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Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese

About Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese

Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese is an assistant professor of Visual Studies, and affiliated faculty in the Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies at California College of the Arts. Trained as an art historian, her work focuses on modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on the expressions and theorizations of blackness.

The Pictures Generation — Through manipulation of media, these artists questioned the possibility and the significance of “originality.”

The Pictures Generation

by Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players, 1983, acrylic and oilstick on three canvas panels mounted on wood supports, 243.8 x 190.5 cm (The Broad Art Foundation) © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat (zoomable image here) — Basquiat appropriated wildly—and creatively—from Old Masters, Picasso, anatomical textbooks, and even jazz.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players

by Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese

Byron Kim, Synecdoche, 1991–present, oil and wax on 275 panels, each 25.4 x 20.32 cm. Courtesy the artist and Max Protetch Gallery, New York © 2008 Byron Kim (The Museum of Modern Art) — […]

Identity Politics: From the Margins to the ...

by Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese

The Pictures Generation — Through manipulation of media, these artists questioned the possibility and the significance of “originality.”

The Pictures Generation

by Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese