James Housefield
Biographic Data
| ID | 206451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Housefield |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Housefield |
| SIGNATURE | HOUSEFIELD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The case of Marcel Duchamp: The artist as traveller and geographer
Marcel Duchamp's Art and the Geography of Modern Paris
Modern artist Marcel Duchamp's concept of the readymade remains influential though controversial. I propose a new interpretation of the readymades as a coherent series of works that re-create the landscape of Paris in the artist's New York City studio. Using techniques that parallel the conceptual and visual transformations of space performed by cartography and by landscape painting, Duchamp created a personal, monumental, and three-dimensional “…
Sites of time: Organic and geologic time in the art of Robert Smithson and Roxy Paine
Contemporary artists seeking new forms of landscape representation often look to the example of Robert Smithson. Smithson shifted his artistic practices outside of the studio (as with `earthworks' like the Spiral Jetty), seeking to replace the tradition of pastoral landscape painting with a focus on `sites of time'. Roxy Paine's artworks from the 1990s to 2005 similarly engage temporality on multiple levels, encompassing time scales linked to bri…
Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the Avant-Garde
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, popular music was considered nothing but vulgar entertainment. Today, jazz and rock music are seen as forms of art, and their practitioners are regularly accorded a status on par with the cultural and political elite. To take just one recent example, Bono, lead singer and lyricist of the rock band U2, got equal and sometimes higher billing than Pope John Paul II for their shared efforts in the Jubile…
Orientalism as Irony in Gérard de Nerval'sVoyage en Orient
2000). Orientalism as Irony in Gerard de Nerval's Voyage en Orient. The Journal of North African Studies: Vol. 5, The Walled Arab City in Literature, Architecture and History: The Living Medina in the Maghrib, pp. 10-24
Moroccan Ceramics and the Geography of Invented Traditions
1997). Moroccan Ceramics and the Geography of Invented Traditions. Geographical Review: Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 401-407
Sites of time: Organic and geologic time in the art of Robert Smithson and Roxy Paine
Contemporary artists seeking new forms of landscape representation often look to the example of Robert Smithson. Smithson shifted his artistic practices outside of the studio (as with `earthworks' like the Spiral Jetty), seeking to replace the tradition of pastoral landscape painting with a focus on `sites of time'. Roxy Paine's artworks from the 1990s to 2005 similarly engage temporality on multiple levels, encompassing time scales linked to bri…
Marcel Duchamp's Art and the Geography of Modern Paris
Modern artist Marcel Duchamp's concept of the readymade remains influential though controversial. I propose a new interpretation of the readymades as a coherent series of works that re-create the landscape of Paris in the artist's New York City studio. Using techniques that parallel the conceptual and visual transformations of space performed by cartography and by landscape painting, Duchamp created a personal, monumental, and three-dimensional “…
Moroccan Ceramics and the Geography of Invented Traditions
1997). Moroccan Ceramics and the Geography of Invented Traditions. Geographical Review: Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 401-407
Orientalism as Irony in Gérard de Nerval'sVoyage en Orient
2000). Orientalism as Irony in Gerard de Nerval's Voyage en Orient. The Journal of North African Studies: Vol. 5, The Walled Arab City in Literature, Architecture and History: The Living Medina in the Maghrib, pp. 10-24
Moroccan Ceramics and the Geography of Invented Traditions
1997). Moroccan Ceramics and the Geography of Invented Traditions. Geographical Review: Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 401-407
Orientalism as Irony in Gérard de Nerval'sVoyage en Orient
2000). Orientalism as Irony in Gerard de Nerval's Voyage en Orient. The Journal of North African Studies: Vol. 5, The Walled Arab City in Literature, Architecture and History: The Living Medina in the Maghrib, pp. 10-24
Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the Avant-Garde
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, popular music was considered nothing but vulgar entertainment. Today, jazz and rock music are seen as forms of art, and their practitioners are regularly accorded a status on par with the cultural and political elite. To take just one recent example, Bono, lead singer and lyricist of the rock band U2, got equal and sometimes higher billing than Pope John Paul II for their shared efforts in the Jubile…
Sites of time: Organic and geologic time in the art of Robert Smithson and Roxy Paine
Contemporary artists seeking new forms of landscape representation often look to the example of Robert Smithson. Smithson shifted his artistic practices outside of the studio (as with `earthworks' like the Spiral Jetty), seeking to replace the tradition of pastoral landscape painting with a focus on `sites of time'. Roxy Paine's artworks from the 1990s to 2005 similarly engage temporality on multiple levels, encompassing time scales linked to bri…
The case of Marcel Duchamp: The artist as traveller and geographer
Marcel Duchamp's Art and the Geography of Modern Paris
Modern artist Marcel Duchamp's concept of the readymade remains influential though controversial. I propose a new interpretation of the readymades as a coherent series of works that re-create the landscape of Paris in the artist's New York City studio. Using techniques that parallel the conceptual and visual transformations of space performed by cartography and by landscape painting, Duchamp created a personal, monumental, and three-dimensional “…
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