Tag Archives: Drawing & Collage

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Bringing it Back Home

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 30, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Bringing it Back Home

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 30, 2009

December, January, May, June…. These are popular months for graduates to visit their former high schools because they are either between semesters at college or finished for the school year …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Season’s Treatings

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 23, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Season’s Treatings

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 23, 2009

Before the holidays hit us, I thought I might suggest a few destinations, dates, and stocking stuffers for those who are as late with the shopping as I am. Below …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 21, 2009

This week in Art21 artist news we have two tapestry makers, a silk archway, the master of Cremaster, an artist who likes to do laundry, a magical sound installation, environmental issues, creative …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Time to Talk

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 16, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Time to Talk

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 16, 2009

Art classrooms are mired in production. Too often the drive to complete work speeds right past the formation of a high quality idea or composition. How often have we ourselves …

Future Russia.

by Kelly Rakowski | Dec 11, 2009

Future Russia.

by Kelly Rakowski | Dec 11, 2009

The future is here! — constructions of text and image created by Russian Futurist Aleksei Kruchenykh along with Vasilii Kamenskii, Kirill Zdanevich and his wife Olga Rozanova. Kruchenykh was a …

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Tree Museum

by Katie Holten | Dec 10, 2009

Flash Points

Tree Museum

by Katie Holten | Dec 10, 2009

We invited artist Katie Holten to write about her current project, Tree Museum, a public artwork in the Bronx, New York.  — Ed. I think it’s fair to say that …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 30, 2009

In this week’s roundup, Art21 artists play with fire, sign new books, design stained glass, collage basketballs, create new films, and pop up in Miami Beach exhibitions: Carl Solway Gallery …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 23, 2009

From the west to the east coast and over to Taiwan, Art21 artists are involved in a number of new and large-scale exhibitions: Works by Barry McGee (Season 1) and …

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

Sweet Tactility…

by Maria Stenina | Nov 20, 2009

[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-6wMlaVTc] In my last post as your guest blogger, I want to indulge a bit and quickly acknowledge my un-quenchable lust for the artist’s book. No, I don’t mean the …

Four Questions with Alicia Ross

by Maria Stenina | Nov 11, 2009

Four Questions with Alicia Ross

by Maria Stenina | Nov 11, 2009

This young artist’s Motherboard series features appropriated Internet porn—nubile women sprawl across large cotton panels, cross-stitched in silver and gold thread with digital precision…Witty videos filter sex scenes through those …

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Dermatographia

by Maria Stenina | Nov 9, 2009

Hello Art:21 interweb world! I hope to do you justice with my musings and bits and pieces of contemporary art knick-knacks. I think as an artist and designer working today, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 9, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 9, 2009

Where in the world are Art21 artists? In Germany — where the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today — a new suite of paintings by Season 5 artist Julie …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 2, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Nov 2, 2009

White Snow, a solo exhibition of work by Season 5 artist Paul McCarthy, opens at Hauser & Wirth, New York on November 5. The gallery will debut pieces from a …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teamwork

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 28, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teamwork

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 28, 2009

In order to create his art, Season 5 artist Allan McCollum incorporates the time-tested strategy of teamwork. Huge installations and projects that no one person could possibly pull off by …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 26, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 26, 2009

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) will host a talk with Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie and brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner (of indie rock band The National) on Saturday, …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 12, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 12, 2009

A new installation by James Turrell (Season 1) — a light-filled space in the tradition of his Ganzfeld Pieces — will open at the Wolfsburg Art Museum in Germany on …

BOMB in the Building

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Julie Mehretu interviewed by Lawrence Chua

by BOMB Magazine | Oct 2, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

Julie Mehretu interviewed by Lawrence Chua

by BOMB Magazine | Oct 2, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we’re featuring a BOMB contributor relating to an Art:21 Season 5 artist. This is our final week before the official …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 28, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 28, 2009

Season 4 artist Mark Bradford has been awarded the 2009 MacArthur “Genius” Award. The MacArthur Fellows Program, as it is also known, awards unrestricted fellowships to individuals who have shown …

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Failure

by Jonathan Munar | Sep 25, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Failure

by Jonathan Munar | Sep 25, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: In his Berlin studio, Arturo Herrera discusses the importance of accepting failure in order to be able to learn and grow as …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 14, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 14, 2009

New works by Season 3 artist Josiah McElheny are on view at Andrea Rosen Gallery through Oct. 17. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an eight-foot tall sculpture based on …

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Hybrids

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 11, 2009

Flash Points

Hybrids

by Dehlia Hannah | Sep 11, 2009

In an exhibition currently on view at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, artist Vesna Jovanovic both courts and antagonizes the intersection of art and science in the role of the medical …

Chain Link Fence

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 25, 2009

Chain Link Fence

by Quinn Latimer | Aug 25, 2009

Some summertime offerings from the internets. Pastels Not Dunzo: Joshua David Stein watches the cast of “The Hills” getting pastel’d. “Chalk pastels are the soft focus of the art world …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dove and O’Keeffe… Get ‘Em While It’s Hot

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 19, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dove and O’Keeffe… Get ‘Em While It’s Hot

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 19, 2009

There are many reasons that educators want to visit the Circles of Influence exhibit featuring Arthur Dove and Georgia O’Keeffe at The Clark Art Institute through September 7th, but one …

Flash Points

A Look Into the Future with Saya Woolfalk

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 18, 2009

Flash Points

A Look Into the Future with Saya Woolfalk

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 18, 2009

Saya Woolfalk, “No Place: A Ritual of the Empathics,” 2009. Courtesy of the artist. This November, New York City will once again be abuzz with PERFORMA, the sprawling biennial dedicated …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 17, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 17, 2009

Site-specific installations by Mary Heilmann (Season 5), Tony Oursler, Todd Eberle, and Sabina Streeter are currently on view at the Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan. This is the first group of …

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Assistant Jeff Bechtel

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Assistant Jeff Bechtel

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS Arturo Herrera’s assistant Jeff Bechtel describes the process for translating one of the artist’s complex drawings into a refined monochromatic paper collage. Filmed …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 3, 2009

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Aug 3, 2009

On September 23, Hauser & Wirth will open its first gallery in the United States with a reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s 1961 environment Yard by artist William Pope.L. Described as …

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

An interview with Constant by Linda Boersma

by BOMB Magazine | Jul 31, 2009

BOMB in the Building

Flash Points

An interview with Constant by Linda Boersma

by BOMB Magazine | Jul 31, 2009

Welcome back to BOMB in the Building, where each week we are featuring a vintage BOMB interview relating to a Season 5 artist. This week, inspired by Cao Fei’s utopian …

Banksy New Orleans: Then and Now

by John d'Addario | Jul 13, 2009

Banksy New Orleans: Then and Now

by John d'Addario | Jul 13, 2009

It’s been nearly a year since the U.K.-based street artist and provocateur known as Banksy completed over a dozen public art pieces in various locations around New Orleans, including the …

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Art21 Extended Play

Meet the Season 5 Artist: William Kentridge

by Wesley Miller | Jul 7, 2009

Flash Points

Art21 Extended Play

Meet the Season 5 Artist: William Kentridge

by Wesley Miller | Jul 7, 2009

The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Compassion, premiering on Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). Compassion features three artists — …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrestling with the Past: A TwCA 2008-2009 Roundup

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Wrestling with the Past: A TwCA 2008-2009 Roundup

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2009

It’s been quite a year. Quite an academic year, that is. Between the country voicing a collective NO to four more years of the same Bushed policies and Bernie Madoff …

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Mary Cook | Jun 25, 2009

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Mary Cook | Jun 25, 2009

Making art is part of a ground level experience. The artmaking process can be sensory, visceral and seemingly fleeting, depending on the methods of record of an artist’s choosing, be …

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Powerful Images

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 19, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Arturo Herrera | Powerful Images

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 19, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: In his Berlin studio, Arturo Herrera discusses his relationship to creating abstract collages and images. Herrera takes the process of abstraction a …

Dialing Back

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 18, 2009

Dialing Back

by Thomas Micchelli | Jun 18, 2009

Turning again to the oracular nature of art (see Monday’s post), it is compelling to consider that, in the Western canon, drawing as an autonomous art form first came into …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 17, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading Part 2

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 17, 2009

Continuing with my column from May 27, I’d like to suggest a few more books related to contemporary art education that you may be inspired to buy, borrow or steal …

Art21 Extended Play

Laylah Ali | Designer Nicole Parente

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 12, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Laylah Ali | Designer Nicole Parente

by Jonathan Munar | Jun 12, 2009

DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: Artist Laylah Ali and graphic designer Nicole Parente work together in the designer’s home office in Cambridge, MA. The artist’s hand-drawn notes …