The image of a tortured genius working in near isolation has long dominated our conceptions of the artist’s studio. Examples abound: think Jackson Pollock dripping resin on a cicada carcass in his shed in the Hamptons. But times have changed; ever since Andy Warhol declared his art space a “factory,” artists have begun to envision themselves as the leaders of production teams, and their sense of what it means to be in the studio has altered just as dramatically as their practices. The Studio Reader pulls back the curtain from the art world to reveal the real activities behind artistic production. What does it mean to be in the studio? What is the space of the studio in the artist’s practice? How do studios help artists envision their agency and, beyond that, their own lives? This forward-thinking anthology features an all-star array of contributors, ranging from Svetlana Alpers, Bruce Nauman, and Robert Storr to Daniel Buren, Carolee Schneemann, and Buzz Spector, each of whom locates the studio both spatially and conceptually—at the center of an art world that careens across institutions, markets, and disciplines. A companion for anyone engaged with the spectacular sites of art at its making, The Studio Reader reconsiders this crucial space as an actual way of being that illuminates our understanding of both artists and the world they inhabit.
Author(s): Mary Jane Jacob, Michelle Grabner
Edition: 1
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 392
Contents......Page 6
Foreword by Lisa Wainwright......Page 10
Preface by Mary Jane Jacob......Page 12
Introduction by Michelle Grabner......Page 16
The Studio as Resource......Page 30
Buzz Spector......Page 32
Rochelle Feinstein......Page 36
Shana Lutker Index: Dream Studio, 2003–2006......Page 38
Michael Smith, "Recipe: Perfect Studio Day"......Page 43
John Baldessari, "In Conversation"......Page 45
The Studio as Set and Setting......Page 52
Howard Singerman, "A Possible Contradiction"......Page 54
Frances Stark......Page 62
Robert Storr, "A Room of One’s Own, a Mind of One’s Own"......Page 64
Bruce Nauman, "Setting a Good Corner"......Page 78
Michael Peppiatt and Alice Bellony-Rewald, "Studios of America"......Page 83
Annika Marie Action, "Painting Fourfold: Harold Rosenberg and an Arena in Which to Act"......Page 95
Kimsooja......Page 102
Barry Schwabsky, "The Symbolic Studio"......Page 103
The Studio as Stage......Page 112
David J. Getsy, "The Reconstruction of the Francis Bacon Studio in Dublin"......Page 114
Art & Language, "Art & Language Paints a Picture"......Page 119
David Reed......Page 134
Thomas Lawson......Page 136
Charline von Heyl......Page 140
Svetlana Alpers, "The View from the Studio"......Page 141
Rodney Graham, "Studio"......Page 165
Joe Scanlan, "Post–Post Studio"......Page 168
Carolee Schneemann, "The Studio, June 22, 2009"......Page 169
Daniel Buren, "The Function of the Studio"......Page 171
Daniel Buren, "The Function of the Studio Revisited: Daniel Buren in Conversation"......Page 178
Carrie Moyer......Page 181
Marjorie Welish......Page 184
Marjorie Welish, "The Studio Visit"......Page 185
Marjorie Welish "The Studio Revisited"......Page 196
The Studio as Lived-In Space......Page 208
Mary Bergstein, "The Artist in His Studio: Photography, Art, and the Masculine Mystique"......Page 210
Rachel Harrison......Page 232
Lynn Lester Hershman, "The Studio Present"......Page 234
Brenda Schmahmann, "Cast in a Different Light: Women and the 'Artist’s Studio' Theme in George Segal’s Sculpture"......Page 235
Karl Haendel......Page 252
Brian Winkenweder, "The Kitchen as Art Studio: Gender, Performance, and Domestic Aesthetics"......Page 254
Glenn Adamson, "Analogue Practice"......Page 266
Amy Granat, "1107"......Page 274
David Robbins......Page 276
James Welling, "Polaroids, 1976"......Page 279
The Studio as Space and Non-Space......Page 282
Jon Wood, "Brancusi’s 'white studio'"......Page 284
James Welling, "Paris, 2009"......Page 300
Caroline A. Jones, "Post-Studio/Postmodern/ Postmortem"......Page 301
Courtney J. Martin, "The Studio and the City: S.P.A.C.E. Ltd. and Rasheed Araeen’s"......Page 317
Katy Siegel, "Live/Work"......Page 326
Suzanne Lacy, "Beyond Necessity: The Street as Studio"......Page 332
Walead Beshty, "Studio Narratives"......Page 336
Andrea Bowers......Page 347
Judith Rodenbeck, "Studio Visit"......Page 351
Lane Relyea Studio Unbound......Page 356
List of Contributors......Page 366
Illustration Credits......Page 375
Index......Page 378
