Art History 260 Final

social construction

an entity that exists because people behave as if it exists and whose existence is perpetuated as people and social institutions act in accordance with the widely agreed-upon formal rules or informal norms of behavior associated with that entity

abjection

the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible

shamanism

FIND ARTIST WHO DID THIS AFTER WW2 The practice of identifying special individuals (shamans) who will interact with spirits for the benefit of the community. Characteristic of the Korean kingdoms of the early medieval period and of early societies of Central Asia. (p. 292)

womanhouse

was a feminist art installation and performance space organized by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, co-founders of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Feminist Art Program.

appropriation

Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts

the indignity of speaking for others

Gillian Wearing (letting people speak for themselves) *politicians doctors lawyers always speak for others* MUSEUMS OFTEN SPEAK FOR OTHERS/WESTERN MUSEUMS ORGANIZING ENTIRE WORLD, direction action develops (don't go to leaders just protest for yourself)

postmodernism

Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture.

bricolage

construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available. *close cousin to collage (restricted to 2D artworks) similar to assemblage, has a relationship to developments within academia CLAUDE LEVI STRAUSS structural anthopologist BRICOLAGE AS ALTERNATIVE TO WESTERN INVESTIGATION, OTHER CULTURES WHERE BRICOLAGE IS PRACTICED AND PEOPLE ARE HANDYMEN AND JACK OF ALL TRADES, able to improvise bricolage --> do it yourself [In The Savage Mind (1962), the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss used the word bricolage to describe the characteristic patterns of mythological thought. Bricolage is the skill of using whatever is at hand and recombining them to create something new.] ends up connecting to hip hop and punks and DYI