David Raskin is the Mohn Family Professor of Contemporary Art History at SAIC.
He earned his Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Texas, his M.A. in Art History and Criticism from Stony Brook University, and his A.B. in Visual Arts and Psychology from Brown University. He teaches seminars on Ekphrastic Writing and topics in Modern and Contemporary Art, including Minimalism, Pop, Postminimalism, Jackson Pollock, Vito Acconci, Rosalind Krauss, Michael Fried, Andy Warhol, and “feedback” in installation, performance, and video art.
Many institutions have supported Raskin’s scholarly work and research, including the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Wyeth Foundation for American Art, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Whitney Museum.
Raskin’s pioneering monograph, Donald Judd (2010), has been reviewed or noted in more than 26 publications, including Art History, Art Journal, Burlington Magazine, The Art Newspaper, and The Times Literary Supplement. His other writings are widely read, and he has contributed essays to catalogs of exhibitions at the Tate Modern, London; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Ludwig Museum, Cologne; Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.