J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Andy Grundberg

Grundberg presents a personal reflection of his on-the-ground immersion in the world of contemporary art during the conceptual hayday of the NYC downtown scene in the 70’s and 80’s. In this scholarly tour-de-force he chronicles over 100 artists as photography became a means to deconstruct and make contemporary art approachable. In this book group, Andy Grundberg discusses, among other things:The popularity of contemporary art being a consequence of photographyWomen photographers use of photo and performance to challenge the male gazeHow photography revealed structures which attracted artists to the mediumArts’ ability to reveal it’s own contradictionsShaping culture with Cindy Shermans’ new variant of self portraiture  Susan Sontag's prescient call to consciousness - ‘images consume reality’The Starn twins barrier-breaking sculptural use of photographySophie Calle being an avatar of surveillance in photographyThe import of magazine photography - it is where art photo happenedThe contextualists (aka digital natives) leading photo forwardReferenced in the episodeJill FreedmanJohn EdmondsFirst Womens CongressThe Piedmont Manifest - Andy Grundberg 10 Female Land Artists You Should Know - Sarah GottesmanPainting, Photography and Film - Moholy-NagyJoan Jonas Vertical Roll 1972A.D. Colemen Light Readings : A Photography Critics Writing; 1968-1978/ 1979 Death in Photograph - Andy Grundberg The Photography Reader - Liz WellsAdrian Piper  Andy Grundberg Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

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