Dawna Schuld | Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of History of Art
E-mail:dlschuld@indiana.edu
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Education
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Research Interests
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Contemporary art (1960-present), with a focus on American art of the 1960s and 1970s, in particular minimal and installation art. Areas of interest include the intersections of art and scientific research, specifically cognitive psychology and neuroscience; issues of viewer engagement and aesthetic experience; as well as a broader interest in matters of collecting, display and curatorial practice.
Selected Publications
- “Practically Nothing: Light, Space, and the Pragmatics of Phenomenology.” In Robin Clark, editor. Phenomenal: California Light and Space. Berkeley: University of California Press; San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2011.
- "Lost in Space: Consciousness and Experiment in the Work of Irwin and Turrell." In Matthew C. Hunter and Roman Frigg, editors. Beyond Mimesis and Convention: Representation in Art and Science. Amsterdam: Springer Verlag, 2010.
- “Conspicuous Imitation: Reproductive Prints and Artistic Literacy in Eighteenth-Century England” in Rebecca Zorach and Elizabeth Rodini, editors. Paper Museums: the Reproductive Prints in Europe, 1500-1800. Chicago: University of Chicago Press and David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, 2005.
Courses taught
- Topics in Modern Art: 1968 and its Material Legacies (A200)
- Problems in Modern Art: Completing the Work: Role of the Viewer in Contemporary Art (A640)
- Art in America 1945 - Present (A340)
- Experience/Experiment: Modern and Contemporary Intersections of Art and Science (A490)
- Topics in Modern Art: Pop Art and Minimalism (540)
- Topics in Modern Art: 1960 to Present (A340/A540)
- Topics in Modern Art: Installation Art (A490)
