Page 1. Toni Ross Art in the ''Post-Medium'' Era: Aesthetics ... more Page 1. Toni Ross Art in the ''Post-Medium'' Era: Aesthetics and Conceptualism in the Art of Jeff Wall During the last decade of the twentieth century ... Page 2. 556 Toni Ross port's material properties, or as the perpetuation of distinct artistic traditions. ...
The following cluster of essays addresses the contemporary art world's renewed engagement wit... more The following cluster of essays addresses the contemporary art world's renewed engagement with aesthetics, a debate that emerged in the early 1990s and, as yet, shows little sign of abating. Three of the essays, by Alexander Alberro, Anna Dezeuze, and Margaret Iversen, are revised versions of papers from the “Aesthetic/Anti-Aesthetic” session organized by James Meyer and Toni Ross for the 2003 College Art Association annual conference. The contribution by Arthur Danto was developed for this issue. The aim of this effort has been to bring anti-aesthetic and aesthetic positions into closer proximity than has typically been the case. Our working assumption or hope is that the historical split between the aesthetic's focus on visual affect or pleasure and the critical or political aims of the anti-aesthetic may not be reconciled, perhaps, but calibrated in a less polarized way. We have sought out essays that forestall an automatic equation between aesthetics and conservative taste, or vested ideological interests, as well as the often unreflective appeals to visual pleasure so prominent in the recent beauty revivalism.
Abstract Nicolas Bourriaud's concept of 'relational aesthetics' has pr... more Abstract Nicolas Bourriaud's concept of 'relational aesthetics' has proved an influential framework for understanding discipline cross overs in art of the 1990s. This paper traces precedents in aesthetic philosophy, both Kantian and Marxist that inform Bourriaud's account of the relational ...
Abstract: The manner in which artist and designer Andrea Zuttel demonstrates a successful discipl... more Abstract: The manner in which artist and designer Andrea Zuttel demonstrates a successful discipline crossover between art and design through her art work is explored. She highlights the aesthetic autonomy of her art by using it in designing interiors, furniture such as the 'Body ...
Review essay of retrospective exhibition by Gerhard Richter at Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of... more Review essay of retrospective exhibition by Gerhard Richter at Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane in 2017
Reading Jacques Rancière's interventions in art theory can be a disconcerting experience. On... more Reading Jacques Rancière's interventions in art theory can be a disconcerting experience. One recognises the recurrence of established heuristics of modern art while also encountering disruptions of their familiar application. A common response I have received from colleagues ...
Article published in special issue of Art Monthly Australasia on Art and Wellness Culture, Autumn... more Article published in special issue of Art Monthly Australasia on Art and Wellness Culture, Autumn 2021, pp. 38-49. A critical analysis of contemporary wellness culture and discussion of contemporary art that engages critically or ambivalently with this phenomenon.
The Official: international journal of contemporary humanities, 2020
This paper analyses the portrayal of wildlife in The pure necessity (2016), an experimental video... more This paper analyses the portrayal of wildlife in The pure necessity (2016), an experimental video by Belgian artist David Claerbout that re-imagines Disney's famous animated film The Jungle Book (1967). Aesthetic features of the video will be contrasted with the depiction of wildlife in the Disney film and recent 'blue-chip' natural history documentaries. I will argue that the adoption of a slow aesthetic and a retreat from anthropomorphism in The pure necessity presents a stark contrast to modern anthropocentric attitudes embedded in contemporary wildlife documentaries and The Jungle Book. In this respect, Claerbout's video will be interpreted as a significant contribution to ecocritical thinking and art making.
This essay was published in the exhibition catalogue 'Archie Moore 1970-2018' curated by Angela G... more This essay was published in the exhibition catalogue 'Archie Moore 1970-2018' curated by Angela Goddard at the Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane in 2018. Focusing on the issue of empathetic identification with others the essay discusses a site specific art work by Moore, an Australian indigenous artist, produced for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, 2016. Titled 'A Home Away from Home (Bennelong/Vera's Hut)' the work engaged with the life of Indigenous historical figure Woollarawarre Bennelong and Moore's family history in Queensland.
Page 1. Toni Ross Art in the ''Post-Medium'' Era: Aesthetics ... more Page 1. Toni Ross Art in the ''Post-Medium'' Era: Aesthetics and Conceptualism in the Art of Jeff Wall During the last decade of the twentieth century ... Page 2. 556 Toni Ross port's material properties, or as the perpetuation of distinct artistic traditions. ...
The following cluster of essays addresses the contemporary art world's renewed engagement wit... more The following cluster of essays addresses the contemporary art world's renewed engagement with aesthetics, a debate that emerged in the early 1990s and, as yet, shows little sign of abating. Three of the essays, by Alexander Alberro, Anna Dezeuze, and Margaret Iversen, are revised versions of papers from the “Aesthetic/Anti-Aesthetic” session organized by James Meyer and Toni Ross for the 2003 College Art Association annual conference. The contribution by Arthur Danto was developed for this issue. The aim of this effort has been to bring anti-aesthetic and aesthetic positions into closer proximity than has typically been the case. Our working assumption or hope is that the historical split between the aesthetic's focus on visual affect or pleasure and the critical or political aims of the anti-aesthetic may not be reconciled, perhaps, but calibrated in a less polarized way. We have sought out essays that forestall an automatic equation between aesthetics and conservative taste, or vested ideological interests, as well as the often unreflective appeals to visual pleasure so prominent in the recent beauty revivalism.
Abstract Nicolas Bourriaud's concept of 'relational aesthetics' has pr... more Abstract Nicolas Bourriaud's concept of 'relational aesthetics' has proved an influential framework for understanding discipline cross overs in art of the 1990s. This paper traces precedents in aesthetic philosophy, both Kantian and Marxist that inform Bourriaud's account of the relational ...
Abstract: The manner in which artist and designer Andrea Zuttel demonstrates a successful discipl... more Abstract: The manner in which artist and designer Andrea Zuttel demonstrates a successful discipline crossover between art and design through her art work is explored. She highlights the aesthetic autonomy of her art by using it in designing interiors, furniture such as the 'Body ...
Review essay of retrospective exhibition by Gerhard Richter at Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of... more Review essay of retrospective exhibition by Gerhard Richter at Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane in 2017
Reading Jacques Rancière's interventions in art theory can be a disconcerting experience. On... more Reading Jacques Rancière's interventions in art theory can be a disconcerting experience. One recognises the recurrence of established heuristics of modern art while also encountering disruptions of their familiar application. A common response I have received from colleagues ...
Article published in special issue of Art Monthly Australasia on Art and Wellness Culture, Autumn... more Article published in special issue of Art Monthly Australasia on Art and Wellness Culture, Autumn 2021, pp. 38-49. A critical analysis of contemporary wellness culture and discussion of contemporary art that engages critically or ambivalently with this phenomenon.
The Official: international journal of contemporary humanities, 2020
This paper analyses the portrayal of wildlife in The pure necessity (2016), an experimental video... more This paper analyses the portrayal of wildlife in The pure necessity (2016), an experimental video by Belgian artist David Claerbout that re-imagines Disney's famous animated film The Jungle Book (1967). Aesthetic features of the video will be contrasted with the depiction of wildlife in the Disney film and recent 'blue-chip' natural history documentaries. I will argue that the adoption of a slow aesthetic and a retreat from anthropomorphism in The pure necessity presents a stark contrast to modern anthropocentric attitudes embedded in contemporary wildlife documentaries and The Jungle Book. In this respect, Claerbout's video will be interpreted as a significant contribution to ecocritical thinking and art making.
This essay was published in the exhibition catalogue 'Archie Moore 1970-2018' curated by Angela G... more This essay was published in the exhibition catalogue 'Archie Moore 1970-2018' curated by Angela Goddard at the Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane in 2018. Focusing on the issue of empathetic identification with others the essay discusses a site specific art work by Moore, an Australian indigenous artist, produced for the 20th Biennale of Sydney, 2016. Titled 'A Home Away from Home (Bennelong/Vera's Hut)' the work engaged with the life of Indigenous historical figure Woollarawarre Bennelong and Moore's family history in Queensland.
This edited collection explores the complex ways in which photography is used and interpreted: as... more This edited collection explores the complex ways in which photography is used and interpreted: as a record of evidence, as a form of communication, as a means of social and political provocation, as a mode of surveillance, as a narrative of the self, and as an art form. What makes photographic images unsettling and how do the re-uses and interpretations of photographic images unsettle the self-evident reality of the visual field? Taking up these themes, this book examines the role of photography as a revelatory medium underscored by its complex association with history, memory, experience and identity.
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