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| The public and the private
realms are defined by physical and conceptual boundaries—mass
media and public streets, personal memorabilia and private interiors.
Not just a physical location, public and private can also refer
to concepts such as freedoms of speech and religion. Whether telling
personal stories to a public audience or projecting a sense of
self outwards as a public persona, the realms of public and private
are constantly being negotiated. A work of art occupies space but
can also be about space. The lessons in this topic address the
relationships between interior and exterior spaces, and the boundaries
established between them. |
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personal
stories in the public
Subject Area: Language Arts
Artists: Antoni,
Atlas, Osorio, Schorr
Many artists incorporate the intimate stories and objects of other
people in work that is exhibited in a public forum. In writing, authors
have
often revealed the intimate details of real lives. This lesson will look
at the way private stories interface in a public arena. Students
will
look at the way ordinary people contribute objects, stories, and their
own likeness to the creation of a work of art, poetry, or story.
Relics,
keepsakes, and artifacts will be explored for their emotional and inspirational
qualities. |
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the
face of fame
Subject Area: Social Studies
Artists: Horn,
Pfeiffer, Schorr, Wodiczko
In the 1960s Andy Warhol declared that “In the future, everyone
will be world famous for 15 minutes.” In 1979 he told the Washington
Post, “I’m bored with that line. I never use it anymore.
My new line is ‘In 15 minutes, everybody will be famous.’”
This lesson will explore the idea of celebrity and give students
the chance to create their own 15 minutes of fame through films
and photographic images. Students will examine the way artists grapple
with and critique media and the cult of the celebrity. (Updated
for Season Three!) |
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public
façades, private interiors
Subject Area: Visual & Performng Arts
Artists: Lin, Puryear,
Serra, Turrell
Drawing from a discussion of architecture and the way in which both the
public and the private are contained in the design and construction of
a building, this lesson will look at a variety of public and site specific
works of art to explore the public and private elements of sculpture.
This lesson will introduce memorials, site-specific installations, interventions
in the landscape, the relationship between a work of art and a building,
and architecture as a form of art in it's own right. |
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"It
seems like reality itself is being formatted and tailored for
precisely this situation where whatever I do I’m encouraged
to think of myself as potentially being on TV or potentially
being before an audience."
— Paul
Pfeiffer
"...Time and movement became really
crucial to how I deal with what I deal with, not only sight and boundary,
but how one walks through a piece and what one feels and registers
in terms of one's own body in relation to another body."
— Richard
Serra
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