Jeroen Lutters Livres

In the Shadow of the Art Work introduces Art-Based Learning, an educational methodology created by Jeroen Lutters, the Dutch art and culture analyst and educational designer. A way of learning from and through art, Art-Based Learning aims to upend not only art education but also traditional methods of teaching and thinking more broadly. Thinking through artworks, Lutters argues, can offer access to unconventional sources of knowledge and can open up new ways of thinking about art and daily life.In the Shadow of the Art Work lays out the theoretical stakes of Lutters’ educational method, but also provides a practical roadmap for teachers and artists interested in Art-Based Learning. Case studies discussed in the book include the work of Francis Bacon, Caravaggio, Henri Füseli, Ignaz Günther, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Mathieu Kassovitz, Dino Pedriali, Sally Potter, Nicholas Ray and Thomas Vinterberg.

Ema (Nude on a Staircase) pulls the reader into the mind of Ema, the young woman descending the staircase in Gerhard Richter's 1966 painting, Ema. Ema is a young artist who wants to discover what her greatest form of creativity is. She embarks on a journey of awakening, a quest for mastery that brings her into dialogue with her teachers and with her great mentors, the artists Gerhard Richter, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Ema explores her field, finds her own voice, considers the world and eventually becomes a real master herself. Each new stage in the story is linked to specific works of art, such as paintings by Richter and compositions by Cage, which serve as catalysts for Ema's ideas. Join Ema as she travels through this modern fairytale and contemplate Richter's Ema as a teaching object.