| Joyce Kozloff: Targets | |||||||
| Joyce Kozloff's work reveals her interest in maps as metaphors. They become the means to explore her interests in the psychology of conquest and control, as well as being representations of something perceived to be real. Throughout the ages, maps have been highly subjective, revealing the cartographer's personal biases as well as cultural norms of the time. For this exhibition, Kozloff's "Knowledge" series will be included as well as her more recent work "Targets." For the "Knowledge" series she has transformed standard Rand McNally globes by covering them with plaster and painting frescos onto the surface that reference maps from the 10th to the 15th century. Kozloff incorporates pictoral motifs with which Medieval and Renaissance cartographers embellished their maps as well as including figures and creatures that represent the accepted cosmology of the time. Kozloff's newer series, "Targets" resulted from her 1999 fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. In this series, Kozloff continues her opulent renditions of charting the natural world, but focuses on specific locations that have been bombed by the United States since 1945, including, for example, Korea, Guatemala, Congo, Vietnam, and El Salvador. For this series, she has constructed a walk-in environment in the shape of a globe, incorporating 24 sections with an open oculus at the top. In contrast to the whimsy of the "Knowledge" series, these maps are rendered with greater precision, and are drawn from referencing maps produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and come from two series: Tactical Pilotage Charts (TCP's) and Operational Navigational Charts (ONC's), both of which are utilized to assist military and civilian pilots. Within these maps, are more unsettling cautions of no-fly zones and other military hazards. Upon entering this environment, Kozloff has heightened the feeling of disorientation by having some maps rendered upside down and by maintaining discontinuous borders. These serve as reminders of the impersonality of modern warfare, where inhabited places are marked only by sight lines and landmarks for the purposes of destruction. Kozloff succeeds in combining beautiful visual seduction with uncomfortable realities as she encourages a dialog about the uses to which we put our expanding knowledge and technology. This exhibition is made possible through the cooperation of the D.C. Moore Gallery, New York. |
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| Targets: Deciphering Conceptual Systems
by Hannah Byrum It is important for fourth grade students to develop a broader and better understanding of individuals whose cultures may differ from their own, to learn to accept those differences, and in this way, to develop a better understanding of the world around them. Students should see the importance of establishing a strong sense of one’s own identity as well as the importance of respecting the individuality of others in order to establish a better understanding of the world and the individuals who comprise it. |
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| Targets: Deciphering Conceptual Systems
by Chris Heild & Erin Griffith-Mosley Students learn about Joyce Kozloff, her mapping pieces, and the techniques she uses when she works. Students select a preferred work of art created by Kozloff and defend the choice using appropriate art vocabulary. Lesson 1: Deciphering Conceptual Systems: Cultural Awareness (part 1) Lesson 2:Deciphering Conceptual Systems: Cultural Awareness (part 2)
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