Tag Archives: Drawing & Collage

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Paul Zografakis Part 2

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 5, 2010

Inside the Artist's Studio

Inside the Artist’s Studio: Paul Zografakis Part 2

by Georgia Kotretsos | Jul 5, 2010

This is the second half of the discussion I had with Paul Zografakis’ at Gyzi, Athens and the continuation of Friday’s post. He opened his studio to me and I …

On View Now

Art21 Extended Play

On View Now | Mind the Gap: Thoughts on Representing the Holocaust through Comics

by Max Weintraub | Jul 1, 2010

On View Now

Art21 Extended Play

On View Now | Mind the Gap: Thoughts on Representing the Holocaust through Comics

by Max Weintraub | Jul 1, 2010

The act of codification that is enshrined in the International Declaration of Human Rights has ensured that the unspeakable has been cut down to size at the very moment that …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 30, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 30, 2010

Friends close to me know two things- I have a coffee problem and I have a book-buying problem. If I have money in my pocket and am anywhere close to …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 29, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about a retrospective in the Golden State, a pack of wolves in Singapore, a dreamy gift in Berlin, de-monumentalisation in Italy, Oprah culture the …

Tim Hawkinson Apples and Bananas, 2010 Apple cores, banana peels, grape skin, twist ties, bread tabs, orange peel and bronze 9 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/2 inches. Courtesy Blum & Poe.

Looking at Los Angeles

Bikes, Bodies, and Blastulas: Tim Hawkinson Talks About His New Work

by Lily Simonson | Jun 24, 2010

Looking at Los Angeles

Bikes, Bodies, and Blastulas: Tim Hawkinson Talks About His New Work

by Lily Simonson | Jun 24, 2010

From intimate sculptures to mammoth collages, Tim Hawkinson (Season 2) gracefully creates tension between the playful and the profound. His current exhibition at Blum & Poe continues longstanding threads while …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 21, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 21, 2010

7,000 t-shirts, 22 paintings, two awards, a powerful pair, and one big open studio in this week’s roundup: Mel Chin (Season 1) has been named a finalist of the first …

Gastro-Vision

Bourgeois the Artist, Bourgeois the Cook

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 18, 2010

Gastro-Vision

Bourgeois the Artist, Bourgeois the Cook

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 18, 2010

The passing of Louise Bourgeois (Season 1) naturally prompted a host of critics to reflect on her life and artwork. They have written of her famed sculptures and textiles, recurring …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 8, 2010

A tribute to a great artist, a series of German faces, a big film of tiny things, some drawing restraint, and a bunch more in this week’s roundup: The Emilio …

Flash Points

Come Curious

by Katia Zavistovski | Jun 7, 2010

Flash Points

Come Curious

by Katia Zavistovski | Jun 7, 2010

Good experience, bad experience. Life experience, work experience. First experience, years of experience. Learning experience. Sensory experience. Out-of-body experience. Shared experience. We experience life in innumerable, and oftentimes indescribable, ways. …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 24, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 24, 2010

In today’s roundup: football art for South Africa, an overgrown baby in Los Angeles, an origami ship from London, body tissue in Bristol, humans behaving like pigs in Milan, flashing lights …

What’s it worth? Artist and community currencies

by Liz Sheehan | May 21, 2010

What’s it worth? Artist and community currencies

by Liz Sheehan | May 21, 2010

The territory of art that responds to, comments on, and intervenes in the art market is vast. There are a range of practices in contemporary art that involve currency as …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 17, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 17, 2010

An ancient proposition, a group of Modern women, life-restoring elixir, and more in this week’s roundup: Vancouver Art Gallery has organized Canada’s first solo exhibition of works by Season 1 …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 10, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | May 10, 2010

Holey maps, pre-natal forms, stuffed animals, and more in today’s roundup: The first exhibition in the United States ever devoted exclusively to the drawings of Season 3 artist Roni Horn …

Art & the Avatar: Ambiguity of Identity in Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 21, 2010

Art & the Avatar: Ambiguity of Identity in Virtual 3D Worlds

by Nettrice Gaskins | Apr 21, 2010

Self is the essential being of a person. Art is a mirror image of a person’s identity, circle of influence, and perceived worlds or realities. Art reflects what we feel, …

Flash Points

Nancy Spero’s Torture of Women

by Catherine Wagley | Apr 16, 2010

Flash Points

Nancy Spero’s Torture of Women

by Catherine Wagley | Apr 16, 2010

“In our day, [when] we came back from war,” said Seymour Hersh to Bill O’Reilly in 2004, “We would take our pictures and hide them behind the socks in the drawer and …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 12, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 12, 2010

This week’s roundup is dedicated to the ladies: On Sunday, April 18, a public commemoration will be held for Season 4 artist Nancy Spero (1926-2009) in Cooper Union’s Great Hall. …

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Art21 Extended Play

100th Exclusive & William Kentridge Exclusives, Carrie Mae Weems Uncut, the problem with talking, and screenings

by Nick Ravich | Apr 9, 2010

On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production

Art21 Extended Play

100th Exclusive & William Kentridge Exclusives, Carrie Mae Weems Uncut, the problem with talking, and screenings

by Nick Ravich | Apr 9, 2010

As usual, there’s a lot of production-related ground to cover I’d like to cover. First, I really need to publicly acknowledge what’s hopefully no longer a private landmark, the release …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 5, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 5, 2010

One artist in Rome, four artists in San Francisco, three artist talks from the U.S. to the U.K., and more in this week’s roundup: On April 9, Gagosian Gallery Rome …

Snap shot of William Kentridge exhibition now on view at the Museum of Modern Art

Wayward Memories

by Baseera Khan | Apr 3, 2010

Wayward Memories

by Baseera Khan | Apr 3, 2010

The best word to describe my undergraduate experience as a Drawing/Painting major is miseducation — to educate improperly — though what I learned as an artist in school is quite …

Flash Points

The Conflation of Ethics and Morality

by William Powhida | Mar 18, 2010

Flash Points

The Conflation of Ethics and Morality

by William Powhida | Mar 18, 2010

I’ve drawn myself into a debate over ethics and morality with my work, How the New Museum Committed Suicide with Banality (view the high-res version here). I threw a brick …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 15, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 15, 2010

Sparkling Nepalese paper, race and civil rights, a northern island, circular botanics, fluorescent lights, a ton of vinyl records, and a few reviews in today’s roundup: Season 1 artist John …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educators’ Guide: John Baldessari and Juxtaposition

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 10, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Test-Driving the New Season 5 Educators’ Guide: John Baldessari and Juxtaposition

by Joe Fusaro | Mar 10, 2010

Within the first few pages of the season 5 Educators’ Guide, readers are asked to think about the power and influence of juxtaposing images in order to give the viewer …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 8, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 8, 2010

In today’s roundup you’ll read about three kids in Switzerland, political defiance, Latin American photography, a map upstate, Opera House sails, the nature of light, and airborne balls: The Family, …

First Impression: Skin Fruit (Part 1)

by Kevin McGarry | Mar 2, 2010

First Impression: Skin Fruit (Part 1)

by Kevin McGarry | Mar 2, 2010

This morning I previewed the hotly anticipated exhibition at the New Museum of Greek collector Dakis Joannou’s art holdings, impishly titled Skin Fruit and curated by Jeff Koons. I’ve been …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 1, 2010

With 19 bits and bites below, this week’s roundup is a whopper: Five Themes, the traveling survey exhibition of work by Season 5 artist William Kentridge, has landed at the …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Stomachache

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 25, 2010

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision: Stomachache

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 25, 2010

Food diaries — daily records of everything one eats and drinks — are strange and fascinating objects. For nutritionists and dietitians, they are useful tools in determining a person’s eating habits …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 22, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 22, 2010

Biennials, cremated canvases, German faces, cashmere sportswear, sculptural tour de force, fashionable shoes, and an iPhone app comprise this week’s roundup: 2010: Whitney Biennial will open at the Whitney Museum …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 15, 2010

This President’s Day roundup begins with a hotly debated exhibition and ends with a divine duo: The New Museum has announced the details of their exhibition Skin Fruit: Selections from …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Feb 1, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about two anniversary exhibitions, 6,000 shapes upstate, masterworks in the Midwest, some road trip souvenirs, a whole lotta prints, and a sale you won’t …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Transcendent: Vija Celmins and Kimsooja

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 27, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Transcendent: Vija Celmins and Kimsooja

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 27, 2010

Recently I was engaged in a little debate about whether contemporary art can truly be transcendent — taking us beyond the range of normal perception to some place else, some …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 25, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 25, 2010

In this week’s roundup you’ll read about Tasmanian wolves, patented patterns, cartoon anthropomorphism, ancient mythology, portico projections, and a big gift: Bestiarium, a large-scale survey exhibition of watercolor paintings by …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wonder-Igniters: An Interview with Abbe Futterman

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 20, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wonder-Igniters: An Interview with Abbe Futterman

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 20, 2010

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting The Earth School in New York’s East Village and at one point noticed a science classroom through a small window …

Letter from London

Letter from London: Memento Mori

by Ben Street | Jan 11, 2010

Letter from London

Letter from London: Memento Mori

by Ben Street | Jan 11, 2010

The numbers kept coming up in the daily reports. Five here, fourteen there, one day after another. And then the growing figure mounting over a thousand. Peripherally it was ever-present, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Have Kazoo Will Travel

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 6, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Have Kazoo Will Travel

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 6, 2010

To celebrate the New Year and what are now 90 posts for the Teaching with Contemporary Art column here on the Art21 blog, I popped a bottle of champagne, played …

Hair & Nails, Talk & Touch: 4 Encounters with Women Artists in Mumbai

by Jennifer Doyle | Jan 5, 2010

Hair & Nails, Talk & Touch: 4 Encounters with Women Artists in Mumbai

by Jennifer Doyle | Jan 5, 2010

Over the past few weeks, Jennifer Doyle has been reporting from her travels in India. Following is her final dispatch. — Ed. Masooma Syed makes small things, sometimes from materials …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jan 4, 2010

This week Art21 artists illustrate NASA’s history, depict child’s play, map the Black Atlantic, render galaxies in glass, leave their mark on the last decade, and reflect on our future: …