Background
Morgan, Robert Coolidge was born on July 10, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Field Paul Morgan and Helen Louise (Mount) Brightwell.
( The most significant change in the art world over the p...)
The most significant change in the art world over the past two decades has not been the evolution of a new style or movement but in how art is promoted and marketed. After prices accelerated in the 1980s, today's art world is beginning to look more like a multi-national corporation than a cultural institution. Acclaimed critic, poet, and historian Robert C. Morgan argues for a new qualitative standard in art, not only in painting and sculpture, but also in literature, music, video, photography, conceptual art, and installations. Poignantly and powerfully written, he calls for an end to the art world as we know it, a world governed by the trends of fashion, media, and popular entertainment, and proposes a return to aesthetics and a new inner-directedness in art.
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(Art into Ideas provides an overview of one of the most im...)
Art into Ideas provides an overview of one of the most important and influential developments in American and European art over the past thirty years. Focusing on works by a range of international artists, including Joseph Kosuth, Hans Haacke, Sherrie Levine and Joseph Beuys, Robert Morgan defines and elucidates the premises of conceptual art. He examines its evolution, from its inception in the 1960s through the 1980s, relating the movement to historical and cultural contexts, as well as to important theoretical and critical issues that emerged during these decades. Defining three primary modes of representation that characterise conceptual art - the philosophical, the structural, and the systemic - Morgan then applies these concepts in analyses of a variety of media, including painting, photography, books, and performance.
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This work provides an alternative viewpoint to the general American cultural discourse of the 1980s, showing that the real situation was not the exclusionary rhetoric of Postmodernism but was instead the conflict between late Modernism and Conceptual Art. The 24 essays range from discussions on Joseph Beuys and Allan Kaprow to studies of French artist Tania Mouraud and Polish artist Jan Zakrzewski.
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artist curator educator art critic
Morgan, Robert Coolidge was born on July 10, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Field Paul Morgan and Helen Louise (Mount) Brightwell.
Bachelor, University Redlands, 1964. Master of Education, Northeastern University, 1968. Master of Fine Arts, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975.
Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1978.
Lecturer School Visual Arts, New York City, New York, since 1988. Professor emeritus Rochester Institute of Technology. Visiting professor Columbia University, 1990, Barnard College, 1991-1992.
Adjunct professor Pratt Institute, since 1991. Juror United Nations Educational prize Venice Biennale, 1999.
(This work provides an alternative viewpoint to the genera...)
( The most significant change in the art world over the p...)
(Art into Ideas provides an overview of one of the most im...)
Member College Art Association American, International Association Art Critics, American Society Aesthetics.
1 child, Sarah Caitlin.