Final Paper References

Hey, gang. I hope that everyone's having a nice weekend. I think we're going to have a fun day on Tuesday!

Meanwhile, I wanted to pass on some info from Tommy Becker, for those of you who may be wriitng about him. He said that he'd be happy to answer any questions that any of you may have about his work. I emailed you with his address and it's also available at his website: http://www.tommybecker.com.

Also, I'm sure some of you are scrambling to find references for your papers. I wanted to remind you that it's ok to have a combination of references that are directly about the works and references that are about the wider art historical context and deeper theoretical issues.

The good news is that most contemporary artists now have websites. I'd suggest using google to try to find the artist's website (or scroll through previous blog entries to find links to some of the artists we've discussed in class) and then visiting the site to see if you can fiind references. Sometimes they will post a bibliography and sometimes their cv, resume, or bio will list publications that refer to them.

As for Tommy Becker, he suggested books on Dada & Surrealism and thought that these two books would be good references:

Dada and Surrealist Performance - by Annabelle Melzer
Futurist Performance - by Michael Kirby

If you choose to go that route, you might also look back at some of our readings from earlier in the semester regarding Dada, Surrealism, and Fluxus...

Feel free to email me with questions or to run things by me before Tuesday.