The University of Toronto Art Journal is a journal created and edited by graduate students in the Department of Art, University of Toronto. The interdisciplinary aim of the journal is reflected by the scope of the papers published, submitted by graduate students of art and art history as well as graduate students of departments including history, literary studies, museum studies, and cultural studies.
Vol 4 (2011): Rebellion: Subversive Perspectives
This volume embraces the complexity of artistic rebellion and its disseminators. We explore those visionaries who have used their chisels brushes, compasses, and video-cameras to affirm the value of resistance, even destruction, regardless of political outcome. A GUSTA Symposium held on January 27-28, 2011 invited graduate students to explore the dynamic methods in which nonconformist artistic practice could be considered subversive. How have artists defied cultural paradigms with their visual practice? What are the inherent, deliberate, and unforeseen repercussions of such creative protest? And how have these tidal waves of discord irrevocably changed public opinion and academic theory?
We selected three papers that spoke most directly to these issues. Peter Clericuzio (University of Pennsylvania) addresses the resistance movement in architecture during the Belle Époque of France (c.1898-1914) and argues that patriotic artisans looked to Art Nouveau elements to combat the Germanization of Alsace-Lorraine. In the world of print media, Katharine Josephson (New York University) offers an in-depth study of the dissenting student-made demonstration posters that gave a voice to the political riots of Paris and Mexico City in the 1960s. And finally, turning to contemporary digital practice, Nicholas Barber (McGill University) examines
the new media videographers of Brazilian indigenous tribes. He highlights the importance of considering the internal content of indigenous-produced videos when examining their political effects.
Lastly, we have included in this volume the exhibition catalogue from the 2011 University of Toronto Masters of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition featuring the work of Deborah Kirk, Alberto Suarez, and Blake Williams.
We are thankful to all those who submitted to, presented for, and participated in the composition of the journal.
Sincerely,
The GUSTA Editorial Staff
We selected three papers that spoke most directly to these issues. Peter Clericuzio (University of Pennsylvania) addresses the resistance movement in architecture during the Belle Époque of France (c.1898-1914) and argues that patriotic artisans looked to Art Nouveau elements to combat the Germanization of Alsace-Lorraine. In the world of print media, Katharine Josephson (New York University) offers an in-depth study of the dissenting student-made demonstration posters that gave a voice to the political riots of Paris and Mexico City in the 1960s. And finally, turning to contemporary digital practice, Nicholas Barber (McGill University) examines
the new media videographers of Brazilian indigenous tribes. He highlights the importance of considering the internal content of indigenous-produced videos when examining their political effects.
Lastly, we have included in this volume the exhibition catalogue from the 2011 University of Toronto Masters of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition featuring the work of Deborah Kirk, Alberto Suarez, and Blake Williams.
We are thankful to all those who submitted to, presented for, and participated in the composition of the journal.
Sincerely,
The GUSTA Editorial Staff
Table of Contents
Rebellion: Subversive Perspectives
| Art Nouveau and the Resistance to Germanization in Alsace-Lorraine, ca. 1890-1914 | |
| Peter Clericuzio |
| The Art of Protest and the Year that Changed the World: A Study of the 1968 Student Demonstration Posters in Paris and Mexico City | |
| Katharine Josephson |
| The Socio-Political Effects of Narrative and Representational Innovations in Brazilian Indigenous Media | |
| Nicholas Barber |
| 2011 MVS Catlogue | |
| Lisa Steele |