Monday, April 9, 2012
Weekly Assignment: Art News Round-up (revisted)
Once again, I'd like you to look over the "Art News" sites for a story from the art world that you think is interesting or important. Then, read the entire story. Paste a link to the story in a comment followed by a brief write-up (50-100 words) with your reactions. What aspects of the story do you find most important or interesting? Tell us about it.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/arts/design/google-art-projects-expanded-offerings.html?_r=1&ref=design. This article, Google art project's expanded offerings, left me thinking more about what it was lacking than what it had. It starts by saying that as of last week Google art project has over 32,000 works which is impressive. It than says that it is missing a lot to. There is no Picasso, Max Beckman and only one Matisse. there is nothing from the Lourve and there is little from the 20th and 21st century. It is up to a museum to upload or not upload images. The article then mentions some small museums that have contributed and here I was a little annoyed by the tone of the article. It sort of makes fun of the some of the museums. I think it is generous of the museums to share with the public at all.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.allartnews.com/restored-rubens-masterpiece-goes-back-on-public-view-at-the-courtauld-gallery/
ReplyDeleteRuben's masterpiece, Cain Slaying Abel, is restored at the Courtauld Gallery. This painting of the Old Testament scene was produced around 1609. The painting entered the Museum in 1978, but has suffered warped panels, splitting joins, uneven surfaces, and paint loss. The eleven month procedure is carried out with pristine exactness to minimize the alteration of the original state of the painting. Bank of America is sponsoring the restoration. X-ray, infra-red and ultra violet scans were taken of the image, indicating underling drawings of the landscape of the painting as well as the reposition of one of the figure’s eyes and arm. Underlying drawings are uncommon of Ruden, indicating that Ruben may have established a workshop with other artists and connections during this time.
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/2011/06/breaking_bathro.html
ReplyDeletethis article, artists have been painting mini masterpieces with in the bathrooms of the MFA in boston. I think this is refreshing in a sense, at first glance it seems a little peculiar, almost like we cant really call it art seeing how its not in a gallery in the traditional sense. But when you think about it, which one of you does not in some small way enjoy the crude and sometimes vulgar art the ends up on stalls all over America. This is essentially like a upscale version of the same craft, perhaps even teaching you in your most relaxed state.
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.artnews.com/2012/02/07/all-dressed-up/
ReplyDeleteThis article, All dressed up, is about displaying top designer's clothes in museums. While I read the article, it was interested to see that many curators consider designer's clothes to sculptor pieces. And, the most interesting part was that curators are likely to display Alexander Mcqueen’s clothes because they have thought that Alexander Mcqueen imbued fashion with emotion. Then, there was interesting quote by Jeffrey Deitch, director of MOCA. He says “I’m not interested in fashion; I’m very interested in people who are expanding the definition of art by expanding the media.”
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=54754
ReplyDeleteI found this article interesting to share, because a lot of our classmates are from China and other parts of Asia. Reading this article made me realize how economical growth in China also leads to china’s impact on the global art world. The article writes “the future of contemporary Art market in China remains promising to art professional world wide” describing how the future of art world is changing and moving. It shows us that there’s so much to learn and that art is not just in one place but they are everywhere and that the focus change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/arts/design/metropolitan-museum-of-arts-new-guidebook.html?ref=design
ReplyDeleteThis article discusses how modern technology has changed the way most people research art and that most encyclopedias are no longer being made in print because they are all electronic. However, the Metropolitan Museum of Art just created a new Guidebook for its artworks that is not available, except in hard copy. The thing that is interesting about this article is that it’s basically trying to persuade people to get the guidebook. This is done by including most of the museums most famous artworks and for people who already know most of the museum, it also includes fun facts about the museum that people don’t know.
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54755
ReplyDeleteI think the question this article asked to viewer is very subjective. This article is basically asking, What is art? I believe that there are two kinds of art. The Commercial art and self-expressive art. Commercial art is ‘attractive’ art that makes people happy. Self-expressive art is when the artist did not try to flatter viewer but concentrated on expressing the artist him/herself. I prefer the expressive art because it is more interesting when art has personality just like people. I want to see what the artist thinks and feels honestly. In social life, we can not say everything we want to say but I feel like art could be useful tool to speak what is on your mind. I agree with this quotation that was in the article. "doesn't have the darkness, despair or joy that art has. For me, his work brings up the word 'nice.' Have you ever been around a person that's nice all the time? That's annoying. It's terrifying, because it isn't real."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/art-review-urs-fischer-gagosian-gallery.html
ReplyDeleteThis artical is about "Bed & Problem painting". These three pieces are by two artist and they said those are visually smilliar. However even if they looks similar it could be different pieces because the artists are had different thoughts. I agree with "people whose faces can’t be seen because they are blocked by images of disproportionally large objects." The artist block the main part of painting and people might not have touch to heart. Even this pieces are repeating point of painting, I would say this is the personal thoughts that might important for them.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17693314
ReplyDeleteI find this interesting and at the same time important, since it is encouraging younger kids to appreciate art since a young age. This event may seem for some people irrelevant because they are viewing it from the point of just breaking a new record, but in my point of view I see this as a fun way for kids to get involve in the world of art. This type of things can make a kid want to explore more this campus, and probably later on become an artist. I personally think this is a fun way to get people involve in art.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/04/art-review-sarah-braman-at-international-art-objects.html#more
ReplyDeleteI chose this article which was about Sarah Braman's first solo show. On the article, there was a photo of one of her works. When I first saw the photo, I didn't know it was an art piece. I thought it was some sort of ornament in an interior. After reading the article, I found out that it was an art piece that Sarah Braman tried to fill the space of a room by having the piece tipped and tilted across the floor with little apparent interference from gravity. When I look at this piece, I keep on thinking what is it that the artist tried to show or do. The colors are very clean and simple. It is also very modern. Perhaps, Sarah wanted to challenge herself and others in using and observing spaces.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/16/mfas_mens_room_turns_sudden_gallery/?page=full
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon this while looking for an article and thought the idea was really funny, an art exhibit in the mens room...As I read more it was really interesting. I think the idea of putting art in a place most people wouldn't look for it, makes you stop and look at it, and its a spontaneous thing that pushes societal boundaries which, of course, is what art is supposed to do. It stinks that the security had to end it, especially in a place that is accepting of art and artistic ideas or at least the display of them, but clearly it made an impact and sparked peoples attention.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/theater/reviews/peter-and-the-starcatcher-with-christian-borle.html?ref=arts
ReplyDeleteI saw this show off-broadway last year, it is a huge departure from pretty much everything that is on broadway today. It's a "play with music" that does not rely on lavish sets or over the top pyrotechnics. Peter and the Starcatchers moved to broadway this fall, despite its small and intimate atmosphere it appears to have adjusted suprisingly well to the huge theater it is not housed in. What "Peter" does differently, is its ability to make the audience part of the story telling. They leave room for the imagination, and don't talk down to the audience. Everything isn't spelled out. It marks a style of theater that was hasn't made it too this level of success over three decades ago. The fact that a play this intimate, this innovative, this different can exist on broadway gives hope for a world of theater that is more than bright lights and overbearingly loud songs.
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54778
ReplyDeleteThis article caught my eye the second I saw the title, because it involved such a tragic and well known event in history. It involves a photograph taken in 2004, that has been recently released, of a pair of shoes found in close proximity to where the titanic sank, and is a strong indication that this is the resting place of someone who died when the ship sank. This article was really interesting and stuck out to me because it was using art to capture something provocative, yet meaningful that involved history. Although art that is made purely from the imagination can be wonderful, this is a type of art involving something real, and I find that there is a lot of beauty in this type of art and I have a very high level of respect for this, because it takes a little more effort to make meaning out of it, because you cannot always let your imagination soar. This photograph was very tragic and sad, and reminded me that each and every life that was lost on the titanic was more than "just a person"...it was a PERSON, a human life, who wore shoes, and I find beauty in the fact that a photograph of something as simple as a pair of shoes can remind us of that.