Monthly Archives: January 2012
Challenging Urban Disassociation: How Swoon’s Paper People Create Community « Understanding the Urban Visual Landscape
Although she has partaken in numerous projects since her arrival on the street art scene, it is her life-sized wheatpaste newspaper prints and intricate cutouts that initially gained the attention of the art world. Swoon’s prints can most frequently be found in the forgotten corners of otherwise obvious public spaces. Despite this, she picks her spots carefully, exploring neglected space and walls with interesting textures. Her backdrops include abandoned buildings, rundown warehouses, and broken-looking walls. Because she is interested in the history and texture of the wall, this feature is not hidden, but rather enhanced by the thin newsprint paper. Also, with her cutouts, the figures are intricately cut to reveal the wall that they rest on. This opens up a dialogue between the artwork and the wall, as it works to reveal the wall’s material and history (previous tags and works).
the good companions: spirits having flown
Why do angels have wings? In early Christian times god’s messengers walked as men. But after the sweeping conversions of the pagan world Christian artists found inspiration in the flying deities of ancient faiths. After we emerged from the cave, we looked up to the sky. Ever since then we have been trying to reach it.
via the good companions: spirits having flown | Madame Pickwick Art Blog.
Fantastic collection of art videos – DocuWatch
Welcome to DocuWatch, your source of free streaming documentaries!
On this site, you will find hundreds of documentaries that have been found
on the web, all in one place, all ready to watch.
Baroque.me: J.S. Bach – Cello Suite No. 1 – Prelude
Baroque.me (2011) by Alexander Chen. Video capture. baroque.me visualizes the first Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suites. Using the math behind string length and pitch, it came from a simple idea: what if all the notes were drawn as strings? Instead of a stream of classical notation on a page, this interactive project highlights the music’s underlying structure and subtle shifts.
Grab and interact: baroque.me
More details at: blog.chenalexander.com/2011/baroque-bach-cello/
Built in: HTML5 Canvas, Javascript, SoundManager
Made while a resident at Eyebeam (eyebeam.org)
Baroque.me: J.S. Bach – Cello Suite No. 1 – Prelude from Alexander Chen on Vimeo.
National Gallery of Art – Videos & Podcasts
Stay up to date with podcasts from the National Gallery of Art, which include documentary excerpts, lectures, and other films about the Gallery’s history, exhibitions, and collections.
This is a great collection of podcast (video and audio) about works of art, artists and exhibitions at one the worlds best museums. Well Worth the time to check out.
Thanks Elizabeth for the hint!
via National Gallery of Art – Videos & Podcasts.
Cindy Sherman Interview – Cindy Sherman Exhibition at MOMA
THE REAL CINDY SHERMAN
The famed artist is known for bringing a universe of characters to life, but she’s the most compelling of them all. Also read about her upcoming exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
via Cindy Sherman Interview – Cindy Sherman Exhibition at MOMA – Harper’s BAZAAR.
Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle
Essay: Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle – News – 12ozProphet.com
Most movements in all the arts go through this progression. In graffiti it happened within a mere five to ten years, because of the immediacy and speed of the subways to share the work with a whole city of young artists the very next day after it was created. There were no studio visits to schedule, no galleries to organize shows, no hiding the work from prying eyes. It was in your face the day after the artist painted it. This sped up the process of transition towards complexity.
The Feral Diagram illustrates these connections with a 2-D info-graphic, charting the revolutionary change in Fine Art History as Graffiti and Street Art became the most relevant movement(s) throughout the world, as evidenced by their popularity and influence. As time has passed, because of the successes of the Pop Art movement as well which allowed for the acceptance of the movement into the art world in the first place, Graffiti and Street Art have continued to grow in acceptance and popularity, becoming the most relevant movement of the late twentieth century and at the start of the new millennium.
Essay: Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle – News – 12ozProphet.com
Last Monday, the once-in-a-lifetime retrospective, de Kooning, closed its doors at the MoMA. The 12ozProphet crew squeaked in at the last minute on Sunday to check out the two hundred paintings by the Abstract Expressionist/Action Painting Master. He and the other painters of his generation actually have more in common with graffiti than you’d think. Much like the Wildstyle masters of the late twentieth century into the new millenium, de Kooning had impeccable drafting skills; professional experience as a house painter, sign painter and designer; considered himself a working class artist; and explored full-body gestures, improvisation, and deconstruction of form. When he painted he totally bugged out and shredded reality.
via Essay: Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle – News – 12ozProphet.com.
Matt Pyke / super-computer-romantics
Matt Pyke & Friends / La Gaite Lyrique from Matt Pyke on Vimeo.
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DESIGN AND THE ELASTIC MIND – SUPER-COMPUTER-ROMANTICS – DECODE – DESIGNING SEEDS
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MATT PYKE & FRIENDS
SUPER-COMPUTER-ROMANTICS
12 NEW DIGITAL ARTWORKS
CO-CURATED BY CHARLOTTE LEOUZON / LA GAITE LYRIQUE
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21 APRIL – 27 MAY 2011
LA GAITE LYRIQUE, PARIS
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