2014 Juror: Stephen Knudsen

About Our Juror

Stephen is a Professor of Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design and exhibits work in art institutions in the
United States and Europe. Knudsen is a senior editor and critic for ARTPULSE Magazine as well as a contributor to the
Huffington Post, New York Arts Magazine, Hyper Allergic, The SECAC Review Journal, Professional Artist magazine and
many others. He is the co-developer of Image Comparison Aesthetics for the artstory.org and developer of Fourth Dimension Color Theory and the Dual Color Wheel used widely in universities.

As a senior editor Knudsen also compiled the forthcoming anthology titled The Art of Critique/Re-imagining Art Criticism
and the Art School Critique with the text of thirty-seven contributors including Arthur Danto, Peter Schjeldahl, Jerry Saltz,
James Elkins, Blake Gopnik, Barry Schwabsky, Hedy Weiss and many others. Having written two essays in which he
expands on Monroe Beardsley's ICU theory of aesthetic goodness, Knudsen provides a window into some of his thinking
on reviewing and "judging• art. During the lecture, He will take any questions on that reading, but then devote most of
the time to the color theory presentation. A forty minute talk, followed by a question and answer. His two essays can be
found on his website. Click on practical aesthetics part one and part two after clicking on this link:
Stephen's Website