The Curve | MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Jacob Hashimoto's "Gas Giant", on view March 1–June 8, 2013 at MOCA Pacific Design Center. Photo by Raymundo Barrera MOCA curatorial assistant Selene Preciado interviewed artist Jacob Hashimoto in conjunction with his exhibition Gas Giant, on view March 1–June 8, 2014 at MOCA Pacific Design Center. SELENE PRECIADO Jacob, can you please talk about the role that architecture played in each interpretation of Gas Giant and how it has tested “the limits of language, to reinterpret the space of the piece” especially in the case of the third and final presentation at MOCA Pacific Design Center? JACOB HASHIMOTO The MOCA Pacific Design Center is a very peculiar building. Untitled (process drawing 24), 2013. SP Can you please tell us how your work is conceptually related to sacred architecture—a subject you have mentioned as being of interest? JH My early experiences with James Turrell were the kind of awe that he could capture in a simple gesture, so this is the meeting of minimalism and poetics.
Art Periods and Movements Periods and Movements A movement is a style or technique followed by a group of artists who share common goals and beliefs. Movements are confined to a specific period of time, anywhere from a few months to several years, and can be visual, architectural, or literary. A period is a distinct phase within a movement, it can also be a marked phase in the work of a single artist such as Pablo Picasso's Blue Period. Research visual art from major periods and movements below, includes links to library and museum exhibitions where representative works can be viewed. See also: Master Artists Guggenheim Collection: MovementsView objects in the museum's collection arranged by movement, each image includes a detailed description and each movement includes an introduction and links to representative artists. WebMuseum, Paris: GlossaryDetailed articles and definitions of movements and terms. Wikipedia: PeriodsOutlines periods in the Western world from the Renaissance to the present day. Art Deco Cubism
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Albertina Do We Need Art in Our Lives? Do we need art in our lives? Should viewing art be part of every child’s education? Does it make us smarter or expose us to new ways of seeing the world? In the Opinion article “Art Makes You Smart,” Brian Kisida, Jay P. For many education advocates, the arts are a panacea: They supposedly increase test scores, generate social responsibility and turn around failing schools. Students: Read the entire blog post, then tell us … Do we need art in our lives? Students 13 and older are invited to comment below. News Francesco Vezzoli Cinema Vezzoli April 27th 2014 "Cinema Vezzoli" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California. On view April 27 through August 11, 2014. View More Julian Schnabel An Artist Has A Past (Puffy Clouds and Strong Cocktails): 15 Paintings Over The Last Decade April 11th 2014 "Julian Schnabel: An Artist Has A Past (Puffy Clouds and Strong Cocktails): 15 Paintings Over The Last Decade" at the Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. On view April 11 through August 10, 2014. View More Richard Phillips Negation of the Universe "Richard Phillips: Negation of the Universe" at the Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. View More Howard Hodgkin Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon 2014 April 2nd 2014 Howard Hodgkin has been announced as the first artist to be given the Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon. View More Calvin Tomkins The Bride and the Bachelors April 1st 2014 View More Mike Kelley March 31st 2014 "Mike Kelley" at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, California. View More AxME
on Mirrors Ancient and primitive mirrors were typically made of polished stone (obsidian in Stone Age Turkey, and jet in Pre-Columbian Peru), perhaps wetted to make them more reflective, and then metal (copper, bronze, silver, tin, etc.) In the 16th century, Venetian and French glassmakers developed a process in which transparent glass is coated with mercury (to the back side). Processes using an alloy of silver are most often used in manufacturing contemporary mirrors, but several materials — a number of metallic, ceramic, and plastic surfaces for mirror applications (aluminum and chrome, and Mylar® are among these) — offer such highly reflective qualities, that artists and designers employ them for their durability, flexibility, lightness, economy, tolerance of heat, cold, and so on. A "mirror image" is an image that is identical to another one, except that its parts are reversed from left to right, as they would appear in a mirror. Mirrors
The Incredible Art Department | Art Education Biographie d'Otto Dix peintre : oeuvres, tableaux et expositions Biographies Artistes - Expositions - Galeries & Musées - Lexique Biographie Otto Dix "La peinture n'est pas un soulagement. La raison pour laquelle je peins est le désir de créer. Je dois le faire ! J'ai vu ça, je peux encore m'en souvenir, je dois le peindre." L'artiste peintre allemand Otto Dix (Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix), naît le 2 décembre 1891 à Untermhaus près de Gera. Au cours de son enfance, Otto Dix séjourne souvent à Naumburg, chez le peintre Fritz Amann. De 1897 à 1906, il fréquente l'école primaire de Untermhaus, où il est encouragé par son professeur de dessin, Ernst Schunke. Otto Dix (à droite) - Deutsches Bundesarchiv - Photo Zimontkowski Otto Dix entre à l'école des Arts décoratifs de Dresde en 1910, auprès des professeurs Richard Mebert, Paul Naumann et Richard Guhr. Lors de la première guerre mondiale, après avoir été formé comme mitrailleur à Bautzen, Otto Dix est envoyé au front, en France, en Flandre, puis en Russie et de nouveau en France. Otto Dix Citations Otto Dix
Is Universal Beauty a Mirage? We’re all human—so despite the vagaries of cultural context, might there exist a universal beauty that overrides the where and when? Might there be unchanging features of human nature that condition our creative choices, a timeless melody that guides the improvisations of the everyday? There has been a perpetual quest for such universals, because of their value as a North Star that could guide our creative choices. One oft-cited candidate for universal beauty is visual symmetry. But the relationship between beauty and symmetry is not an absolute. So perhaps one should look elsewhere for evidence of universal beauty. Newborns will stare for longer at patterns with about 20 percent complexity than they will at others. But is Wilson right? Consider two abstract canvases painted within a few years of each other by Wassily Kandinsky and his Russian compatriot Kazimir Malevich. So visual art is not doomed to follow any prescriptions. What about music? But not so fast, Ben.
Independent Collectors Grid Drawing- Use a Grid to Draw By Matt Fussell The grid technique is a method used to create accurate drawings from photos. Sometimes when we, as artists, are creating drawings and paintings, the need arises for accuracy. Here's a break down of how the process works. First you'll need a photo. Now you will draw a grid that is proportional to the grid on your photo on your drawing surface. Next, draw what shapes, lines, and values that you see in each square on the photo to the corresponding square on the drawing surface. Here are some more art lessons that you may like...
Karl Kraus II | mumok Der militante Satiriker Karl Kraus war bekannt für seine affektgeladene Stimme, mit der er in andauernder geistiger Hochspannung gesellschaftliche Dekadenz und Sprachverfall messerscharf kritisierte. Oskar Kokoschka porträtiert ihn 1925 als sensiblen Künstler vor nervöser intellektueller Kraft sprühend, wie er in der für ihn typischen leicht gekrümmten Haltung am Schreibtisch sitzt. Von der das Bild dominierenden dunklen Farbpalette hebt sich das Gesicht ab, das durch rote und gelbe Farbinseln wie von einem Scheinwerferstrahl erleuchtet wirkt.