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NO WORDS NEEDED:
THE UNTITLING OF MODERN ART
by
Gabriel Cifarelli
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM: THE ARTS)
December 2011
Copyright 2011 Gabriel Cifarelli
Object Description
| Title | No words needed: the untitling of modern art |
| Author | Cifarelli, Gabriel |
| Author email | cifarell@usc.edu;gabriel.cifarelli@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Specialized Journalism (The Arts) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-10-25 |
| Date submitted | 2011-10-25 |
| Date approved | 2011-10-26 |
| Restricted until | 2011-10-26 |
| Date published | 2011-10-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Anawalt, Sasha |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Page, Tim Gross, Larry |
| Abstract | For one hundred years almost to the date, artists have titled their works “untitled.” This essay will look at where and why this practice emerged, what it means in terms of the aesthetics of visual art, and will attempt to characterize the status of the term in contemporary art. The essay will argue that the practice emerged as a form of resistance to the art market during periods of rising consumer demand for modern art. It will also locate the practice in a specific period in the history of aesthetics when artists equated truth and authenticity with silence, absence and negation. The essay will conclude with an analysis of the earliest preserved discussion of the term and its meaning that the author has been able to find. Through this, the author hopes to show that a simple and ubiquitous word, found on countless contemporary works of art, carries a very complex history, at times subversive, at times controversial. |
| Keyword | Art; modernism; contemporary art; modern art; Samuel Beckett; Theodor Adorno; Abstract Expressionism; Mies van der Rohe; Artists' Sessions at Studio 35 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Cifarelli, Gabriel |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-CifarelliG-359.pdf |
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| Full text | NO WORDS NEEDED: THE UNTITLING OF MODERN ART by Gabriel Cifarelli A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (SPECIALIZED JOURNALISM: THE ARTS) December 2011 Copyright 2011 Gabriel Cifarelli |
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