This last clause introduces an idea still unknown to the great majority of Catholics, although forshadowed in the Vatican II
documents: namely that in carrying out his command to «till the
earth and subdue it», which includes the
arts and sciences, we are helping God complete his creation.
Beginning with significant historical works from artists such as Richard Long, who was one of the first artists to make walking his
art form, to Ana Mendieta, who carved and shaped her own figure into the
earth and
documented these private sculptural performances, to Michelangelo Pistoletto's performance, Walking Sculpture, in which he and a group of people walked a large newspaper ball down the streets of Turin, the exhibition will include works from all decades since the 60s and commission artists to create new work for 2017.
The making of the installation was
documented in KCET's Artbound television series in the episode «Electric
Earth: The
Art of Doug Aitken,» which aired this past Thursday — but you can watch it below:
Students considered the expanded notions of what constituted sculpture through their encounters of
earth works, minimalist objects, installation
art, and documents of performance based works while traveling and interacting with their professor and their peers.Students enrolled in ART 4100 - 02 conducted individual research on works by artists Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Alyson Shotz, Maya Lin, Andy Goldsworthy, and group Zero artist, Gunther Ueck
art, and
documents of performance based works while traveling and interacting with their professor and their peers.Students enrolled in
ART 4100 - 02 conducted individual research on works by artists Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Alyson Shotz, Maya Lin, Andy Goldsworthy, and group Zero artist, Gunther Ueck
ART 4100 - 02 conducted individual research on works by artists Carl Andre, Richard Serra, Alyson Shotz, Maya Lin, Andy Goldsworthy, and group Zero artist, Gunther Uecker.