Tag Archives: Sculpture

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Mark Dion | “Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae)”

by Wesley Miller | Aug 7, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Dion with Herbarium Perrine (Marine Algae) (2006) at his Pennsylvania home and studio. Mark Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 23, 2008

While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …

Eternal Twilight at the New Museum

by Amy Mackie | Jul 21, 2008

Eternal Twilight at the New Museum

by Amy Mackie | Jul 21, 2008

Several Art21 artists temporarily engage in a moment of symbiosis in the New Museum’s new group exhibition, After Nature, curated by Massimiliano Gioni with the assistance of Jarrett Gregory and …

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

SIDE X SIDE

by Amy Mackie | Jul 17, 2008

Art and activism have been intimately engaged throughout contemporary art history, reiterating the notion that the personal is political. In 2007, Art:21’s Season 4 addressed activist strategies (in particular, the …

Louise Bourgeois at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 2, 2008

Louise Bourgeois at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Jul 2, 2008

In the mid-nineteenth-century, Botany was regularly taught to medical students. Because they did not yet have that invention known as the slide lecture, large illustrations of plants were instead hung …

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

The human voice is the most specific expression of an individual. With its infinite potential for sound effects and imitation along with its prime role in communication, it is clearly …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 25, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 25, 2008

  As we continue gearing up for summer and prepare for ways to fuel our work as artists and educators I wanted to take the next few columns and point …

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

Museum

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 20, 2008

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was established eighteen years ago in Kansas City, Missouri on 18th and Vine Streets, just around the corner from the Paseo YMCA building where the …

Jenny Holzer at EVO Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 17, 2008

Jenny Holzer at EVO Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 17, 2008

Season 4 artist Jenny Holzer was the first woman to officially represent the United States in the 1990 Venice Biennale. Her installation Gallery D earned the Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion) prize for best pavilion. She was …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Second Look

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 11, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Second Look

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 11, 2008

In the May 14th column I commented on the fact that some people were having a hard time incorporating Season 4 artists into their classrooms and studios. This weekend, hiding …

EXIT and Enter

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 10, 2008

EXIT and Enter

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 10, 2008

I’ve already mentioned that one way to catch up on the contemporary Danish art scene is to get a glimpse of Forårsudstillingen at Charlottenborg, but another and maybe even more …

Island of Misfit Toys

by Marc Mayer | Jun 9, 2008

Island of Misfit Toys

by Marc Mayer | Jun 9, 2008

Salon 94 Freemans just announced that Art21 artist Maya Lin (Season 1), will create a site specific installation in their downtown New York City gallery space. This installation is described …

Que Será, Serra: Artist Gives Commencement Address

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Que Será, Serra: Artist Gives Commencement Address

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Richard Serra (Season 1) addressed the Williams class of 2008 during the celebration of the college’s 219th commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 1. His speech, “If Not Now, When?” reads …

Rebirth of Danish art and design

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 3, 2008

Rebirth of Danish art and design

by Karen Johanne Bruhn | Jun 3, 2008

If you want to keep track of modern Danish art and design, Forårsudstillingen at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen is a pivotal point of departure. Yesterday was the final day of …

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle wins Richard H. Driehaus Foundation award

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle wins Richard H. Driehaus Foundation award

by Marc Mayer | Jun 3, 2008

Art21 artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (Season 4) is the winner of a 2008 individual artist award granted by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. This award recognizes artists living in the Chicago …

Art21 Extended Play

Elegy for Robert Rauschenberg

by Susan Sollins-Brown, Executive Director, Art21 | May 23, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Elegy for Robert Rauschenberg

by Susan Sollins-Brown, Executive Director, Art21 | May 23, 2008

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.) — Robert Rauschenberg, 1959 Elegy for Robert Rauschenberg is …

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 3

by Kelly Shindler | May 21, 2008

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 3

by Kelly Shindler | May 21, 2008

Following is the conclusion of the conversation between Judy Pfaff and BOMB Magazine‘s Betsy Sussler that took place on March 3, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. BS: I’m going to …

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 2

by Kelly Shindler | May 20, 2008

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 2

by Kelly Shindler | May 20, 2008

The following is the second part of the conversation between Judy Pfaff and BOMB Magazine‘s Betsy Sussler that took place on March 3, 2008 at the Mid-Manhattan Library. BS: I …

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 1

by Kelly Shindler | May 19, 2008

Conversations | Judy Pfaff with Betsy Sussler part 1

by Kelly Shindler | May 19, 2008

The following interview took place at the Mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library on March 3, 2008, following a screening of the Art:21 episode Romance. Featured artist Judy …

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | “The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown”

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Josiah McElheny | “The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown”

by Wesley Miller | May 15, 2008

(Also watch Josiah McElheny’s “Conceptual Drawings for a Chandelier, 1965” on the Art21 blog.) EXCLUSIVE: Josiah McElheny discusses his installation The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown (2007) at the Museum …

Mark Bradford’s Help Us

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 14, 2008

Mark Bradford’s Help Us

by Trong Gia Nguyen | May 14, 2008

On view now at the Carnegie International’s Life on Mars exhibition is Mark Bradford’s (Season 4) rooftop installation Help Us, a white stone sculpture that is theoretically visible from Google …

U.S. Embassy Makes Olympic Rings

by Rosanna Flouty | May 12, 2008

U.S. Embassy Makes Olympic Rings

by Rosanna Flouty | May 12, 2008

These big metallic tulips aren’t just going to be on view in Spain, where they are permanently installed along the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao‘s riverside façade, above. An edition of Tulips …

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

Art21 Extended Play

Allora & Calzadilla | Form

by Wesley Miller | May 1, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Allora & Calzadilla’s Ruin (2006) installed at Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris. Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such …

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Matthew Ritchie at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

by Maria Nicanor | May 1, 2008

Season 3 artist Matthew Ritchie’s The Hierarchy Problem (2003) and The Fine Constant (2003) are on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as part of Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim …

The Confluence Project looks for volunteers

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 27, 2008

The Confluence Project looks for volunteers

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 27, 2008

Season 1 artist Maya Lin‘s Confluence Project is looking for volunteers during June and October 2008 to complete a trail at Sandy River Delta in Oregon, which leads to Lin’s …

Mike Kelley Retrospective in Brussels

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 18, 2008

Mike Kelley Retrospective in Brussels

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 18, 2008

Last week, the Wiels Centre for Contemporary Art opened the first retrospective exhibition in Belgium of works by Art21 artist Mike Kelley (Season 1). On view through July 27, 2008, …

Picks from the Blanton Museum

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 16, 2008

Picks from the Blanton Museum

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 16, 2008

Check out The Blanton Museum of Art’s two exciting exhibitions featuring works by Art21 artists Richard Tuttle (Season 3), Michael Ray Charles (Season 1) and Hubbard + Birchler (Season 3). …

Tim Hawkinson on NewArtTV

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 16, 2008

Tim Hawkinson on NewArtTV

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 16, 2008

A video featuring Art21 artist Tim Hawkinson was recently released on NewArtTV.com. In this interview, Hawkinson discusses many of the objects in How Man is Knit, the artist’s first solo …

Tim Hawkinson Down Under

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 14, 2008

Tim Hawkinson Down Under

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Apr 14, 2008

Scout, an exhibition of work by Art21 Season 2 artist Tim Hawkinson, is on view at the Gow Langsford Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand until May 16th. Hawkinson‚Äôs full range …

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

by David Roesing | Apr 9, 2008

Art21 artists in “TRANSactions” in Atlanta

by David Roesing | Apr 9, 2008

TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, a group show which opened on March 15 at the High Museum in Atlanta features work from three Art21 artists. Alfredo Jaar, Inigo …

Josiah McElheny at the Henry Art Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 7, 2008

Josiah McElheny at the Henry Art Gallery

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 7, 2008

The Last Scattering Surface, an enormous spherical sculpture composed of metal and glass by Art21 artist Josiah McElheny (Season 3), has traveled to the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery. …

Walker, Puryear, and Marshall featured in Corcoran show

by David Roesing | Mar 28, 2008

Walker, Puryear, and Marshall featured in Corcoran show

by David Roesing | Mar 28, 2008

Those in the Washington D.C. area should take a moment to check out The American Evolution, an expansive show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on view through July 27. …

Martin Puryear retrospective at Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 26, 2008

Martin Puryear retrospective at Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 26, 2008

Through May 18, 2008, the traveling retrospective of work by Art21 artist Martin Puryear (Season 2), is on view at the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth and features nearly …

Kiki Smith: Her Home and Wallpaper

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 21, 2008

Kiki Smith: Her Home and Wallpaper

by Trong Gia Nguyen | Mar 21, 2008

Studio Printworks has produced a hand-screened wallpaper in collaboration with Kiki Smith (Season 2). Maiden & Moonflower depicts an evening scene of a woman standing beneath a tree bough inhabited …

Walker and Bourgeois in Flaunt Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

Walker and Bourgeois in Flaunt Magazine

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

The Spring 2008 fashion issue of the arts and entertainment glossy, Flaunt Magazine, features Art21 artists Kara Walker (Season 2) and Louise Bourgeois (Season 1). While Walker’s work is currently …

“Dan Flavin: Constructed Light” at the Pulitzer Foundation

by Paul Ha | Mar 19, 2008

“Dan Flavin: Constructed Light” at the Pulitzer Foundation

by Paul Ha | Mar 19, 2008

There is an amazing exhibition of Dan Flavin‚Äôs work at the Contemporary‚Äôs neighbor, the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis. Dan Flavin: Constructed Light will be on view …