Tag Archives: Public Art
Flash Points
Speaking of Influence: A Monument’s Invisible Man
Flash Points
Speaking of Influence: A Monument’s Invisible Man
“To make the monuments speak again we must question the often bland surface they show the world.” –Kirk Savage, Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves “Do I speak for everyone? No. No …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Amy Balkin
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Amy Balkin
For the past couple years, I have been teaching Bay Area-based artist Amy Balkin’s work within a curriculum about environmental art and “land expropriation.” I teach her work besides Karl …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Nato Thompson
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice) with Nato Thompson
I am a bit late coming to the curatorial work of Nato Thompson, which first became recognizable to me at this past October’s second annual Creative Time Summit, a gathering …
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Art 2.1 | Translating Ai Weiwei: Bringing Chinese Social Media Art to the English Twittersphere, Part 1
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Art 2.1 | Translating Ai Weiwei: Bringing Chinese Social Media Art to the English Twittersphere, Part 1
Artist Ai Weiwei in conversation with Tate Modern curator Katie Hill, October 2010. Photo by An Xiao. This past summer, Jennifer Ng and I launched Bird’s Nest: Ai Weiwei in …
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 …
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Temporary Services
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Temporary Services
Art21 is pleased to announce our latest column: 5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice), written by guest blog alum Thom Donovan (bio here). 5 Questions showcases the work of contemporary practitioners …
Art21 Extended Play
Yinka Shonibare MBE: “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle”
Art21 Extended Play
Yinka Shonibare MBE: “Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle”
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Open Enrollment
The Collaborators: Artists Working Across Disciplines
Open Enrollment
The Collaborators: Artists Working Across Disciplines
This spring, in lieu of yet another show of disparate student work, my MFA class decided to create an entirely collaborative exhibition. The seemingly idyllic idea was to work as …
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Life After Death: An Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
Life After Death: An Interview with Eva and Franco Mattes
The Italian “artist-provocateurs” Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.org, are no strangers to this site. Our very first guest bloggers back in 2008, when they blogged about their Influencers festival …
Letter from London
Letter from London: Barnstormer
Letter from London
Letter from London: Barnstormer
“Time-based art” is a great new contemporary art phrase to drop into conversations, with the redoubtable Orwellian tautology of “movement-based dancing” or “sound-based music.” It’s one of those phrases that …
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