M9 WORD + IMAGEART 299 VISUAL CULTURE GLOBAL CONTEXT

Module 9 Overview

frequent use of words in contemporary visual art: Ed Ruscha, 1963 Bruce Nauman, 1967 Jenny Holzer, 1982 Christopher Wool, 1992

Wu Zhen, Stalks of Bamboo by a Rock (33-3)

Xu Bing, Book from the Sky, 1987 (31-18)

Islamic pen boxes (not illustrated in text) http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/89.2.194 http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/c/cast_brass_pen-box.aspx http://www.akdn.org/museum/detail.asp?artifactid=1208#

Koran illumination (10-17) also view http://art.thewalters.org/detail/38427/quran/ [it is not necessary to look at all of the pages but be

sure to look at a few]

display of Torah scrolls, desecrated during Holocausthttp://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_da.php?MediaId=98

Rachel Whiteread, Holocaust Memorial (31-38)

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, early 6thc. (8-21)

Chi Rho page, Book of Kells , early 9thc. (11-1)

Cross-inscribed carpet page, Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 698-721 (11-7)

Ed RuschaElectric1963oil on canvas72 x 67 inches

Bruce NaumanThe True Artist1967neon59 x 55 x 2 inches

Jenny Holzer, from the Truisms series, on the Spectacolor Boardin Times Square, NYC, 1982

Christopher WoolFuckem1992enamel on aluminum108 x 72 inches

Wu ZhenStalks of Bambooby a Rock1347

Xu Bing, “Book from the Sky,” (Nonsense Book), 1987-1991

http://sites.asiasociety.org/islamiccalligraphy/the-calligrapher-tools-and-materials/[Please read all four sections and look at the images for all four as well.]

desecrated Torah photographedafter pogrom in Romania, 1941

Rachel Whiteread, Nameless Library (Holocaust Memorial), Judenplatz, Vienna, 2000

Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, page from the “Vienna Genesis”, early sixth century. Tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum, approx. 11 ¼ "X 9 ¼”

“Carpet page” from the Lindisfarne Gospelsc. 700

“Chi Rho” page from the Book of Kells,c. 800