The Paintings of Jeff Koons: 1994 - 2008" is an in depth look at the painting of an artist who is still primarily known for his sculptural work of the 1980's. This thesis examines Koons' paintings in light of his previous work and looks at his studio practices, sources, connection to Photorealism, Surrealism, and Duchamp, etc. The thesis contends that a greater understanding and appreciation for Koons' paintings is necessary in order to grasp the importance of his entire oeuvre. / Art History

<p>This paper presents an approach in contemporary, abstract art for a new way of experiencing modernist abstraction. This has not been possible until now, about 40 years after the postmodern turn against modernism in art, and the closely connected formalism. This new approach is represented in this paper by the Swedish contemporary artists Ann Edholm and Jacob Dahlgren. Modernist artists such as Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian receives a new relevance to contemporary abstract art. This opens up for a new, more complex and more dialectical understanding and re-evaluation of modernism and its abstract art.This is shown by a historical and chronological investigation which highlights modernist abstract art, formalism, and the critical and post-modern Neo-geometric ‘abstraction’ of the eighties. This background has been a way of proving how modernist abstraction still can possess a validity for contemporary art today, and even vitalize a continuation for abstract art as a contemporary practice.</p>

This paper presents an approach in contemporary, abstract art for a new way of experiencing modernist abstraction. This has not been possible until now, about 40 years after the postmodern turn against modernism in art, and the closely connected formalism. This new approach is represented in this paper by the Swedish contemporary artists Ann Edholm and Jacob Dahlgren. Modernist artists such as Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian receives a new relevance to contemporary abstract art. This opens up for a new, more complex and more dialectical understanding and re-evaluation of modernism and its abstract art.This is shown by a historical and chronological investigation which highlights modernist abstract art, formalism, and the critical and post-modern Neo-geometric ‘abstraction’ of the eighties. This background has been a way of proving how modernist abstraction still can possess a validity for contemporary art today, and even vitalize a continuation for abstract art as a contemporary practice.

La presente investigación tiene por objetivo analizar el aporte de la práctica del Neo futurismo de Greg Allen en el entrenamiento de la escucha en escena, la misma que se analizará de manera integral desde tres ejes: la escucha del actor con uno mismo (actor – yo), con su o sus compañeros (actor – actor) y con la audiencia (actor – espectador). Para tal efecto, se realizó un laboratorio en el que se puso en práctica ejercicios del neo futurismo, corriente basada en una estética de honestidad, velocidad y brevedad, propuesta por Greg Allen en 1988. Esta práctica comprende cuatro principios básicos que la constituyen, los cuales son: el actor es el actor, está donde está, el tiempo es ahora y está haciendo algo de verdad; de tal modo que exige al actor una apertura total en el escenario para su accionar. A su vez, para la respectiva recolección de información, se utilizaron las técnicas de entrevista y observación. Finalmente, el laboratorio se desarrolló con seis participantes, entre estudiantes a partir de sexto ciclo en adelante y egresados de la especialidad de Teatro de la Facultad de Artes Escénicas de la PUCP. Laboratorio que culminó en una muestra final frente a un público abierto.