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Mental Health
Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me
Bobby Baker
Embracing the Ordinary
Michael Foley
The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy
Michael Foley
Touched With Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
Kay Redfield Jamison
Society
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain
Craig Taylor
Artists
Modern Art Asia Issue 9: Yayoi Kusama
Datebooks, 1964/65
Eva Hesse
Art Theory
But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory
Cynthia Freeland
Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism
Matei Calinescu
Kitsch in Sync : A Consumer’s Guide to Bad Taste
Peter Ward
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1.3 Studio Practice Reading List Amelia Wilson 12 June
Following on from the last module, I have become fascinated with peril, disgust and desire – wanting something you know is dangerous or finding something that disgusts us enticing. I am intrigued by consumerism (coming from both sides of the topic through my job and as a consumer) as a peril as well as other more traditional ‘deadly sins’. My overall intention for this module is to explore need vs want more closely – and whether humans are the only ones that suffer from this. This has stemmed from looking at some theories as to why so many people in the developed world suffer from depression (this is what Affluenza is about). I am currently not happy to explore my own personal depression any further, as per my discussions with Angela during 1.4.
Disgust
When Angela suggested looking at Cathy de Monchaux’s work we talked about how something could be exquisite, yet disgust us at the same time. So I wanted to look into what disgust is and why we feel it. This will inform how I can make work with an edge of disgust that is based on sound research that will have a universal impact.
That’s Disgusting: Unravelling the Mysteries of Repulsion Rachel Herz
Peril
When looking at peril, I have been looking at living things that appear innocuous, but are deadly. The plant and sealife books will be used to look at animals and plants that are deadly to us and animals in ways we do not usually think of. These will be used as references/springboards for forms, functions and mechanisms.
Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things Ellen Lupton
The Natural History Book DK
Growing Carnivorous Plants Barry A Rice
The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: Wilhelm Barthlott, Stefan Porembski,
A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation Rudiger Seine, Inge Theisen
Underwater Eden (365 Days Series) Jeffrey L. Rotman
Consumerism
Affluenza Oliver James
Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Edward Craig
Less is More: Spirituality for Busy Lives Brian Draper
Artists and Theory
Extra/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art Maria Elena Buszek
Looking at the theories around the boundaries between fine art and craft.
Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl Wendy Jones, Grayson Perry
I have also chosen Grayson Perry to look at as I relate to his work a lot. I find he has a lot of interesting things to say – both as an artist and in his work. I relate to his working practices as I came from a ceramics background. Most of all, he is a social commentator and expresses much interest in the borders between craft and fine art. The more I see of him and his practice, the more I relate to him.
Louise Bourgeois (Modern Artists Series) Ann Coxon
The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship Michael Petry
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine Rozsika Parker
Art & Today Eleanor Heartney
(Concentrating on the chapter Art & Nature and Technology
with interest in the Art & Popular Culture chapter)
The Grove Book of Art Writing: Martin Gayford
Brilliant Words on Art from Pliny the Elder to Damien Hirst
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: Kristine Stiles
A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings
Making Contemporary Art: How Today’s Artists Think and Work Linda Weintraub
Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art Janis Jefferies and
To inform my knowledge of contemporary textile artists Bradley Quinn, Nadine Monem
Textile Perspectives in Mixed-Media Sculpture Jac Scott
To inform my knowledge of contemporary textile artists
Magazines and journals (I have subscriptions to these – so read them anyway)
Oh Comely
Art of England
Felt Matters
Selvedge
AN
Events – Southbank Centre Wide Open School
Attending these events means I get an insight into how other artists practice (which Angela said I should look at) as well as informing my own work and challenging ideas I may hold. I have chosen events that look at 3d work and textiles as well as the event to challenge how I look at things.
Still Being: a conversation about time in art – Anthony Gormley in 12 June
conversation with Michael Newman
Tracey Emin in conversation with Jeanette Winterson 26 June
Vertical Flâneur : A Journey Through Non-Linear Space and Time – 4 July Pedro Lasch
Held on board of a capsule of the EDF Energy London Eye, this workshop on non-linear space and time will combine live aerial views from the EDF Energy London Eye with the use of optical and perceptual devices designed by Pedro Lasch.
Vita Activa – 7 July Haegue Yang
Haegue Yang hosts a day-long workshop of knitting and origami. In the morning participants begin with a session of origami and then in the afternoon move on to knitting. The class undertake these activities alongside the artist and instructors from local knitting and origami associations.Through the low-key activities carried out in small groups, the course explores how learning is ‘unfolded and woven amongst the participants’. By deliberately shunning ‘frontal lecturing’ and the ‘high pressure of productivity’ participants become involved in an exercise of domesticizing the institution’.
Film/TV
I am also regularly informed by watching arts television. Particularly pertinent to the above are:
- In the Best Possible Taste – Grayson Perry on Channel 4 currently
- The Greatest Movie Ever Sold – Morgan Spurlock (this looks at advertising and product placement and how pervasive this is in the USA.)
- Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine – on Sky Arts 1
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1.3 Studio Practice Reading List Amelia Wilson
Art & Today Eleanor Heartney
(Concentrating on the chapter Art & Nature and Technology)
The Grove Book of Art Writing: Martin Gayford
Brilliant Words on Art from Pliny the Elder to Damien Hirst
That’s Disgusting: Unravelling the Mysteries of Repulsion Rachel Herz
Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things Ellen Lupton
Affluenza Oliver James
The Natural History Book DK
Growing Carnivorous Plants Barry A Rice
The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: Wilhelm Barthlott, Stefan Porembski,
A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation Rudiger Seine, Inge Theisen
A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney Martin Gayford
Underwater Eden (365 Days Series) Jeffrey L. Rotman
Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon Sue Tilley
Always on the list
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: Kristine Stiles
A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings
Making Contemporary Art: How Today’s Artists Think and Work Linda Weintraub
Imagine: How Creativity Works Jonah Lehrer
How to be an Artist Michael Atavar
Pattern, Colour and Form: Creative Approaches by Artists Carolyn Genders
Surfaces and Textures: A Visual Sourcebook Polly O’Neil
Felt to Stitch: Creative Felting for Textile Artists Sheila Smith
Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics) John Berger
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine Rozsika Parker
Books that have directed this selection
Body Landscapes Rebecca Horn
Tailleur du Coeur: An Artist’s Book Rebecca Horn
Annette Messager Sheryl Conkelton, Carol S. Eliel
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman Grayson Perry
Drawn to Stitch Gwen Hedley
Connecting Art to Stitch Sandra Meech
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