Spring 2024 Art History UN3454 section 001

Zines by Artists

Call Number 12870
Day & Time
Location
M 2:10pm-4:00pm
930 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Branden W Joseph
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Most often associated with the explosion of punk rock at the end of the 1970s, self-published booklets, fanzines, or simply ’zines actually arose first in the context of science fiction collectors in the 1930s.  Beginning in the early 1970s (independently of, and before the advent of punk music), artists adopted and developed the format as a vehicle for visual expression, drawing from precedents in pop art, artists’ books, mimiographed literary magazines, historical avant-garde movements such as dada, and more contemporaneous developments in conceptual art and mail art.  Overlooked in favor of artists’ books and artists’ magazines, on the one hand, and in favor of various types of music- or personal expression-based zines, on the other, the artist’s zine forms a rich and multifaceted genre spanning over five decades of practice.  This course will examine the artist’s zine in the contexts of both art and music history, issues related to the expression and exploration of race, gender, and sexaulity, and the notions of networking and community building.  Although distinct from the development of punk rock, artists’ zine practice has forged and maintains a close connection to it and to its evolution into Queercore, Riot Grrrl, and Afropunk, all of which are covered in the course readings.

Web Site Vergil
Department Art History and Archaeology
Enrollment 15 students (16 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Subject Art History
Number UN3454
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note "Application required; please see department website ""Sprin
Section key 20241AHIS3454W001