Tag Archives: Barbara Kruger
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Reflecting on Visual Conversations
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Reflecting on Visual Conversations
In my previous post two weeks ago I said that I was interested in encouraging students to draw relationships between works of art and to think about how context affects what we see. Can works of art “speak” to the viewer or have “conversations” with other works? If so, how? Today was the day, after a long Thanksgiving weekend, for the group to share works in progress and get some feedback from one another.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Getting Set for Visual Conversations
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Getting Set for Visual Conversations
If you haven’t visited already, the Fisher Landau Center for Art is a wonderful oasis to add to the list of places you can see exciting work in Long Island City. This week, I am taking one of my classes to visit the current show, Visual Conversations. Through the visit I am interested in encouraging my students to draw relationships between works of art and to think about how context affects how we perceive what we see.
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | Mash Up: Collage from 1930 to the present at L & M Arts
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | Mash Up: Collage from 1930 to the present at L & M Arts
Lily Simonson reviews a group show featuring collage works by Art21 artists John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Mark Bradford, and Paul McCarthy.
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | Barbara Kruger, Shafted and Shining
Looking at Los Angeles
Looking at Los Angeles | Barbara Kruger, Shafted and Shining
In 2008, when Eli Broad opened his big, brazen inaugural BCAM show on the Los Angeles County Museum’s Campus, Barbara Kruger (Season 1) was shafted, stuck accenting an elevator while …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | A Print World Compendium: IPCNY Celebrates Ten Years
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | A Print World Compendium: IPCNY Celebrates Ten Years
In 1995, a group of print-world professionals and collectors based in New York joined forces to establish a non-profit organization that would be “dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of …
Looking at Los Angeles
Breaking the Rules: MOCA Reaches Out to a Younger Audience
Looking at Los Angeles
Breaking the Rules: MOCA Reaches Out to a Younger Audience
Last month, MOCA published a new book dedicated to engaging children with its permanent collection. Aimed at children age 8-12, Breaking the Rules: What is Contemporary Art? exploring works by …
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