David Levi Strauss
David Levi Strauss | |
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| Born | March 10, 1953 Junction City, Kansas |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | U.S. |
| Education | Kansas State University; Goddard College (B.A.); Poetics Program, New College of California. |
| Alma mater | Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. |
| Genre | Art and Cultural Critic, Essayist, Memoirist and Poet |
| Notable works | Between The Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics, Photography and Belief (2020), Co-Illusion (2020) |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2003), Infinity Award for Writing from the International Center of Photography (2007). |
| Spouse | Gret Sterrett Smith |
| Children | Maya Grace Strauss |
| Website | |
| davidlevistrauss | |
David Levi Strauss (born March 10, 1953, in Junction City, Kansas) is an American art and cultural critic, essayist, poet, and educator. He is the author of a book of poetry, six books of essays, and numerous monographs and catalogues on artists, as well as a book on the rise of Donald Trump and the subsequent changes in the communication environment, and a book of photographic theory. He was Chair of the graduate program in Art Writing (formerly Art Criticism & Writing) at the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 2007 until that program closed in 2021. He also taught at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College from 2001 to 2005, and in the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard from 2002 to 2023.
Strauss' principal subject in his books of essays has been the relation between aesthetics and politics.
Strauss' critiques and theories about the role and influence of art and photography on society are frequently cited in the works of other contemporary writers and critics.