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| ⚫ | '''Kaja Silverman''' (born September 16, 1947)<ref>Birthdate is sourced through [[Library of Congress Name Authority File]] (LCNAF).</ref> is an |
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| ⚫ | '''Kaja Silverman''' (born September 16, 1947)<ref>Birthdate is sourced through [[Library of Congress Name Authority File]] (LCNAF).</ref> is an American art historian and critical theorist. She is currently the Katherine and Keith L. Sachs Professor of Art History at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. She received B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the [[University of California, Santa Barbara|University of California Santa Barbara]] and a Ph.D. in English from [[Brown University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sas.upenn.edu/arthistory/people/kaja-silverman|title=Kaja Silverman {{!}} Penn History of Art|website=www.sas.upenn.edu|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> Thereafter, she taught at [[Yale University]], [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]], [[Simon Fraser University]], [[Brown University]], the [[University of Rochester]] and for many years was the Class of 1940 Professor in the Rhetoric Department at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. She was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/13556-kaja-silverman|title=Kaja Silverman|publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604003344/http://www.gf.org/fellows/13556-kaja-silverman|archivedate=2011-06-04}}</ref> in 2008, and is currently the holder of an [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]] Distinguished Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.upenn.edu/news/penn-history-art-professor-kaja-silverman-receives-mellon-foundation-distinguished-achievement-|title=UPenn Press Release|date=25 April 2011 }}</ref> |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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Her writing and teaching |
Her writing and teaching at the moment are focused primarily on photography, contemporary art, and painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sas.upenn.edu/arthistory/people/profile/kaja-silverman|title=Kaja Silverman Penn faculty webpage}}</ref> She is currently writing the second volume, ''A Three-Personed Picture: or the History of Photography Part 2,'' of a three part revisionary history and theory of photography. The first volume, ''Miracle of Analogy,'' was published in 2015. |
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Silverman has written extensively on a wide range of |
Silverman has written extensively on a wide range of figures including artists: [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Gerhard Richter]], [[Marcel Proust]], [[Ranier Maria Rilke]], [[Terrence Malick]], [[James Coleman (Irish artist)|James Coleman]], [[Jeff Wall]], [[Chantal Akerman]], [[John Dugdale (photographer)]], and thinkers: [[Jacques Lacan]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Walter Benjamin]], [[Martin Heidegger]], [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]], [[Lou Andreas-Salomé]]. |
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Silverman co-wrote |
Silverman co-wrote ''Speaking About Godard'' with the German artist and filmmaker [[Harun Farocki]], her life partner from 1992–1999. |
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"This is an extraordinary book: Silverman's magnum opus. In some respects it is sui generis, and yet its stakes are so high they could almost be called universal. In my opinion, this is the kind of book that one comes across only a few times in one's life. It is that important." |
George Baker of UCLA says of ''Flesh of My Flesh'': "This is an extraordinary book: Silverman's magnum opus. In some respects it is sui generis, and yet its stakes are so high they could almost be called universal. In my opinion, this is the kind of book that one comes across only a few times in one's life. It is that important." |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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*''The Threshold of the Visible World'' (Routledge Press, 1996) |
*''The Threshold of the Visible World'' (Routledge Press, 1996) |
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*''Speaking About Godard'' (New York University Press, 1998; with [[Harun Farocki]]) |
*''Speaking About Godard'' (New York University Press, 1998; with [[Harun Farocki]]) |
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*''World Spectators'' (Stanford University Press, 2000)<ref> |
*''World Spectators'' (Stanford University Press, 2000)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=622 |title=World Spectators - Kaja Silverman |access-date=2009-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718135713/http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=622 |archive-date=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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*''James Coleman'' (Munich: Hatje Cantz, 2002; ed. Susanne Gaensheimer) |
*''James Coleman'' (Munich: [[Hatje Cantz Verlag|Hatje Cantz]], 2002; ed. Susanne Gaensheimer) |
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*''Flesh of My Flesh'' (Stanford University Press, 2009)<ref>[http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=17260 Flesh of My Flesh - Kaja Silverman]</ref> |
*''Flesh of My Flesh'' (Stanford University Press, 2009)<ref>[http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=17260 Flesh of My Flesh - Kaja Silverman]</ref> |
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*''The Miracle of Analogy: or The History of Photography, Part 1'' (Stanford University Press, 2015)<ref>[http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=25116 The Miracle of Analogy - Kaja Silverman]</ref> |
*''The Miracle of Analogy: or The History of Photography, Part 1'' (Stanford University Press, 2015)<ref>[http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=25116 The Miracle of Analogy - Kaja Silverman]</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*{{YouTube|XLsQeSL39iM|Kaja Silverman lecture on |
*{{YouTube|XLsQeSL39iM|Kaja Silverman lecture on Gerhard Richter}} |
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*[https://archive.org/details/KajaSilvermanAtcLectureAtUcBerkeley "The Twilight of Posterity." Kaja Silverman Lecture at UC Berkeley.] |
*[https://archive.org/details/KajaSilvermanAtcLectureAtUcBerkeley "The Twilight of Posterity." Kaja Silverman Lecture at UC Berkeley.] |
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*[http://atc.berkeley.edu/lectures/audio.htm Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium audio from 'Lectures with Lindsay'] |
*[http://atc.berkeley.edu/lectures/audio.htm Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium audio from 'Lectures with Lindsay'] |
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 16 August 2024
Kaja Silverman (born September 16, 1947)[1] is an American art historian and critical theorist. She is currently the Katherine and Keith L. Sachs Professor of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania. She received B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of California Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in English from Brown University.[2] Thereafter, she taught at Yale University, Trinity College, Simon Fraser University, Brown University, the University of Rochester and for many years was the Class of 1940 Professor in the Rhetoric Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship[3] in 2008, and is currently the holder of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award.[4]
Work
[edit]Her writing and teaching at the moment are focused primarily on photography, contemporary art, and painting.[5] She is currently writing the second volume, A Three-Personed Picture: or the History of Photography Part 2, of a three part revisionary history and theory of photography. The first volume, Miracle of Analogy, was published in 2015.
Silverman has written extensively on a wide range of figures including artists: Jean-Luc Godard, Gerhard Richter, Marcel Proust, Ranier Maria Rilke, Terrence Malick, James Coleman, Jeff Wall, Chantal Akerman, John Dugdale (photographer), and thinkers: Jacques Lacan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Lou Andreas-Salomé.
Silverman co-wrote Speaking About Godard with the German artist and filmmaker Harun Farocki, her life partner from 1992–1999.
George Baker of UCLA says of Flesh of My Flesh: "This is an extraordinary book: Silverman's magnum opus. In some respects it is sui generis, and yet its stakes are so high they could almost be called universal. In my opinion, this is the kind of book that one comes across only a few times in one's life. It is that important."
Publications
[edit]- The Subject of Semiotics (Oxford University Press, 1983)
- The Acoustic Mirror: The Female Voice in Psychoanalysis and Cinema (Indiana University Press, 1988)
- Male Subjectivity at the Margins (Routledge Press, 1992)
- The Threshold of the Visible World (Routledge Press, 1996)
- Speaking About Godard (New York University Press, 1998; with Harun Farocki)
- World Spectators (Stanford University Press, 2000)[6]
- James Coleman (Munich: Hatje Cantz, 2002; ed. Susanne Gaensheimer)
- Flesh of My Flesh (Stanford University Press, 2009)[7]
- The Miracle of Analogy: or The History of Photography, Part 1 (Stanford University Press, 2015)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Birthdate is sourced through Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF).
- ^ "Kaja Silverman | Penn History of Art". www.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
- ^ "Kaja Silverman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
- ^ "UPenn Press Release". 25 April 2011.
- ^ "Kaja Silverman Penn faculty webpage".
- ^ "World Spectators - Kaja Silverman". Archived from the original on 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
- ^ Flesh of My Flesh - Kaja Silverman
- ^ The Miracle of Analogy - Kaja Silverman
External links
[edit]- Kaja Silverman lecture on Gerhard Richter on YouTube
- "The Twilight of Posterity." Kaja Silverman Lecture at UC Berkeley.
- Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium audio from 'Lectures with Lindsay'
- Website
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- 21st-century American women writers
- American feminist writers
- American women art historians
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- Film theorists
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- Jewish philosophers
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