Posted in Art and illustration on 23 May 2013 | Leave a Comment »
A comic I made for a second year gender studies course I tutored for in 2012, to help students understand some of the themes from Foucault's The History of Sexuality Vol.1:
All page references from Foucault, M. (1976 ), The History of Sexuality: Volume 1., R. Hurley, , Victoria: Penguin Group
Stay tuned for Judith Butler explained with cats!
Posted in Art and illustration, Exhibitions on 17 September 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Paris, 10 September 2012, Art Media Agency (AMA).
From 8 September to 11 November 2012, the Praz-Delavallade Gallery in Paris is displaying “The Petrified Forest”, a new exhibition of artist John Miller.
John Miller’s work is characterised by a multiform aspect: painting, sculpture, photography, and video. With humour, empathy, and perspicacity, his works immerse the spectator into the maelstrom of daily life and sublimate banality. In his previous series, Miller took an interest into the differences between the price and meaning of things, and questioned in depth the notion of worth in our capitalist societies. His most recent projects are dedicated to representations both critical and poetic of the emotional affects, of the relationships to “biopower” (concept elaborated by Michel Foucault) and of its impact on individuals.
In the new series of wooden relief paintings displayed in this exhibition, Miller uses again the subject of individuals crying in reality TV shows, a theme previously tackled in the “Everything Is Said” series. The use of a drab palette of colours, of greys and browns, takes the bad taste inherent in mass media from the images and highlights the paintings’ manufactured aspect. In his “Game Show Paintings” series (1998-2000), John Miller has focused on the coloured settings of TV games, in opposition with the candidates’ apparently interchangeable character. In opposition, the gendre of reality TV shows seems to focus on individuals and on staged or unstaged situations but John Miller chooses to depict the other side of the picture. Crying has indeed become a performative asset: angers, fights and tears represent strong moments in these shows. On the same level as beauty or charisma, the ability to show one’s emotions in front of cameras seems to have become an essential prerogative when participating in these shows. With his work, Miller reminds that every representation of reality necessarily requires a subjective point of view.
This is John Miller’s fourth solo exhibition in the Praz-Delavallade Gallery. Currently, his work is also displayed in group exhibitions at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami and at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.
Posted in Art and illustration, Current events, Obituaries on 26 August 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Martine Franck took some notable photographs of Foucault, some of which can be found here
From Time Lightbox
August 20, 2012 | By Vaughn Wallace
Martine Franck, an esteemed documentary and portrait photographer and second wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson, died of cancer in Paris on Aug. 16 at the age of 74. A member of Magnum Photos for more 32 years, Franck was a co-founder and president of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.
“Martine was one classic Magnum photographer we could all agree with,” said photographer Elliott Erwitt. “Talented, charming, wise, modest and generous, she set a standard of class not often found in our profession. She will be profoundly missed.”
Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1938, Franck studied art history at the University of Madrid and at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris. In 1963, she began her photographic career at Time-Life in Paris, assisting photographers Eliot Elisofan and Gjon Mili. Although somewhat reserved with her camera at first, she quickly blossomed photographing the refined world of Parisian theater and fashion. A friend, stage director Ariane Mnouchkine, helped establish Franck as the official photographer of the Théâtre du Soleil in 1964—a position she held for the next 48 years.
As her career grew, Franck pursued a wide range of photographic stories, from documentary reportage in Nepal and Tibet to gentle and evocative portraits of Paris’s creative class. Her portfolio of the cultural elite includes photographic peers Bill Brandt and Sarah Moon as well as artist Diego Giacometti and philosopher Michel Foucault, among others. In 1983, she became a full member of Magnum Photos, one of a small number of female members at the legendary photographic agency. Balancing her time between a variety of stories, her work reflects an innate sensitivity to stories of humanity.
Posted in Art and illustration, Exhibitions on 12 June 2012 | 2 Comments »
Heterotopia
May 31, 2012 – June 29, 2012
Opening reception May 31 2012 5:30 – 9:00PM
Further details
LA JOLLA–The UCSD University Art Gallery and Visual Arts Department are pleased to announce Heterotopia, an exhibition featuring the work of this year’s graduating MFA students. Conceived by Michel Foucault, “heterotopia” describes non-hegemonic conditions of human geography. Heterotopias consist of socially-elaborated counter-sites, or places where the real sites within and between cultures are simultaneously represented, contested, and upended. Consistent with Foucault’s heterotopia, the conditions of a fine arts program are apt to be likewise non-hegemonic and discursive – a space of critical deliberation, evolution, and a plurality of ideas. We have expanded this notion to encompass the various trajectories and coexistent practices of this widely diverse graduating class.
Posted in Art and illustration on 14 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For photos and full story see the Foundation for Art and Public Domain site
On Thursday 24 June 2010, a piece of sculpture by Harmut Wilkening was placed on the first floor of the De Burcht nursing home in Hoogezand. It is a head weighing more than seven tons and is titled Vrij geestig (Quite witty). Just before a start was made with laying the roof in 2009, the sculpture was installed with the aid of an enormous crane. Prior to the installation, a programme was held in the carcass of the building with a presentation by the artist and an introduction by Douwe Draaisma, titled ‘Wisdom comes with the years, but is preceded by forgetfulness’. Douwe Draaisma is Professor in the History of Psychology at the University of Groningen.
The building of the De Burcht residential nursing home has the form of a panopticon. From the open well on the first floor there is an all-round view of the galleries on the upper floors where the entrance doors of the apartments are located. Inspired by the idea of a central point in the building from which everything can be seen in a single glance, and which can itself be seen from all angles, Harmut Wilkening proposed to make a large sculpture depicting the head of Michel Foucault, the theoretician of ‘panopticism’. The concrete portrait of the French philosopher sports a broad smile, his arm emerges from the floor and his hand is resting on his bald head.
Posted in Art and illustration, Graphic novels on 12 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Foucault is doing the laundry, a short graphic novel by Matt MacFaraland and Lauren Kinney is now available for sale in paper format from Matt MacFarland’s website
You can find the pages published separately on Foucault News
Posted in Art and illustration, Graphic novels on 4 April 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is the cover of a forthcoming short graphic novel written by Lauren Kinney and drawn by by Matt MacFarland.
The authors will be looking for a publisher when the work is complete, so if you have any ideas on this front please don’t hesitate to contact them. Contact details for the authors can be found on Matt MacFarland’s website.
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Posted in Art and illustration, Graphic novels on 2 March 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is the last page from a forthcoming short graphic novel written by Lauren Kinney and drawn by by Matt MacFarland.
The authors will be looking for a publisher when the work is complete, so if you have any ideas on this front please don’t hesitate to contact them. Contact details for the authors can be found on Matt MacFarland’s website.
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Posted in Art and illustration, Graphic novels on 16 February 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is the seventh page from a forthcoming short graphic novel written by Lauren Kinney and drawn by by Matt MacFarland.
I will be posting additional panels on Foucault News as they are produced.
The authors will be looking for a publisher when the work is complete, so if you have any ideas on this front please don’t hesitate to contact them. Contact details for the authors can be found on Matt MacFarland’s website.
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Posted in Art and illustration, Graphic novels on 7 January 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This is the sixth page from a forthcoming short graphic novel written by Lauren Kinney and drawn by by Matt MacFarland.
I will be posting additional panels on Foucault News as they are produced.
The authors will be looking for a publisher when the work is complete, so if you have any ideas on this front please don’t hesitate to contact them. Contact details for the authors can be found on Matt MacFarland’s website.
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