Tag Archives: Jenny Holzer
Teaching with Contemporary Art
When Works of Literature Make The Leap
Teaching with Contemporary Art
When Works of Literature Make The Leap
Contemporary artists and performers offer pathways into literature for the hard-to-inspire. Artists such as Glenn Ligon, Jenny Holzer, and even performances like the off-Broadway production of My Name is Asher Lev offer students ways to get inspired and involved with literature from different starting points.
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.
Art21 New York Close Up
Weekly Roundup
Art21 New York Close Up
Weekly Roundup
In this week’s roundup Beryl Korot prints and weaves video, Jenny Holzer is honored, artists explore being American, several others celebrate creating art in Los Angeles, and more. Beryl Korot‘s exhibition, Video — Text/Weave/Line, …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Not An Alternative
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Not An Alternative
I encountered the art group Not An Alternative for the first time about a month ago in Corona, Queens, where Tania Bruguera (featured last month in 5 Questions) had assembled …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Carin Kuoni of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Carin Kuoni of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
For six years, Carin Kuoni has been director of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School in New York City. I wanted to pose my …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Hard Conversations (Exploring Inequality)
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Hard Conversations (Exploring Inequality)
In the New York Times last week, Nicholas Kristof reported that the richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of the income, up from 9 percent …
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
Live Jitters, Mendocino Film Festival, and Real Art
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
Live Jitters, Mendocino Film Festival, and Real Art
Howdy y’all. First a little news from Art21 production HQ. After a successful shoot in London (expect an Exclusive on Season 5 artist Yinka Shonibare’s just-unveiled Nelson’s Ship in a …
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
Frederick Wiseman, Orphan Films, FIFA Montreal, & Other Documentary Screenings
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
Frederick Wiseman, Orphan Films, FIFA Montreal, & Other Documentary Screenings
Though it’s been a particularly busy past few weeks here at Art21 production HQ – creating new exclusive videos, shooting the preparation and rehearsals for William Kentridge’s Nose production at …
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