Writing

A collection of writing from my time at Texas State University studying Modernism, Postmodernism, and Issues and Criticism.

Image shows drawing of Stag At Sharkeys by Bellows and text reading Battle for LACMA.

With gloves on and a battle to the end, the controversy concerning LACMA’s ‘redesign’ has been a brutal one.
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Issues & Criticism, 2022

“First Things First” keeps getting revived with increasing vehemence in the hope that change will magically take place. [Click PDF link to read more.]
Issues & Criticism, 2022

Image with post modern images with the title buck tradition o top.

How Punk, Memphis, and New Wave rebels created the 1980’s postmodern design aesthetic.
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Postmodernism, 2019

graphic with grays and secondary color with the munich olympics symbol

The Munich Olympics were tasked with presenting the world with a new Germany and making the Olympics speak to a new generation. [Click PDF to read more.]
Postmodernism, 2019

image of crystal bridges museum of art with the title the walton project

From main-street to mainstream, Bentonville, Arkansas is changing the cultural landscape.
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Modernism, 2020

kauffer posters image graphics with modern colors and design

In 1937, the Museum of Modern Art in New York gave E. McKnight Kauffer a prestigious one-man show. [Click PDF link to read more.]
Modernism, 2020

Jennifer Seward

WRITING

Jennifer
Seward