On the Future of Art. Viking Press, New York, 1971. Second Edition. Arnold J. Toynbee, Herbert Marcuse, Louis I. Kahn, A.Michelson,...
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On the Future of Art
With contributions by
J. W. Burnham
Edward F. Fry
Louis I. Kahn
Herbert Marcuse
Annette Michelson
James Seawright
B.F. Skinner
Arnold J. Toynbee
134 pages
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5×7.75inches
In 1969, in response to a growing sense of urgency around critical issues pertaining to the role of art within society, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presented a lecture series on the subject of the future of art. This illustrated collection of seven essays, with an introduction by Associate Curator Edward F. Fry, came out of the series, which Fry also organized. Seeking “fresh insights beyond the normal limits of critical and art-historical discourse,” Fry invited individuals working in the fields of history, philosophy, psychology, and social theory, as well as an architect and a sculptor representing opposing poles of artistic practice, to participate, with the aim of siting art of the period and its pressing critical concerns in a broader intellectual and cultural context. By favoring “selected points of view” over “an exhaustive analysis,” On the Future of Art offers varied and sometimes radical perspectives as its contributors engage with aesthetics, cybernetics, futurology, the psychology of learning, and structuralism to envision art’s future. The collection includes the following essays: “Art: Communicative or Esoteric?” by historian Arnold J. Toynbee, “Architecture: Silence and Light” by architect Louis I. Kahn, “Art and the Structuralist Perspective” by art historian Annette Michelson, “Creating the Creative Artist” by psychologist B. F. Skinner, “Phenomenal Art: Form , Idea, and Technique” by artist James Seawright, “The Aesthetics of Intelligent Systems” by artist and theorist J. W. Burnham, and “Art as a Form of Reality” by philosopher Herbert Marcuse.
Second printing: March 1971
Read underlining in pencil.
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