Monday, October 14, 2013
NEW ARTIST to look at....David Altmejd
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/david-altmejd
check this out guys!!! i love his process and how he uses plaster.... yayyy
check this out guys!!! i love his process and how he uses plaster.... yayyy
Take Your Pick: Exhibition Research & Presentation
Sarah Crowner, Ciseaux Rideaux, 2012, oil and gouache on sewn canvas, fabric and linen, part of Painter Painter at the Walker Art Center. Courtesy of the artist and Nicole Beauchene Gallery.
From
the list below, select one of the 2013 exhibitions for the focus of your
research and presentation, discussed in class on Monday, 10.14. To share your choice with the group, leave the name
of the exhibition as a comment on the related post on the Painting V blog (unless
you are the first to post, be sure to check the comments to make sure your pick
is still available).
You should begin to research these exhibitions on-line, assuming
the role of critic (from afar). Prepare a visual/oral presentation about the exhibition,
which should include a critical analysis of the works on view and, to the extent
that you can get a sense of this through online research, the installation. To
accompany the oral/visual presentation, prepare a one-two page summary of your
research and analysis. This project is meant to expose you to some of this year’s
major exhibitions, engage you in research and provide a platform for critical
analysis of contemporary practice.
- El Anatsui, Brooklyn Museum (Dee)
- Kerry James Marshall, National Gallery of Art
- Wangechi Mutu, Brooklyn Museum (Brandis)
- Outside the Lines, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (Laura)
- Painter Painter, Walker Art Center
- PAINT THINGS: beyond the stretcher, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Molly)
- Amy Sillman, ICA Boston (Jan)
- James Turell, Guggenheim Museum (Danielle)
- 2013 Turner prize and exhibition, Tate Modern (Maggie)
- 55th Venice Biennale 2013 55th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
- Christopher Wool, Guggenheim Museum (Ashley)
Lisa Solomon
I copied an excerpt from Solomon's statement. I believe she brings up many topics that several of us are exploring such as sublimating the "mundane," repetition, masculine vs. feminine, etc.
I am quite intrigued by the fusing of elements that may at first glance appear to be unrelated. I also am drawn to found objects – altering them conceptually so that their meanings and original uses or intents are re-purposed. I like when seemingly disparate things are amalgamated i.e.: doilies “monumentalized” on a wall, tanks made of bright felt generating pretty patterns, sewing onto paper, environmental toxins molecularly rendered in doilies, sewing without thread (the act of mending with out its mending capabilities), the back side of embroidery shown as the front, etc.
I am interested in gender identity – what are the parameters we use to place and name things within a masculine or a feminine sphere? What occurs when triggers and cues are misplaced purposefully confusing our vision?
I consider the differences and contrasts between hand made and machine made. How culturally the positions of their desirability have flipped flopped over time. How things generated in a time consuming hand made manner blend with the ideas of work ethic, and work that never gets done. What happens when you pair something that’s obviously machine manufactured with an element that is obviously hand crafted?
I am intrinsically interested in pattern and repetitive behaviors. How recurring imagery can alter our view of something… re-framing and re-purposing it.
On her official website some of her best work (in my opinion) can be found and it can not be downloaded!
Friday, October 11, 2013
All You Touch and All You See
Edit Oderbols, Swiss
All You Touch and All You SeeCurtain rods, aluminum scaffolding, cut through the air or against white walls like line drawings
Thursday, October 10, 2013
ashhhhhh. seriously. look at this.
I found this and it made me think of your work Ash. Anna Schuleit (artist) made the work to address the lack of flowers in psychiatric hospitals. I thought it was so interesting how the red flowers have a conversation with the white walls. I thought you would appreciate the conversation thats going on here.
MOLLY!!! look what i found!
this is a sculpture by a woman named Danielle Williams. I thought you would geek out when you saw it :)
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