Jeanne Randolph

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Jeanne Randolph (born 1943) is a cultural critic, author, performance artist and psychiatrist whose work explores the relationship between art and psychoanalytic theory. [1] She was the first writer in Canada to develop Object Relations psychoanalytic theory as a medium for cultural criticism. [2] She introduced "ficto-criticism" In 1983 as an unprecedented method for exploring the relationship between writing and an artist's work. In universities and galleries across Canada, England, Australia and Spain she has spoken on topics ranging from the aesthetics of Barbie dolls to the philosophy of Wittgenstein. [3]

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Books

Dr. Jeanne Randolph is the author of Shopping Cart Pantheism (2015), Joanne Todd (1989, currently out of print), [4] Psychoanalysis & Synchronized Swimming and Other Writings on Art (1991), [5] Symbolism and its Discontents (1997), [6] Why Stoics Box (2006) [7] and Ethics of Luxury: Materialism and Imagination (2007), [8] and co-author of Semble: Lyn Carter, Ginette Legaré & Jeannie Thib. [9] She has contributed essays to books about art and artists including Subconscious City, [10] Susan Kealey: Ordinary Marvel [11] and Robbin Deyo: Sweet Sensation [12] among others.

Performances

Randolph's lectures evolved into performances that have been presented in venues including the Dunlop Art Gallery's Space Camp (2000), [13] the Banff Centre for the Arts (2004) and Gallery 1.1.1 (2008). [2] They have been described as, "extemporaneous soliloquies [that] illuminate and interpret traditional academic pedagogy, enacting criticism as a dynamic psychoanalytic and philosophical contribution to cultural objects". [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne (1997). Symbolism and its Discontents. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: YYZ Books. pp. endnotes. ISBN   0-920397-22-0.
  2. 1 2 3 "Art School Anatomies". www.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ↑ "Jeanne Randolph | Artspeak". artspeak.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne (1986). Joanne Todd. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
  5. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne (1991). Psychoanalysis & Synchronized Swimming and Other Writings on Art. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: YYZ Books. ISBN   978-0-920397-07-7.
  6. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne (1997). Symbolism and its Discontents . Toronto, Ontario, Canada: YYZ Books. ISBN   0-920397-22-0.
  7. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne (2003). Why Stoics Box. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: YYZ Books. ISBN   0-920397-81-6.
  8. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne (2007). Ethics of Luxury: Materialism and Imagination. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: YYZ Books. ISBN   0-920397-46-8.
  9. ↑ Randolph, Jeanne; Gibson, Susan (2002). Semble: Lyn Carter, Ginette Legaré & Jeannie Thib. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Dalhousie University Art Gallery. ISBN   0-7703-2742-7.
  10. ↑ Dempsey, Shawna; Millan, Lorri (2008). Subconscious City. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery. ISBN   0-88915-241-1.
  11. ↑ Rudder, Jennifer (2003). Susan Kealey: Ordinary Marvel. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: YYZ Books. ISBN   0-920397-83-2.
  12. ↑ Deyo, Robbin (2005). Robbin Deyo: Sweet Sensations. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada: Southern Alberta Art Gallery. ISBN   1-894699-31-9.
  13. ↑ "Dunlop Art Gallery Exhibitions :: Space Camp 2000: Uncertainty, Speculative Fictions & Art". www.dunlopartgallery.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.[ permanent dead link ]
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