Critical Art Pedagogy: Foundations For Postmodern Art Education

CRITICAL ART CRITICAL EDUCATION VOLUME I7 GARLAND REFERENCE VOLUME 854 PEDAGOGY PRACTICE LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE CRITICAL EDUCATION PRACTICE SHIRLEY R. STEINBERG A N D J O E L. KINCHELOE, SERIES EDITORS C U R R I C U L U M D E V E L O P M E N T IN RETHINKING LANGUAGE ARTS THE POSTMODERN ERA Passion and by Patrick Slattery by N i n a Zaragoza Practice BECOMING A STUDENT O F TEACHING EDUCATIONAL REFORM Methodologies A Deweyan for Self and School Exploring Context by Robert V. Bullough, Jr. and A n d r e w D . Gitlin Critical Foundations and M i c h a e l J . B. Jackson LIBERATION T H E O L O G Y AND CRITICAL PEDAGOGY OCCUPIED READING an Ecological Perspective by Douglas J . Simpson for Theory IN T O D A Y ' S C A T H O L I C Social Justice in by A l a n A . Block by Thomas Oldenski DEMOCRACY, MULTICULTURALISM, CURRICULUM AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Toward A Critical edited by W i l l i a m F. Pinar Perspective by Robert A . Rhoads New Identities WRITING EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY and James R. Valadez Explorations in ANATOMY OF A COLLABORATION Qualitative Study of a College edited by C r a i g Kridel Public School of Education/ Partnership by Judith J . Slater a Sound Research TEACHING FROM UNDERSTANDING Teacher As Interpretive TEACHING MATHEMATICS Toward Alternative by Brent Davis CRITICAL A R T PEDAGOGY Foundations for Postmodern MULTICULTURALISM, by Richard C a r y AND TEACHER EDUCATION Journey by Frederick L . Yeo Inquirer edited by Julia L . Ellis INNER-CITY SCHOOLS, A Professional SCHOOLS Action Art Education CRITICAL ART PEDAGOGY FOUNDATIONS POSTMODERN RICHARD CARY FOR ART EDUCATION First published by Garland Publishing, Inc. This edition published 2011 by Routledge: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 711 Third Avenue New York, N Y 10017 Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2 Park Square, Milton Park Abingdon, Oxon 0X14 4RN Copyright © 1998 by Richard Cary All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cary, Richard, 1947Critical art pedagogy : foundations for postmodern art education / by Richard Cary. p. cm. — (Critical education practice ; v. 17. Garland reference library of social science ; v. 854) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8153-0915-5 (alk. paper) 1. Art—Study and teaching. 2. Art—Philosophy. II. Series: Garland reference library of social science. practice ; vol. 17. I. Title. Critical education III. Series: Garland reference library of social science ; v. 854. N84.C37 1998 707M—dc21 98-29797 CIP To Barbara Cary Table of Contents Chapter One Critical Theory: A Philosophy for Praxis in Art Education Chapter Two A Critical History of Art Education: Dangerous Memories and Critical Consciousness 3 63 Chapter Three Describing the Individual Art Student: Psychologies for Critical Art Pedagogy 105 Chapter Four Creating Dangerous Knowledge: Semiotics, Deconstruction, and