This significant new work synthesizes Uklański's ongoing interest in craft and
aesthetic practices from the fringes of Modernism, while also suggesting Feminist forms and the seminal role of visual pleasure.
Not exact matches
Robert Stern, the renowned architect and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, acquired the present work in 1968 and has long admired it, not only for its formal and
aesthetic qualities but also for the revolutionary nature of Judd's
practice, «
From the minute I saw the work, I knew of its importance.
It also covers
aesthetic forms and genres,
from conceptual to formalist, abstract to figurative
practices.
Utilizing a collage
aesthetic, her artistic
practice draws attention to the way various built environments, ranging
from architectural to consumer - oriented constructions, relate to desire and aspiration.
Definitely not a retrospective, this show unveils the latest stage in Shapiro's
aesthetic practice that spans five decades by exhibiting the commissioned installation along with five of permanent collection pieces and one borrowed
from the collection of Nancy Nasher and David Haemisegger, the amazing 20 Elements, 2004 - 2005.
The exhibition takes its inspiration in part
from the 1985 New Zealand post-apocalyptic film of the same name, and serves as an abstract documentation of the ways that humans have responded to the ecological crises of climate change with scientifically informed
aesthetic practices.
She uses her youth to her advantage, likening Frank Stella's work
from the 1970s to the «Photoshop
aesthetic» in contemporary
practices — a connection older critics may not make.
His work can be seen in the files of Museo del Barrio, N.Y.; Drawing Center, N.Y.; the flat files at Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn N.Y.; and Heskin Contemporary, N.Y. Currently he co-manages «Rumpelstiltskin,» an exhibition art space for
aesthetic research in south west Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has curated Paranormal Bureu, a multimedia show with three artists
from Brooklyn N.Y. My unorthodox
practice links me to a generation of artists with a very wide range of approaches to art, that question the interest of the establishment particularly in museums and commercial venues.
The exhibition tells a familiar story of
aesthetic progress —
from naturalism to abstraction to a plurality of contemporary art
practices across media — but gives pride of place to the work of women and people of color.
His work has a highly refined
aesthetic that is often informed by his magpie like approach to influences
from film, music, literature and philosophy, which shape and colour his
practice.
The
aesthetic practice of Cirio suggests peaceful methodologies of re-appropriation of civic forms of shared participation and civility that may still be possible to salvage
from what Adorno defined as the «age of total neutralization» within which Cirio, as an artist, does not seek false and easy reconciliations.
His decision to embrace sobriety, as well as the decision to be very particular about what influences his
practice, gives his latest work new direction detaching it
from the brand or
aesthetic he has built up through skateboarding, and giving it a maturity that might not be expected
from an artist so young.
And while these artists»
practices are formally linked by their «challeng [ing] the notion of the canvas as a flat surface,» the exhibition's strongest assertion is that there is no singular Puerto Rican
aesthetic — a still important point of resistance within a long lineage of Eurocentric museums» limiting our collective understanding of «non-Western art» by naming it as something distinct («primitive,» «craft,» «artifact»)
from the trajectory of art history otherwise taught in schools.
Several artists in the exhibition reject traditional categories of painting and sculpture to explore new modes of art making which result in a plethora of unprecedented
aesthetic and critical
practices, ranging
from industrially produced geometric abstractions, negating the hand of the artist, to text - based investigations.
Framing surveillance as an
aesthetic practice, Special Works School hones in on its psychic, material, and embodied dimensions, working
from the positions of both surveillor and surveilled.
Her
aesthetic practice can be seen as rippling outward
from the land itself.
Performative, Poetic, Powerful Examining the various
aesthetic and conceptual turns that typify César's
practice, the show at Luxembourg & Dayan will present historically significant examples
from his Compression, Human Imprint, and Expansion series, as well as such early figurative works as the Venus - like welded iron sculpture Torso (1954), on loan
from the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.
From Yves Klein's utopian plans for an «architecture of air» to Robert Barry's Energy Field (AM 130 KHz) from 1968 - which encourages a heightened awareness of the physical context of the gallery - this exhibition span diverse aesthetic practices and conce
From Yves Klein's utopian plans for an «architecture of air» to Robert Barry's Energy Field (AM 130 KHz)
from 1968 - which encourages a heightened awareness of the physical context of the gallery - this exhibition span diverse aesthetic practices and conce
from 1968 - which encourages a heightened awareness of the physical context of the gallery - this exhibition span diverse
aesthetic practices and concerns.
Kelley's
aesthetic mines the rich and often overlooked history of vernacular art in America, and his
practice borrows heavily
from the confrontational, politically conscious, «by all means necessary» attitude of punk music.
When initially conceiving of this exhibition, we wanted to highlight the expanded field of contemporary fiber
practices, where the influence of the of the textile can be seen in a number of ways,
from the structure or
aesthetic, to the historical and cultural traditions employed in the works.
Nevertheless, the immense impact of such viewing
from a distance and across borders on the shaping of
aesthetic and political values that underpin contemporary artistic
practice in a global arena comes into sharper relief.
Michael Riedel lives and works in Frankfurt, and his artistic
practice incorporates painting, text, audio, video, photography, publishing, architecture and performance to engage with the
aesthetic possibilities derived
from the basic principles of recording, labeling and playback.
Significantly, artists were addressing these issues by reworking and subverting a range of art - historical references and
aesthetic strategies,
from William Morris to Pop Art, documentary
practices and the introduction of Third Cinema to the UK.
In addition to formal and
aesthetic criteria, when I develop curatorial concepts I am particularly interested in current issues that are relevant to art - historical discourses and artistic
practice, and are also generated
from within them.
From the beginning, he insisted on informing and defining his
practice based his experience and knowledge, refusing to «align his work with the prevailing
aesthetic.»
He graduated in Fine Art of Sculpture at the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute in 1989, and
from this strong foundation started his own experimental
practices leaning towards a more conceptual
aesthetic.
During the sixty - one years of the existence of the American Abstract Artists group, abstract art has evolved
from a foray into largely unexplored imaginary territory into a mainstream modal of
aesthetic practice.
Bringing together early works
from the 1950s to 1970s by Enrico Castellani, Donald Judd, and Frank Stella, and then juxtaposing them against later works by the same artists, the exhibition highlights not only the evolution of each
practice, but also the way their
aesthetic similarities.
In a discussion that looks at critical art
practices from the late sixties and early seventies, Dyment situates the work of Woodeson, Haegele and Ashmore as a contemporary re-examination of issues and the
aesthetic of early minimal and conceptual art
practices, but one that is, instead, less confrontational and is imbued with a welcoming invitation and sense of play.
The works on view explore visual and cultural framing
practices to re-contextualize European, African, and American
aesthetic and cultural movements
from Minimalism and Dada to Black Lives Matter.
Support for this program is provided by the Amphion Foundation and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation (I ³), a three year pilot project of the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC), supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, designed to provide both the context and content for the expanding
aesthetic landscape of interdisciplinary performance as
practiced by artists whose projects are drawn
from or inspired by the rich cultural traditions of the South.
Discussing his work with artist Sam Durant at the Hammer earlier this month, Gaines explained that his
practice is a struggle against «art as a subjective
practice,» and that he seeks to avoid
aesthetic decision - making because it privileges «the idea of beauty or pleasure as emerging
from the site of the self or the ego.»
Through the presentation of 45 works on paper
from private collections, including calligraphy, gouache, oil and ink, the exhibition will explore the diversity of Chu Teh - Chun's
practice and his iconic
aesthetic which contributed significantly to the Chinese modernist movement in France.
Her artistic
practice is primarily interested in the historical cycles of toxins within military, daily, and
aesthetic realms as well as the poetical recourse deriving
from that shift.
Furthermore, performative gestures and
practices - in the context of private, public and civic space - have been subjected to forms of
aesthetic, ethical and political critique that, to date, see them in isolation
from the evolving global contexts that underwrite international developments in performance art.
From the state - sanctioned zeal of religious reformers and the symbolic statue - breaking that often accompanies political change to attacks on art by individuals stimulated by moral or
aesthetic outrage, this study aims to present the rationale of iconoclasm and how it has become a productive and transformational
practice for some contemporary artists.
About Beta Local Beta - Local is a non-profit organization based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, dedicated to supporting and promoting
aesthetic thought and
practice through various programs: - La Práctica, a post-academic study and production program, through which Fellows coming
from diverse disciplines take a project
from concept to production.
She has therefore emerged on the New York scene as a full - blown master, a true syncretist who fuses every movement of the past fifty years —
from Arte Povera to Minimalism to Scatter Art to the latest junk
aesthetic — into a variegated
practice emphatically her own.
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation (I ³) is a three year pilot project of the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC), supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, designed to provide both the context and content for the expanding
aesthetic landscape of interdisciplinary performance as
practiced by artists whose projects are drawn
from or inspired by the rich cultural traditions of the South.