Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in Mfa Education

Gary Alan Fine

Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in Mfa Education
Format
Hardback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Country
United States
Published
31 August 2018
Pages
288
ISBN
9780226560182

Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in Mfa Education

Gary Alan Fine

In Talking Art, acclaimed ethnographer Gary Alan Fine gives us an eye-opening look at the contemporary university-based master’s-level art program. Through an in-depth analysis of the practice of the critique and other aspects of the curriculum, Fine reveals how MFA programs have shifted the goal of creating art away from beauty and toward theory. Contemporary visual art, Fine argues, is no longer a calling or a passion-it’s a discipline, with an academic culture that requires its practitioners to be verbally skilled in the presentation of their intentions. Talking Art offers a remarkable and disconcerting view into the crucial role that universities play in creating that culture.

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