliatory regarding what he understands as possibilities for an artistic production with Brazilian character. This thesis has attempted to demonstrate the possibility of finding echoes of this desire for a national art in criticism, essays and articles that intersect the three phases in the trajectory of Frederico Morais. It has also sought to indicate the contradictions and fragilities that emerged between two distinct stances adopted by the critic in relation to the period\'s artistic production: the option for what could be considered \"genuinely national\", making advances in the direction of something that would singularize it in relation to an art that presents itself assertively as international; or the option to counter the danger of isolation, backwardness and being out-of-step with the world, by choosing to be carried along by the artistic currents imported from the United States and Europe.

Este estudo trata da crítica de arte de Geraldo Ferraz durante o período das primeiras Bienais de São Paulo. Foi dada especial atenção aos artigos sobre as IV, V e VI Bienais, publicados no jornal O Estado de São Paulo. Através da pesquisa nos arquivos da Fundação Bienal (Arquivo Histórico Wanda Svevo), do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM SP), do Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP), do Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (AEL UNICAMP), do Centro de Documentação e Memória da Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (CEDEM UNESP) e do Arquivo do Estado de São Paulo, foram selecionados e analisados documentos em critica de arte. O crítico Geraldo Ferraz, proveniente do jornalismo e da literatura, contribuiu para difusão da crítica de arte e para o desenvolvimento do jornalismo na área da cultura. Na análise de sua trajetória como crítico, destacou-se a sua reflexão sobre a organização das Bienais e seus posicionamentos estéticos. / This paper regards the art criticism articles written by Geraldo Ferraz about the early Art Biennials in São Paulo. We focused our analysis in the articles written about the 4th, 5th and 6th Biennials, published by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. We used articles, documents and other materials from the following institutions: Fundação Bienal (Historic Archive \'Wanda Svevo\'), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM SP), Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo University (MAC USP), State University of Campinas\' Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth (AEL UNICAMP), Documentation and Archive Center of the State Universty of São Paulo (CEDEM UNESP) and Archives of the State of São Paulo. The art critic Geraldo Ferraz was an author and journalist, and his work contributed to the establishment of art criticism sections in Brazil\'s media, as well as the development of cultural journalism in the country. In this analysis of his career as a critic, the study highlights his reflections about the organization of the Art Biennials and its aesthetic postures.

O presente trabalho levanta questões sobre algumas formas particulares de estruturação de um sistema profissional de produção cultural para as artes plásticas no eixo Rio de Janeiro São Paulo no período que coincide com um momento de florescimento político e econômico e se fortalece a partir da segunda metade dos anos 1940 e ao longo das décadas de 1950/1960. No que concerne especialmente aos museus de arte moderna, observou-se um fortalecimento institucional em torno do qual o sistema artístico brasileiro se estruturou. Para se chegar a essa conclusão foram analisados os aspectos estruturais (econômicos e políticos) centrados no eixo Rio de Janeiro São Paulo, e conjunturais, a partir das particularidades do fenômeno da arte da vanguarda construtiva brasileira. Foram consideradas as visões dos artistas nacionais em relação tanto à questão da arte de vanguarda como na sua relação com o museu. Consideramos, também, a Bienal como instituição, seu vínculo com os artistas e com o próprio MAM/SP no processo de divulgação da arte. Avaliamos a ação artística, peculiar pela presença das vanguardas construtivas, que envolvia grande participação dos artistas no cotidiano museológico. Além disso, consideramos o estreito diálogo que havia com os críticos que atuavam em veículos de comunicação. Como parte fundamental do estabelecimento de um sistema profissional de produção cultural, avaliamos a consolidação de um mercado de arte com base na atuação de marchands e na criação de galerias privadas em uma ação ainda não muito distinta daquela dos museus. Os movimentos concreto e neoconcreto, na medida em que se caracterizam como vanguardas artísticas e sua atuação permitiu a mobilização do suposto sistema em torno das discussões sobre suas novas propostas éticas e estéticas, foram considerados pontualmente. / This thesis raises issues on some specific ways of structuring a professional system of cultural production for the arts in the circuit Rio de Janeiro São Paulo coincident to a moment of political and economical emergence that gets stronger from the middle of the 1940s and during the 1950/1960 decades. Regarding in special the museums of modern art, it was observed an institutional strengthening around which the Brazilian artistic system was structured. To reach that conclusion structural aspects the economics and politics in the circuit Rio de Janeiro São Paulo as well as situational ones were considered on the specificities of the phenomenon of the Brazilian constructive vanguard art. We also considered the vision of the national artists on the art of vanguard and its relation to the museum. Also, we considered the Bienal and its relation with the artists and with the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo itself in the process of divulging the art. We evaluate the artistic action, peculiar because of the presence of the constructive vanguards, and that involved a great participation of the artists on the museum day-to-day. Besides that we consider as well the close dialogue with the critics who worked on the vehicles of mass communication. As a fundamental part of the establishing of a professional system of cultural production, we evaluate the consolidation of an art market based on the activities of the dealers and the creation of private galleries in one action not yet very much distinct from that of the museums. The concrete and neoconcrete movements were specially considered because as artistic vanguard, their performances enabled the mobilization of the supposed system around the discussions on its new ethical and aesthetic proposals.

En 1897, paraît la première revue parisienne consacrée à la critique des arts décoratifs contemporains : Art et Décoration, publiée par la Librairie centrale des beaux-arts. Jusqu’en 1914,elle reste fidèle aux engagements énoncés par son programme : être l’auxiliaire du développement d’un art décoratif français moderne, au sens large, en suivant étroitement l’actualité artistique et en prenant part aux débats critiques, esthétiques, théoriques et idéologiques qui sous-tendent cette actualité. Cette recherche a pour but de décrypter l’action critique et théorique d’Art et Décoration en tant qu’auxiliaire de l’évolution des faits artistiques, selon trois niveaux de lecture : la place d’Art et Décoration et de ses principaux acteurs au sein du champ éditorial des revues d’art, la vocation militante de son discours critique, et, enfin, son élaboration d’une esthétique décorative extensive.Tout en suivant ce triple niveau de lecture, cette étude adopte un parcours en quatre temps,correspondant à quatre périodes, définies par la superposition de l’histoire interne d’Art et Décoration, de l’évolution des faits artistiques et du positionnement critique et théorique de la revue vis-à-vis de ces derniers. / In 1897, the Librairie centrale des beaux-arts published the first Parisian review devoted to contemporary decorative arts criticism : Art et Décoration. Until 1914, the review adhered to its original mission of chronicling the development of modern, French decorative art by reporting artistic events, and taking an active role in the critical, aesthetical, theoretical and ideological debates of the period. This research intends to understand the critical and theoretical actions of Art et Décoration through three different perspectives: the role of Art et Décoration and its main contributors in the field of art review publishing; the militant language of its critical discourse ; and, its construction of an extensive decorative aesthetic. In addition to these three viewpoints, this study is further divided into four chronological periods based upon the internal dynamics of Art et Décoration, artistic developments of the era, and the progression of the review’s critical and theoretical positions.

<p>The purpose of this essay was to overview the conflicts regarding the exhibition space (Kunsthalle) Tensta Konsthall during 2003 and 2004, in order to gain an understanding of the following: why the conflict started, if anyone exceeded their authority, how the case has been reviewed in the press, what kind of value judgements lay behind the actions and why this case has received so much attention. By studying mainly press material and political documents it has been made clear that Tensta Konsthall’s location in an ill reputed suburb of Stockholm has been the cause for its exposure to different demands and expectations compared to other similar exhibition spaces. Further the essay deals with questions raised by the conflict in the intersection of culture and politics.</p>

Aesthetic criticism very often has been overlooked and considered a lesser form. However, many interpretations, applications and discernments can be obtained from this kind of art writing. Using Osvaldo Sánchez's work as a case study, this thesis examines how writerly art criticism offers an active reading framework of the work of art by using philosophical, literary and poetic constructions. In this regard, I will see how the "writerly" condition has contributed compelling insights to the History of Aesthetics, highlighting the connections and disconnections between Sánchez and other writerly critics, which demonstrates the significance of developing a flexible, available and aesthetic learning model of art appreciation. I will analyze as well various models of experience, subjective and objective, that release certain "openness" as a premise for their existences. Here are included the Kantian sublime, Heidegger's ontological Being, the surrealist cultivation of chance, Kaprow's happenings, and the attitude of disinterest developed by the vanishing poets as defended by the scholar Rafael Hernández Rodríguez. I will show that, by choosing an accommodating approach to discover forms of knowledge, an assortment of valuable empirical content can be found. Finally, I investigate the writerly work of Cuban critic Osvaldo Sánchez that does not adopt a fixed critical pattern. Instead, Sánchez's art writing passes through fields, providing us with a heuristic methodology in which the aesthetic emerges not as a preconditioned set of principles/procedures, but as a true lived experience.

The purpose of this essay was to overview the conflicts regarding the exhibition space (Kunsthalle) Tensta Konsthall during 2003 and 2004, in order to gain an understanding of the following: why the conflict started, if anyone exceeded their authority, how the case has been reviewed in the press, what kind of value judgements lay behind the actions and why this case has received so much attention. By studying mainly press material and political documents it has been made clear that Tensta Konsthall’s location in an ill reputed suburb of Stockholm has been the cause for its exposure to different demands and expectations compared to other similar exhibition spaces. Further the essay deals with questions raised by the conflict in the intersection of culture and politics.