The thought process and construction process leading to artworks are often unstated or understated. The understanding of the purpose and meaning of an art piece is often left up to the art critic or a curator. To avoid a misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the art piece, #1-94 Homage to Women referenced in this blog, the…
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Long-lost sculpture resurfaces in Gauguin show
Article by Martin Bailey | via The Art Newspaper | Exhibitions, Issue 265, February 2015 | Published on: 06 February 2015 Work reportedly sold for $300m is also included The ambitious Paul Gauguin retrospective, which opens at the Fondation Beyeler on Sunday (until 28 June), will include an exciting rediscovery. Thérèse, 1902, a carved figure of a stylised…
when growing an ear on your arm is art
TIME Magazine | article by Arthur I. Miller | Zocalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare | February 3, 2015 Zocalo Public Square is a not-for-profit Ideas Exchange that blends live events and humanities journalism. Leonardo da Vinci made no distinction between art and science—and the two fields are converging again In 2007, the Australian performance artist Stelarc…
the mirror man: an interview with douglas gordon
The Scottish artist is flooding New York’s Park Avenue Armory to create a giant looking-glass surrounding the pianist Hélène Grimaud By Louisa Buck. Features, Issue 263, December 2014, Published online: 10 December 2014 {post via The Art Newspaper}, featured image: An installation view of tears become… streams become… at the Park Avenue Armory. Photo by James Ewing….
origami: a blend of sculpture + mathematics
Artist and MIT professor Erik Demaine makes flat geometric diagrams spring into elegant, three-dimensional origami sculptures. By Marina Koren, SMITHSONIAN.COM, JANUARY 23, 2013 The shape of a Pringle, mathematically speaking, is called a hyperbolic paraboloid. Artists have been folding paper into this shape for years. The twist? Hyperbolic paraboloids shouldn’t exist in origami—it’s impossible to make such…
after 47 years, a show of picasso sculptures
Article by Carol Vogel via New York Times, Art & Design, December 11, 2014 When it comes to exploring Picasso, it would seem there is little left for curators to discover, despite his prodigious output. Right now, there are two major gallery exhibitions, at Gagosian and at Pace, as well as a show of Cubist…
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