ART 382 - Belle Ribicoff Seminar

Semester Offered: Fall
1/2 unit(s)

Topic for 2013/14a: Theories of Photography in East Asia: from West to East? This seminar, taught by Christopher Phillips, will explore the distinctive theories and practices of photography that have taken shape in East Asia from the mid-19th century to the present. While concentrating primarily on developments in Japan and China, it will also pay attention to important currents in Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, in an effort to situate photography within an East Asian visual culture that embraces ink painting, oil painting, printmaking, photobooks, and cinema. Among the artists whose works will serve as springboards for discussion in the seminar are such figures as Moriyama Daido, Tomatsu Shomei, Ishiuchi Miyako, Yanagi Miwa, Zhang Huan, Ai Weiwei, Wang Qingsong, and Lin Tianmiao. Enrollment limited to 12 students. First 6-week course. Meetings will be held on six Fridays during the first half of the term, 1:00-3:00 p.m. The first class will meet at Vassar; the following will take place in New York City. Transportation will be provided.

Admission by Chair’s permission only.