ART THEORY AND PRACTICE

Welcome to the Department of Art Theory & Practice (AT&P) at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University. The department has both an undergraduate program, offering a baccalaureate degree, and a graduate program, offering a Masters of Fine Arts degree.

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recent visiting artists

2009-2010

Anna Biller | Mike Hoolbloom |
Theaster Gates

2008-2009

Tom Marioni | Fritz Haeg |Dan Graham | Andrea Bowers |Deborah Stratman | William J. O'Brien
Gaylen Gerber | Geof Oppenheimer | Amanda Ross-Ho

2007 - 08
Hamza Walker | The Speculative Archive | Claire Sherman | Harrel Fletcher | Faith Wilding | Catherine Sullivan | Nayland Blake | Chris
Sperandio | Emily Jacir | Anoka
Faruquee | Emna Zghal | Robert A. Pruitt | Claire Bishop |
Cheryl Donegan | Takao Kawaguchi

2006 - 07
Kamrooz Aram | Coco Fusco | Scott Reeder | Sara Black | Sharon Hayes | Salem Collo-Julin & Marc Fischer | Pedro Lasch | Stan Shellabarger | Mendi and Keith Obadike | OUT OF SIGHT

2005 - 06
Amy Adler | Mequitta Ahuja | Paul Chan | Patty Chang | Ken Fandell | Pamela Fraser | Gareth James | Virgil Marti | Dave McKenzie | Ernesto Neto | Mai-Thu Perret | POST POST STUDIO

2004 - 05
Ben Butler | Sean Duffy | Sam Durant | Diana Fridd | Inigo Manglano-Ovalle | Damir Niksic | Katy Siegel | Stephanie Snider | Tony Tasset | Shirley Tse | Mel Ziegler

 

2003 - 04
Cindy Bernard | Andrea Fraser | Michelle Grabner | Renee Green | Laura Owens | Dan Perjovschi | Richard Rezac | Howard Singerman | Christopher Wool

2002 - 03
Gregg Bordowitz | Michael Corris | Simon Grennan & Chris Sperandio | Joseph Grigley | Helen Mirra | Amy Sillman

Sean Duffy's work stems from his intrigue into the phenomenon of repetition, recycling, sampling, and the cyclical reoccurrence of trends in pop-culture and art. These intrigues support Duffy’s work that seem to ceaselessly test the line drawn between the original and the copy, between the real-deal and the knock-off, and the “sense of detachment that occurs each time something is repeated or recycled.” Recent solo exhibitions have been mounted at such venues as the Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects, Berlin, Germany; Luckman Fine Arts Complex, California State University, Los Angeles; California 101 Building, San Francisco; Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, California. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions such as: Greetings from the American Dream, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California; Realm of the Senses, James Cohan Gallery, New York; California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Black Belt, Studio Museum, Harlem; and Remix/Experimenter, Museum of Modern Art, San Salvador.