COP2: seminar 3 / research questions

Suggested research question:

Elitism in art / the inaccessibility of art galleries / how the public see art- how taste is developed in different cultures/ classes

Which of the module resources does this question relate to?

• Adorno, T. and Horkheimer, M. (1967) 'The Culture Industry Reconsidered', New German Critique, No. 6 (Autumn 1975) pp. 12-19. (CULTURE / SOCIETY / POLITICS)
• Barthes, R. (1968) 'The Death of the Author', London, Fontana. (SOCIETY / CULTURE / POLITICS / HISTORY).
• Mulvey, L. (1975) 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema', in Braudy, L and Cohen, M. eds (1999) 'Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, NY: Oxford UP pp. 833-44. (CULTURE / TECHNOLOGY / SOCIETY).
• Rancière, J. (1991) 'The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation', Stanford: Stanford UP. pp. 1-19 (POLITICS / HISTORY / SOCIETY)
• Berger, J. (1972) 'Ways of Seeing', Harmondsworth: Penguin. (CULTURE / SOCIETY / POLITICS / TECHNOLOGY / HISTORY)
• Storey, J. (2008) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture', 5th ed, London: Pearson. pp. 62-82. (CULTURE / SOCIETY / POLITICS)

Which academic sources are available on this topic?

• O'Doherty, B (1976) Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space, 1st edition, University of California Press, Los Angeles
• O'Neill, P (2012) The Culture of Curating and The Curating of Culture(s), 1st edition, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Massachusetts
• Adorno, T (1991) The Culture Industry, 16th ed, Routledge, New York
• Adorno, T (1997) Aesthetic Theory, 2nd ed, Continuum, London
• Welchman, J.C. (2006) Institutional Critique And After, 1st ed, JRP Ringier, Zurich

How could the research question be investigated through practice?

I could investigate this topic first hand myself through observing and drawing and recording in art galleries, and in spaces where art is (i.e. statues in public areas). This may be first hand drawing but also recording the things that people say. I could also interview people first hand on their opinions of fine art, design and galleries

Peer feedback- how could this topic be refined/ developed?

• Watch some 'out-there' art documentaries
• Don't get too tied up in my own opinions
• Documentary presented by  Grayson Perry on the development of taste and he also has written about the accessibility of art galleries. It's not an academic source but could provide a start for ideas.