Yesterday we visited the Palais de Tokyo, which may be one of the most exciting sites for international contemporary art that I have visited recently. The current exhibitions demonstrate a high degree of curatorial examination.Continue reading
Author: dnrodowick
D. N. Rodowick is Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Cinema and Media Studies and the College; he is also an associate in the Department of Visual Arts. Rodowick is the author of numerous essays as well as eight books, including most recently, What Philosophy Wants from Images (forthcoming from University of Chicago Press, 2017). After studying cinema and comparative literature at the University of Texas, Austin and Université de Paris III, he obtained a PhD. at the University of Iowa in 1983. Rodowick subsequently taught at Yale University, the University of Rochester, and at King's College, University of London. Before coming to the University of Chicago, he was William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and Director of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard University. Rodowick is also a curator, and an award-winning experimental filmmaker and video artist.
Field Trip 3: William Kentridge at Marian Goodman Paris
We made our third “field trip” yesterday to visit Marian Goodman Paris for an in-depth look at the William Kentridge exhibition currently installed there. During my own first visit last week, I was preoccupied withContinue reading
Field Trip 2: the Paris Art Fair
I went to the opening of the Paris Art Fair on Wednesday to check out the scene ahead of the students. It was everything one fears about art fairs: chaotic, crowded, hot, and sloshing withContinue reading
Class visit for close viewing and discussion of Emmanuelle Lainé’s “Incremental Self”
An image of our class “Field Trip” for close viewing and discussion of Emmanuelle Lainé’s “Incremental Self” at Bétonsalon. Many thanks to Lucas Morin and his colleague Mathilde for their hospitality and discussion. More images availableContinue reading
Class visit with Kapwani Kiwanga
Looking forward to having Kapwani Kiwanga visit our class today. After studying Anthropology and Comparative Religions at McGill University, Kiwanga began her career as an artist at L’Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and with residencies atContinue reading
Welcome!
Welcome to our course blogs for Contemporary Art in Paris, taught at the University of Chicago Paris Center. In this class, we are exploring important institutions and contexts for exhibiting contemporary international art in the cityContinue reading