ART 80V: Issues + Artists

Lecturer: Shelby Graham


  1. Crimp, Douglas. “On the Museum's Ruins,” In On the Museum's Ruins. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993: 44-60.


  1. Putnam, James. Art and Artifact: The Museum as Medium. Thames & Hudson, 2001.


  1. O’Doherty, Brian. “The Gallery as a gesture.” In Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, 1996.


  1. Liss, Andrea. “James Luna: Actions and Reactions.” Catalogue 1992.


  1. González, Jennifer. “Curatorial Turns,” in Fred Wilson Objects and Installations 1979-2000. Baltimore, MD: Center for Art and Visual Culture of University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2001.


  1. Corrin, Lisa. “Mining The Museum: Artists Look At Museums, Museums Look At Themselves” (Serpentine Gallery, London). Museum Studies An Anthology of Contexts Edited by: BETTINA MESSIAS CARBONELL, City University of New York, 2003.


  1. Madoff, Steven Henry. “How Do You Get to the Biennale? Apply, Apply.” New York Times 2003: Arts


  1. Lloyd, Ann Wilson. “If the Museum Itself is an Artwork, What About the Art Inside?” New York Times 25 January 2004: Art 29+.


  1. Karp & Wilson. “Constructing the Spectacle of Culture in Museums,” In Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, 1996.


  1. Hoban, Phoebe. “Masks Still in Place, but Firmly in the Mainstream.” New York Times 4 January 2004: Arts 34+. Guerrilla Girls.


  1. Beyer, Andreas. “Between Academic and Exhibition Practice: The Case of Renaissance Studies,” In The Two Art Histories: The Museum and the University. Ed. Charles W. Haxthaussen. Dalton, MA: Studley Press, 2002. 25-29.


  1. Sischy, Ingrid. “Will Feminism’s Fourth Wave Begin on the Runway?” New York Times Style. 25 Feb 2007.


  1. Graeber, Laurel. “Taking Children to the Realm of Culture.” New York Times 12 October 2003: Arts 1+.


  1. Museum Organization Chart


  1. Moore, Summer. “The Work of Art.” Stanford Magazine January 2004.


  1. Hicks, Emily. “The Artist as Citizen: Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Felipe Ehrenberg, David Avalos and Judy Baca.”


  1. Tinari, Philip. “Made in China.” New York Times Style. February 2007.


  1. Hanru, Hou. “Wherever They go, They Create a New World. Notes on Migration, Cultural Hybridity, and Contemporary Art.”


  1. Cover Letter


20–21. Exhibition Proposal writing and Grant writing samples


22. Works Gallery, San Jose CA (non-profit Gallery info)


23. Sample exhibition proposal with budget


24–30. Press release/press packet/samples


31. Juried show format


32–33. Artist letters


34. Exhibition Timeline


35–36. Gallery Agreements/Contracts


37. Resume sample


38–40. Artist Statements


41. Exhibit survey


42. Glossary of Art Terms


43. Benjamin, Walter. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.”