Art History Readings & Semiotics
Speaker: Doç. Dr. Seda Yavuz
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
We will focus on the adventure of art history; The changing descriptions of art, theorists and art historians using different methods in art history constitute the main axis of our seminar. Our seminar will come to an end with the 'art history' readings initiated with Vasari, a selection from the history of method, and finally, Umberto Eco's visual arts reading detailed in his book Open Artwork and the analysis example made using semiotics.
About Seda Yavuz
Seda Yavuz received her bachelor’s degree in Sculpture, from Marmara University,
Fine Arts Faculty in 1999. A year later, during her master’s study in ‘Art History’ at
Istanbul University, she worked in the Faculty of Literature, as a research associate. While her MA thesis subject was ‘Fluxus in the Context of Deconstruction’, her Ph.D. dissertation subject was ‘The Concept of Space in Sculpture: Modernism and Beyond’. Yavuz received her ‘Asst. Prof.’ title in 2013, and her ‘Assoc. Prof.’ Title in 2017. Yavuz teaches courses on Sources of Western Art, The History of Sculpture, Philosophy of Art and Contemporary Art Research (MA), The History of Sculpture Research (Ph.D.). Her research areas are; Western and Contemporary Art, Turkey in
the Republic Period and After, Modernism, Feminist Theories in Art, History of Sculpture. Yavuz has published many essays and critical writings in various magazines and newspapers. Worked on multiple exhibitions as curator. Held seminars in diverse art institutions and galleries. Yavuz is a member of the ‘International Association of Art Critics’ (AICA-TR).
* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 250 TL.
* The program will take place on the online platform Zoom.