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Yve-Alain Bois

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Yve-Alain Bois
Born (1952-04-16) April 16, 1952 (age 74)
Constantine, Algeria
EducationEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Scientific career
FieldsArt history
WorkplacesInstitute for Advanced Study

Yve-Alain Bois (born April 16, 1952) is a professor emeritus of Art History at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Education

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Bois received an M.A. from the École Pratique des Hautes Études in 1973 for his work on El Lissitzky's typography, and a Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 1977 for his work on Lissitzky's and Malevich's conceptions of space.[1] Both of his degrees were supervised under Roland Barthes.

Career

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Academic

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Bois is a professor emeritus at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in the chair inaugurated by Erwin Panofsky,[1] and at the European Graduate School. From 1991 to 2005, he served on the faculty at Harvard University as Joseph Pulitzer Jr. Professor in Modern Art,[2] after teaching at Johns Hopkins University and at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.[1][3]

Bois was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2016.[4]

Writing

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Bois has written books and articles on artists of European modernism. He is an editor of the journal October.

Articles

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  • "Whose Formalism?" Art Bulletin, Mar. 1996 European Graduate School
  • "Review of Tony Smith retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York". Artforum. 37 (3). November 1998. Archived from the original on May 19, 2005 – via FindArticles.
  • "Review of "Supports/Surfaces" exhibition at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume". Artforum. 37 (4). December 1998. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007 – via FindArticles.
  • "Bois and Linda Nochlin discuss the Matisse and Picasso exhibition". Artforum. 37 (6). February 1999. Archived from the original on March 17, 2005 – via FindArticles.
  • "Review of Barnett Newman retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art". Artforum. 40 (7). March 2002. Archived from the original on December 14, 2004 – via FindArticles.
  • ""The Mourning After," panel discussion on painting". Artforum. 41 (7). March 2003. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007 – via FindArticles.
  • "On Fred Sandback". Artforum. 42 (2). October 2003. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007 – via FindArticles.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Biography". The European Graduate School. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Yve-Alain Bois". Harvard University, Department of History of Art + Architecture. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. ↑ "Destroy, She Said: Remarks on Yve-Alain Bois' 'An Oblique Autobiography'". Selva. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  4. ↑ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
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