Join us on December 4th at the Evanston Public Library as we continue reading Arthur C. Danto’s acclaimed 1992 book Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective. Dialogic Communities: Repairing the Social Bond is an ongoing participatory education program facilitated by the Evanston Art Center Director of Education Keith Brown and Insight Arts Executive Director Craig Harshaw. Dialogic Communities was conceived to inspire thoughtful public dialogue, reinvigorate the spirit of community, and open up explorations in contemporary visual art all while serving as a productive social and informal public education model.
Inspiration for Dialogic Communities derives from Paulo Freire, Joseph Beuys, Jacques Ranciere and art historical public cultures.
To participate, buy the book and read:
pp. 147-248 for meeting 12/4
Used copies of this book start at $7.00.
New copies start at $13.00
The Evanston Public Library has 4 copies at 1703 Orrington Ave Evanston, IL 60201
Table of Contents:
Introduction p.3
Animals as Art Historians: reflections on the Innocent Eye p. 15
The Art World Revisited: Comedies of Similarity p. 33
Symbolic Expressions and the Self p. 55
Metaphor and Cognition p. 73
Art and Artifact in Africa p. 89
Shapes of Artistic Pasts, East and West p. 115
The Abstract Expressionist Coca-Cola Bottle p. 131
High Art, Low Art, and the Spirit of History p. 147
Censorship and Subsidy in the Arts p. 163
Dangerous Art p. 179
The Museum of Museums p. 199
Learning to Live with Pluralism p. 217
Narrative and Style p. 233
Press:
A blog post by Norah Diedrich on Dialogic Communities
An article by W. Keith Brown on Dialogic Communities
http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=20769