Here's some things we talked about to consider for our group project:
Comparisons
*accidental vs. intentional
*natural vs. man-made/artificial
*complexity vs. simplicity
Scale
*oversized
*microscopic
Content/Process/ Form
* possibly architectural, boxes
* interactive
* alice and wonderland esque
* natural elements--confronting environmental issues, or coexisting with nature
*letting the piece change over time naturally (ie: the seasons)
*containing a larger metaphor that each person can interpret individually (the net)
*aim for a larger social message
*incorporate text
*viewer completes work with their mind
*integrate play (mini golf, sandbox, etc)
*repetition
*real world as a canvas
*confront the question: when is a work of art finished?
*confront line between artist and viewers
*incorporate stop motion, video, mixed media
*anonymity of artist
Location
*well chosen site
*possibly outdoors
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Digital Water Pavilion
Here is a high tech installation from Expo 08 designed by MIT students. The walls of the pavilion have jets that spray water that can display images or text.
Roey's Installation Artists
DOUG FISHBONE
Installation artist Doug Fishbone's most ambitious projects have involved up to 40 000 bananas piled up in public places. Happily, once the pile is complete, the bananas are given away free of charge. This project which touches on the themes of consumerism, violence and globalization has landed in London, New York, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Poland.
This work totally reminds me of some of the issues Rachel is dealing with in Mixed Media...but I like how simple yet symbolic this conceptual work is and how it exists in pubic space.
KATE ERICSON AND MEL ZIEGLER
Two of my favorite artists are Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler. They also work in public space AND with people who are not artists. I have a book I will bring to class. Above are images from their project House Monument. It's a multi-layered project, so it's easier if I just explain it in class.
DORIS SALCEDO
Responding to specific architectural, geographic and political situations, all of Salcedo’s projects are grounded in meticulous research, the exact nature of which is mostly hidden by the silent and hauntingly beautiful poetry of her work. Common themes include the destructive force of violence, personal and collective trauma, and the tragedy of human loss.
In 2002 over the course of two days Salcedo lowered 280 chairs down the façade of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá to pay homage to those killed here in a failed guerrilla coup seventeen years earlier. Blurring the lines between performance and sculpture this extraordinary spectacle publicly confronted memories of this traumatic event for the first time. The following year, at the Istanbul Biennial 2003, Salcedo filled a derelict building plot with 1,550 wooden chairs. These were piled house-high and made flush with the facades of the buildings either side, evoking the masses of faceless migrants who underpin our globalised economy.
ROMAN ONDAK
Measuring the Universe
In his conceptual work, Roman Ondak uses spaces and materials as well as people and social rituals.
"the first exhibition with Roman Ondak in a German museum. Measuring the Universe, 2007, is a topocentric and therefore never ending trial to measure the immeasurable. The museum visitors are asked whether they want their size to be measured by the museum guards – in the same way as the size of children is measured by standing against a wall. At the level of each visitor’s height, the mark together with the first name and the date is written on the wall of the exhibition space."
Measuring the Universe
In his conceptual work, Roman Ondak uses spaces and materials as well as people and social rituals."the first exhibition with Roman Ondak in a German museum. Measuring the Universe, 2007, is a topocentric and therefore never ending trial to measure the immeasurable. The museum visitors are asked whether they want their size to be measured by the museum guards – in the same way as the size of children is measured by standing against a wall. At the level of each visitor’s height, the mark together with the first name and the date is written on the wall of the exhibition space."
More Images of other artists' works:
Install me
Okay, so first off I have to mention that I love when present day artists refer to art from classical antiquity for inspiration. The installation below (2nd pic) is a three dimensional installation by Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (2001) which is modeled after French Rococo artist Jean-Honore Fragonard's The Swing (1766). Even without a side by side comparison I would have immediately thought of Fragonard although that may just be because of my art history classes......hmmmm...Anyways I dig it.
Now for some art more related to my life.....passed out with beer cans and a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos, this artist Will Ryman created this piece entitled 'The Bed' at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea on January 7, 2008 in London, England. I love the scale and the abstracted and cartoon like shape of the figure. I can only imagine walking up next to it and looking at the gigantic Doritos and cigarettes. Apparently the distorted scene is a self portrait of the artist lying motionless due to exhaustion.
Another artist I find very interesting is Judy Pfaff. She does installations using mixed media material and often her works are abstracted. The piece below literally comes right off the wall and looks as if it turn into some sort of patio party. I really like the high energy feeling that I get from her work.
"N.Y.C. – B.Q.E." 1987
Painted steel, plastic laminates, fiberglass, wood, paint, lawn furniture, and awnings, 15 x 35 x 9 inches. Installation view: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Now for some art more related to my life.....passed out with beer cans and a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos, this artist Will Ryman created this piece entitled 'The Bed' at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea on January 7, 2008 in London, England. I love the scale and the abstracted and cartoon like shape of the figure. I can only imagine walking up next to it and looking at the gigantic Doritos and cigarettes. Apparently the distorted scene is a self portrait of the artist lying motionless due to exhaustion.
Another artist I find very interesting is Judy Pfaff. She does installations using mixed media material and often her works are abstracted. The piece below literally comes right off the wall and looks as if it turn into some sort of patio party. I really like the high energy feeling that I get from her work.
"N.Y.C. – B.Q.E." 1987
Painted steel, plastic laminates, fiberglass, wood, paint, lawn furniture, and awnings, 15 x 35 x 9 inches. Installation view: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
first time blogging ever! 3 installation artists
The 3 installations artists I picked for their artistic use of natural elements to convey messages that look at human concepts interacting with natural ones.
This artist is Patrick Doughtery and he does installations in nature using natural elements (generally wood) that often makes commentaries on architecture's relationship to nature
This artist is Chris Drury and he also does installation art outdoors and made from natural materials.
3 Installation Artists
A few posts ago I added Blu Blu. I really like how he combines animation and Graffiti. I don't know many installation artists from the top of my head (most of them I have learned about in this class)so on break I did some research on different artists to find some that were relevant to what we were doing in class and some that I liked personally. So here are a few:
Here is a piece by several artists to raise awareness about sustainability. It is by the artists Jack Sanders, Robert Gay, and Butch Anthony. It uses solar power to represent the availability of renewable energy resources and recycled bottles to promote the ease of recycling.
The next installation artist I chose was Eduardo Srur. Srur is from Brazil and after a major cleanup of one of the most polluted rivers in Brazil Srur put these giant soda bottles along the river to raise awareness that the people in cars along the highway were polluting the river. Here is a video and some images.
And here is an installation that I personally think is clever and I like. Antoinette J. Citizen did this Super Mario Bros. themed installation with interactive boxes that made sound effects from the video game. I have fond memories of playing this game as I am sure many of you do.
Here is a piece by several artists to raise awareness about sustainability. It is by the artists Jack Sanders, Robert Gay, and Butch Anthony. It uses solar power to represent the availability of renewable energy resources and recycled bottles to promote the ease of recycling.
The next installation artist I chose was Eduardo Srur. Srur is from Brazil and after a major cleanup of one of the most polluted rivers in Brazil Srur put these giant soda bottles along the river to raise awareness that the people in cars along the highway were polluting the river. Here is a video and some images.
And here is an installation that I personally think is clever and I like. Antoinette J. Citizen did this Super Mario Bros. themed installation with interactive boxes that made sound effects from the video game. I have fond memories of playing this game as I am sure many of you do.
Monday, March 23, 2009
jeremy beaudry and meredith warner
hey you guys
i was thinking about 2 artists i think you'll like:
jeremy beaudry and meredith warner- they do a lot of stuff with lost clothing they find in cities
and meredith does some awesome stuff with knitting
they also do a lot of activist work around the social and economic dynamic of their neighborhood in philadelphia
check out their think tank and community interactions
-deborah
Saturday, March 14, 2009
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