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The Big Think: Chuck Close, inspiration and obstacles « 1330v

Mar 16 I found this video in my email box earlier today and I thought to share this with you. I love Chuck Close’s artwork and watching this video makes me feel a little better about the crazy hectic life I’m living right now.

http://classicvasilly.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-big-think-chuck-close-inspiration-and-obstacles/

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For Margarita Georgiadis, the process of painting resembles that of writing a book. In her work we discover a record of life which finds resonance through its unfolding. Each of these paintings relate to her complete oeuvre, but they also singularly explore a particular period or facet of experience that is crystallized by its title and gives a sense of episode or chapter...

Barbara Kruger re-makes signs. Unlike the bulk of signage we see every day, Kruger's work tries not to deceive us into believing we have a need to fulfill, but to allow us to discover the deception of signs. As far as a classification of her medium, Kruger is considered a montage artist. But, as Kate Linker, who wrote the text for Love for Sale: The Art and Words of Barbara Kruger , puts it, her pieces "resist the smooth coherence associated with that genre (Love, 12)." Kruger makes visible the breakdown of metanarrative structures, the decentered nature of contemporary culture, the struggle between sign and signifier, the hyper-consumerism of the late 20th century, the commodification of the sign, and involves her viewers in the universal flow of power.

Barbara Kruger: Signs of Postmodernity

http://www.wdog.com/rider/writings/real_kruger.htm

Sean Scully and Brice Marden Should one see painting as an object or as the purely visual art? Formalism took that puzzle as the meaning of art—and as a directive for artists. Since the first Minimalist and Postmodern cracks in that fabulous two-dimensional façade, however, that directive has seemed dated.

Haber's Art Reviews: Sean Scully and Brice Marden

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA co-curator, Dr. Victoria Lyall, shows a 1,540 lb serpent stone sculpture with polychrome, from Cholula, Puebla, Mexico (AD 900-1200), that is part of the new exhibit: "Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico." The exhibit is an exploration of the ancient kingdoms of southern Mexico and their deity: “Quetzalcoatl,“ the human incarnation of the Plumed Serpent, and is being shown in LACMA's Resnick Pavilion Los Angeles from April 1 through July 1. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Children of the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico, the first large-scale exploration of the ancient kingdoms of southern Mexico and their patron deity, Quetzalcoatl, the human incarnation of the Plumed Serpent.

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Art Through Time: A Global View

Art Through Time: A Global View examines themes connecting works of art created around the world in different eras. The thirteen-part series explores diverse cultural perspectives on shared human experiences.

From Aboriginal artists who paint the unseen forces of the universe to Surrealists who looked into the recesses of the unconscious mind for inspiration, people have found many ways to record ephemeral feelings, unknowable mysteries, personal fantasies, and inner visions.

http://watch.thirteen.org/video/1616019357/

Excerpt from Art Through Time: A Global View - Dreams and Visions | THIRTEEN Specials | PBS Video

modern & contemporary artists and art | the-artists.org

artist and art ... the-artists.org The major modern & contemporary visual artists. Sculpture, painting, installation artists, print, performance, photography, collage and multimedia and digital artists. Artists by technique, art style and art movement, exhibition, biennial, and art prize.