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The Reinvention of
  the Work of Art

 Anne Collins Goodyear
 National Portrait Gallery
 Smithsonian Institution
  GoodyearA@si.edu
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age
    of Mechanical Reproduction,” 1936
       (first English translation, 1968)




                          Walter Benjamin,
                           Passport Photo
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
 Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
The Blind Man, no. 2 (1917)
Marcel Duchamp,
  Marcel Duchamp,                                      Fountain, 1917/1964
Fountain, 1917/1963                                  (Edition of 8, from Stieglitz
Selected by Ulf Linde                                       photograph)
  Moderna Museet,
     Stockholm
                        Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
                        Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
“[W]ith his little suitcase, his own MISE EN BOITE ET EN
  VALISE, he will slip very freely into the twenty-first
    century and all the rest.” Denis de Rougement, 1945




    Marcel Duchamp, Box in a Valise (From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose
              Sélavy). 1935-41. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and
 touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with
     maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., l971
                red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil
         Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art




                                                            (detail)
Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and
 touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with
     maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., l971
                       red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil
              Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art




                                             “The Machine is
                                               the Idea that
                                             Makes the Work”
                                                  —Sol Le Witt, 1967
Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and
 touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with
     maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., l971
                red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil
      Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art
Chuck Close,
    Maquette for
  Big Self-Portrait,
         1968.          Chuck Close,
    Four gelatin-         Big Self-
     silver prints      Portrait, 1968
        scored           Acrylic on
       with ink,        canvas, 107-
   masking tape,        1/2 x 83-1/2.
    and airbrush         Walker Art
   Paint mounted           Center
  on foamcore, 30
    x 24” Private
      Collection



                        Chuck Close,
    Chuck Close,        Self-Portrait,
  Maquette for Self-       1968.
   Portrait, 1968.        Pencil on
 Ink and felt-tip pen    Paper, 29 x
     on collaged           23 in.
photograph, 20 x16 “    Collection of
  Private Collection    MFA Boston.
Chuck Close, Keith/1,280, 1973
Ink and graphite on paper, 21½ x 17¼
         in. (54.6 x 43.7 cm.)
Tom Friedman, Untitled, 1998
       Chromogenic print
24-1/4 x 46 in. (61.6 x 116.8 cm)
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph        Jason Salavon, Flayed
        Duke Gift, 1999               Figure, Male, 3277 ½
                                    square inches (1998/2001)
                                    Laminated digital C-print,
                                         69 x 47½ inches
Jason Salavon, Flayed Figure, Male,
  3277 ½ square inches (1998/2001)
Laminated digital C-print, 69 x 47½ inches




                          Detail of image at left
Tom Friedman, Untitled, 1998
Chromogenic print 24 1/4 x 46 in. (61.6 x 116.8 cm)
          Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 1999
Jason Salavon The Late Night Triad, 2003
    Three synced single-channel digital projections
    Running time: 3 min 35 sec looped. Dimensions variable. Ed. 3 + 1 APs.
    National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution




Lincoln Schatz, Selections from Esquire’s Portrait of the Twenty-First Century, 2008
(Jeff Bezos, Le Bron James, and J. Craig Venter)
Generative video, dimensions variable,
 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Jason Salavon The Late Night Triad, 2003
Three synced single-channel digital projections
      Running time: 3 min 35 sec looped.
      Dimensions variable. Ed. 3 + 1 APs.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Lincoln Schatz, Selections from Esquire’s Portrait of the Twenty-First Century, 2008
(Jeff Bezos, Le Bron James,Samatha Power and J. Craig Venter)
Generative video, dimensions variable,
 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution




            Jeff Bezos                                        Samantha Power




                                  Schatz’s filming “Cube”




             LeBron James                                        J. Craig Venter
Hasan Elahi
Tracking Transience: The Orwell Project, 2003-Present




    Screen Shot                      Screen Shot
 December 22, 2011                 October 29, 2012
Hasan Elahi,
Tracking Transience: Security and Comfort, 2007
           C-Print, in 7 sections, 60 x 120 inches
Thanks!

Anne Collins Goodyear
 National Portrait Gallery
 Smithsonian Institution

   GoodyearA@si.edu

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The Reinvention of the Work of Art

  • 1. The Reinvention of the Work of Art Anne Collins Goodyear National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution GoodyearA@si.edu
  • 2. Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” 1936 (first English translation, 1968) Walter Benjamin, Passport Photo
  • 3.
  • 4. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917 Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
  • 5. The Blind Man, no. 2 (1917)
  • 6. Marcel Duchamp, Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917/1964 Fountain, 1917/1963 (Edition of 8, from Stieglitz Selected by Ulf Linde photograph) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917 Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
  • 7. “[W]ith his little suitcase, his own MISE EN BOITE ET EN VALISE, he will slip very freely into the twenty-first century and all the rest.” Denis de Rougement, 1945 Marcel Duchamp, Box in a Valise (From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy). 1935-41. Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • 8. Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., l971 red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art (detail)
  • 9. Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., l971 red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art “The Machine is the Idea that Makes the Work” —Sol Le Witt, 1967
  • 10. Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., l971 red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art
  • 11. Chuck Close, Maquette for Big Self-Portrait, 1968. Chuck Close, Four gelatin- Big Self- silver prints Portrait, 1968 scored Acrylic on with ink, canvas, 107- masking tape, 1/2 x 83-1/2. and airbrush Walker Art Paint mounted Center on foamcore, 30 x 24” Private Collection Chuck Close, Chuck Close, Self-Portrait, Maquette for Self- 1968. Portrait, 1968. Pencil on Ink and felt-tip pen Paper, 29 x on collaged 23 in. photograph, 20 x16 “ Collection of Private Collection MFA Boston.
  • 12. Chuck Close, Keith/1,280, 1973 Ink and graphite on paper, 21½ x 17¼ in. (54.6 x 43.7 cm.)
  • 13. Tom Friedman, Untitled, 1998 Chromogenic print 24-1/4 x 46 in. (61.6 x 116.8 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Jason Salavon, Flayed Duke Gift, 1999 Figure, Male, 3277 ½ square inches (1998/2001) Laminated digital C-print, 69 x 47½ inches
  • 14. Jason Salavon, Flayed Figure, Male, 3277 ½ square inches (1998/2001) Laminated digital C-print, 69 x 47½ inches Detail of image at left
  • 15. Tom Friedman, Untitled, 1998 Chromogenic print 24 1/4 x 46 in. (61.6 x 116.8 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 1999
  • 16. Jason Salavon The Late Night Triad, 2003 Three synced single-channel digital projections Running time: 3 min 35 sec looped. Dimensions variable. Ed. 3 + 1 APs. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Lincoln Schatz, Selections from Esquire’s Portrait of the Twenty-First Century, 2008 (Jeff Bezos, Le Bron James, and J. Craig Venter) Generative video, dimensions variable, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  • 17. Jason Salavon The Late Night Triad, 2003 Three synced single-channel digital projections Running time: 3 min 35 sec looped. Dimensions variable. Ed. 3 + 1 APs. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  • 18. Lincoln Schatz, Selections from Esquire’s Portrait of the Twenty-First Century, 2008 (Jeff Bezos, Le Bron James,Samatha Power and J. Craig Venter) Generative video, dimensions variable, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Jeff Bezos Samantha Power Schatz’s filming “Cube” LeBron James J. Craig Venter
  • 19. Hasan Elahi Tracking Transience: The Orwell Project, 2003-Present Screen Shot Screen Shot December 22, 2011 October 29, 2012
  • 20. Hasan Elahi, Tracking Transience: Security and Comfort, 2007 C-Print, in 7 sections, 60 x 120 inches
  • 21. Thanks! Anne Collins Goodyear National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution GoodyearA@si.edu