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    ROSE MARIE GNAUSCH

    "Le XXI siècle sera spirituel ou ne sera pas"
    André Malraux

     

     

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      Â&xnbsp;EDUCATION Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      CUNY, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA Â&xnbsp;  
      ABD Â&xnbsp; 2001
      M.A. Art History Â&xnbsp; 2001
      Ph.D. program in Art History Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Area if specialization: Post-war European and American Art. Dissertation research on European reception of Abstract Expressionism Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      University Aix-en-Provence, France Â&xnbsp; 1991-1995
      Departement d’Arts Plastiques Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      DEUG d’Arts Plastiques Â&xnbsp; June 1992
      License d’Arts Plastiques Â&xnbsp; June 1993
      Maitrise d’Arts Plastiques (M.A. Fine Arts and Art History) Master thesis on metaphysical tradition in the painting of 20th century. With special attention to the writings of Andre Malraux. D.E.A. research on difference in the reception of art in France and Germany.Especially in regard to American art of the mid-century. Â&xnbsp; June 1994
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      Three months artistic studies in Darkar, Senegal. Â&xnbsp; 1991
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      University of Mannheim, Germany Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Roman Languages and Political Sciences Â&xnbsp; 1988-1990
      French, Italian and Spanish literature. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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       PROFESSIONAL CAREER Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Cyprus Â&xnbsp; 2003-2004
      Senior Lecturer for Art History with special focus on Modern and Contemporary art in the Archaeology and Art History Department. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Documenta11, Kassel, Germany. Â&xnbsp; June-Sept.2002
      Lecturer for private and international audience on and off-site the exhibition. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Gallery Lecturer, Education Department and Visitor Service Â&xnbsp; 1997-2002
      Public and private lectures on Collection and special exhibitions Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      A selection of exhibition covered during my lectures since 1997: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Exhibitions organized by the Painting and Sculpture Department: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Bonnard: A Retrospective curated by John Elderfield. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Egon Schiele: The Leopold Collection, Vienna Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      curated by Magdalena Dabrowsky and Rudolf Leopold Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Alberti Giacometti Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Fernand Leger Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Rodchenko Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Jackson Pollock: A Retropective curated by Kirk Vardedoe Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Jasper Johns: A Retropective curated by Kirk Varnedoe Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Gerhard Richer: Forty Years of Painting curated by Robert Storr Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Chuck Close curated by Robert Storr Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect curated by Kynaston McShine Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Objects of Desire: the Modern Still Life curated by Margrit Rowell Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      On the Edge: Contemporary Art for the Werner and Elaine Danheisser Collection Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Curated by Robert Storr Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Exhibitions organized by the Drawing Department: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Antonin Artaud: Works on Paper. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper curated by Margrit Rowell Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Exhibitons organized by the Department of Photography Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Atget curated by John Szarkowski Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Roy de Caravan: A Retrospective curated by Peter Galassi Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Walker Evans and Compagny curated by Peter Galassi Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Andreas Gursky curated by Peter Galassi Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Exhibitons organized by the Print Department Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Pop Imressions in Europe and USA: Prints and Multiples from the Museum of Modern Art Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Curated by Wendy Weitman Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934 curated by Margrit Rowell and Deborah Wye Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Stenberg Brothers: Constructing a Revolution in Soviet Design curated by Christopher Mount Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Exhibitions organized by the Department of Architecture and Design: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Mies in Berlin Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The Un-Private House curated by Terence Riley Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Perfect Acts of Architecture curated by Jeffrey Kipnis and Terence Riley Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanes Textiles curated by Cara McCarty and Matilda McQuaid Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Workspheres: Design and Contemporary Works Styles curated by Paola Antonelli Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Exhibitions organized by all departments of the Museum: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      French Landscape: The Modern Vision 1880-1920 Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Modern Starts: People, Places, Things Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Making Choices Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Modern Art Despite Modernism curated by Robert Storr Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Modern Contemporary: Art at MoMA Since 1980 Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA. Â&xnbsp; 1998-2003
      Education Department and Visitor Service: Gallery Lecturer. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Lectures on permanent collection and special exhibitions spanning Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The whole of cultural production including Video Art, Design, Fashion, Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Non-Western Art, Architecture. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      A selection of special exhibitions that I covered during my lectures between Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      1998-2003: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      China 500 Years Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The Art of the Motorcycle Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Premises. Invested spaces in visual arts, architecture and design from Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      France 1958-1998 Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Giorgio Armani Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Frank Gehry, Architect Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Brazil Body and Soul Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      After Mountains and Sea: Frankenthaler 1956-1959 Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Visions of Paris: Robert Delaunay’s Series Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Rendez-vous: Masterpieces of the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museum Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Picasso and the War Years 1937-1945 Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Jime Dine, Walking Memory Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, The Nesuhi Ertegun Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      And Daniel Filipacci Collections Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Clemente, Retrospective Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Amazones of the Avant-Garde:Exter, Goncharove, Popova Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Rozanova, Stepanova, Udaltsova (Russian Avant Garde, Women Painter) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People (painter/artist/illustrator) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Naim June Paik (father of video art, a retrospective) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Matthew Barney (the star of the late 1990’s, retrospective Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      of his achievements especially Cremaster 1-5). Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Â&xnbsp; 1999-2003
      Education Department, Visitor Service. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Gallery Lecturer. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Lectures on Western Art History including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      European art since Medieval Times and American Art Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      since the 19th century to today. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Special Exhibitions covered during my lectures: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Vermeer and the Delft School Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The World of Scholar’s Rocks: Gardens, Studios, and Paintings (China) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      William Blake Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Portraits by Ingres: Images of an Epoch (19th century France) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwaterchs (German Romanticism) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Romanticism and the School of Nature Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Beyond the Easel: Decorative Paintings by Bonnard, Vuillard, Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Denis and Roussel 1890-1930 (Les Nabis). Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Paul Signac 1863-1935: Master Neo-Impressionist Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      The Anneberg Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Painters in Paris: 1895-1950 (showing the large spectrum of modern masters active in Paris in the first half of the 20th century). Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Walker Evans (Photography) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Dancing on the Roof: Photography and the Bauhaus (Weimar, Dessau) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Surrealism: Desire Unbound Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Landscapes by Klee and Kiefer (German Expressionism and Neo-Expressionism) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Max Beckmann Prints (German Expressionism) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Balthus Remembered Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      92 Street Y (Jewish Center for Learning), New York, USA. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Art History Instructor Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Classes on site at the Metropolitan Museum Â&xnbsp;

    March-December 2000
      Fall Semester 2000: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Starting with Pierre Puvis de Chavanne, Cabanel, Ingres, Delacroix, Constable, Turner, Corot via the School of Barbizon, Millet, Courbet, Rodin to the Impressionist and Post-Impressionists (Manet, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Gaugain, van Gogh, Cezanne) to the special exhibition of Painters in Paris 1895-1950. Discussion in detail each class one or two artists or movements such as the Nabis, Cubism, Brancusi, Leger, Miro, Balthus, Giacometti, Helion, Dubuffet et al. Contiuation in the 20th century galleries discussion of Abstract Expressionism (Rothko, Kline, Still, Pollock, de Kooning), Pop Art (Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol et.al.), Minimalism, Sully, kiefer, Winter, Kiki Smith and others. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Classes on site at the Museum of Modern Art. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Spring and Summer Semester: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      MoMA 2000 II&III. Discussion to each art work, theoretical, historical, political background, attention to technique and material. MoMA 2000 II&III organized by all departments of the Museum which meant that painting and architectural models, photography, and print as well as drawing were next to each other to support the curatorial idea. The distinctive exhibitions discussed were: French Landscape: The Modern Vision 1880-1920. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Modern Starts: People, Places, Things (showing all highlights of Modern art production). Making Choices: a selection of all works from all departments, with special focus on contemporary art production. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Modern Art despite Modernism: showing modern art works that do not fit the category Modernism yet are recognized and produced during modern times. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Modern Contemporary: Art at MoMA since 1980. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      PS1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, Long Island City, USA. Â&xnbsp;

    March 1998 -
    Oct. 1999
      Docent for contemporary art: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Contemporary art exhibitions covered amonst others during my lectures: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Work by Mario Merz (Italian Arte Povera) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Late Blooming features large scale works by Yoshie Ueki Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Cities on the Move: Art and Architecture in Asian Cities Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Inside Out: New Chinese Art organized by Asian Society and SFMoMA Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Body Works (performance art) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Primarily Structural: Minimalist and Post-Minimalist works on Paper. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      United Federation of Teachers, New York Â&xnbsp;

    1998- 2000
      Instructor Art History Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Specialized classes for teachers of all areas: Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      1- Introduction to Modern Art I: historical, contextual, sociological and technical discussion the respective movements of Modern Art including Realism, Impressionism. Post-Impressionism, Cubism, early Abstraction, German Expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, Russian Constructivism, Dada, Bauhaus, Surrealism and Call to Order. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      2-Introduction to Modern Art II : Abstract Expressionism and its respective reception in Germany, France, Britain and Italy, Informel (the European Post war abstract art production) , Pop Art (Britain and USA), Minimalism (USA), Post-Minimalism (USA and Europe). Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      3- Picasso: His Art and Life. Viewing in detail extensive literature on the artist and discussing the different methodologies and approaches to his work. Introducing the extensive range of Picasso’s oeuvre, drawing attention to the shifting historical circumstances in light of his biography. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      4- Art and Psychoanalysis: Introduction to the art historical method of employing Psychoanalysis for the interpretation of art works. Primary reading material: Laurie Schneider Adams. Artist discussed: Leonardo da Vinci, van Gogh. Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Max Ernst. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Artium Art Collection, Luxembourg (English/German Art Magazine). Â&xnbsp; 1994-1996
      Correspondent for Contemporary art in South of France Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Lycee Polyvalent Marie Foucarde, Gardanne, France. Â&xnbsp; 1990-1991
      Assistant Teacher (2nd through Terminale) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Independent teaching of German language and literature. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Preparation of students for Baccalaureat in German for 1991. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      College de Gardanne, France. Â&xnbsp; 1990-1991
      Assistante Allemande (6ieme through 3ieme) Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      German language classes Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Worldwide projects and exhibitions Â&xnbsp; since 1992
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       LANGUAGES Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
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      Fluent: English, French and German. Â&xnbsp; Â&xnbsp;
      Rudimentary: Italian and Spanish. Â&xnbsp;