Robert Irwin, Maria Nordman, James Turrell, and Douglas Wheeler are among a cadre of American artists who pioneered a distinctive approach to making art, defined by experiential existence and manifested
in ephemeral installations.
Executed with a raw intensity on paper and
in ephemeral installations, her work often draws its imagery and subject matter from current and historical events such as the torture of women in Nicaragua, the extermination of Jews in the Holocaust, and the atrocities of the Vietnam War.
Not exact matches
«Finch is known for his poetic
installations that recreate the
ephemeral qualities of light and color
in media as varied as watercolor, glass plates and ice cream cones,» said Jo - Ann Conklin, director of the Bell Gallery at Brown and a member of the Public Art Committee.
This past year my work has been included
in exhibitions at the 2012 New York Photo Festival (Brooklyn, NY), South Hill Park Arts Centre (Bracknell, UK), Artspace New Haven (CT), Galerie Jeanroch Dard (Paris, France) and most recently a solo exhibition, The Dubious Sum of Vaguely Discernable Parts, at the Bindery Projects
in St. Paul, Minnesota which included a series of text based drawings, a photo
installation and
ephemeral print publication of images and writings.
In a way the works in this exhibition seem to have grown all by themselves and the artist just happened upon them by accident and combined them into an immersive and ephemeral installatio
In a way the works
in this exhibition seem to have grown all by themselves and the artist just happened upon them by accident and combined them into an immersive and ephemeral installatio
in this exhibition seem to have grown all by themselves and the artist just happened upon them by accident and combined them into an immersive and
ephemeral installation.
The four British - ish artists whom the Tate placed
in contest for the latest edition of the U.K.'s top art honor is a stellar bunch:
ephemeral «dancing economist» Tino Sehgal, mordant humorist David Shrigley, imaginary - portrait - painter Lynette Yiadom - Boakye, and
installation - art filmmaker Laure Prouvost.
Linden states that, «These pictures, many of which have never been exhibited, capture moments of subversive works of performance and
installation that occurred
in the Bay Area
in the wake of the Beat, hippie, and conceptual art movements... her photographs, themselves powerful works of art, constitute an immensely valuable archive of the
ephemeral artistic activity the Bay Area has historically fostered.»
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center presents That Was Then... This Is Now, an exhibition featuring spectacular pieces including Leo Villareal's new LED Flag installed
in the P.S. 1 elevator; Apolitico, an expansive outdoor flag
installation by Wilfredo Prieto; Cannone Semovente, a monumental sculpture by the late Italian artist Pino Pascali; and Lawrence Weiner's Milk and Honey, which evokes a sensuous and
ephemeral dream.
Named by Italian critic and curator Germano Celant
in a 1967 exhibition he presented
in Genova, the movement features dreamlike sculptural
installations which display the artists» preoccupation with history and myth and preference for humble, often
ephemeral materials.
From his minimalist films of the 1960s to his
ephemeral installations to his instant film portraits on Polaroid, these works» technical means of production enable distinctly Warholian explorations of time
in relation to both subject and artist.
Known for his
ephemeral performance - based works, which combined mechanical sculptures made from found objects, urban sounds and explosives, Cripps's spirit emerges from this highly sensory sculpture and sound
installation, which
in turn leaves you feeling somewhere between nostalgic for the past and anxious for the future.
From 25 September until 1 October Elizabeth Poole,
in the company two other independent
ephemeral artists, Corrie Wright and Judy Barrass, created
installations in the grounds of Spicers Tamarind Retreat at Maleny.
Her art, characterised by an intense realism, includes works on paper and
ephemeral installations, and find inspiration
in contemporary or historical events such as the torture of women
in Nicaragua, the Holocaust and the atrocities committed during the Vietnamese War.
An
ephemeral happening
in life, chance is similar to performance, yet here it is staged and revealed through monochromatic photography, video and variegated
installation.
Grounded
in the medium of painting, Matt Saunders creates evocative,
ephemeral video
installations and large - scale photographs without a camera.
His first works were principally
ephemeral installations, which are only documented
in black and white photographs, but today Kishio Suga principally makes works that move closer towards natural elements such as stones and wood, as well as industrial materials such as plastic and steel.
In this way, her site - specific installations mostly function both as ephemeral objects and documentation in ways that can seem contradictor
In this way, her site - specific
installations mostly function both as
ephemeral objects and documentation
in ways that can seem contradictor
in ways that can seem contradictory.
Curated by Suzanne Wallinga,
in conversation with Eamonn Harnett Abbas Akhavan's practice ranges from site - specific
ephemeral installations to drawing, video, sculpture and performance.
Finally, a two - channel video
installation with
ephemeral objects by James T. Hong plays as a counterpoint to the other works, performing the history of maritime commerce
in Hong Kong with a focus on the opium trade.
The live reperformances are included
in a chronological
installation of the artist's work reflecting the different modes of representing, documenting, and exhibiting her
ephemeral time - and media - based works.
The artist's culminating work, Relational Strategies, is an immersive
in - studio
installation that invites audiences to experience
ephemeral moments that occurred during the residency.
Kevin Bourgeois presented by Causey Contemporary, New York Kevin Bourgeois assembles At Play
in the Fields of the Lord, a site - specific and interaction
installation that furthers his investigation and critique of unseen policing and social fragmentation within «The Cloud» of anonymous,
ephemeral contemporary culture.
And all the critical rants to the contrary, this Biennial is not without its
ephemeral gestures to private emotions, including Kiki Smith's shower of glass tear drops strewn before two transparent feet and lovingly titled Mother (1992 - 3); Jack Pierson's Diamond Life (1990), a sensitive hommage, with desk cigarette butts and Joni Mitchell albums, to the slower moments of an emotional life
in the 70s; Lari Pittman's intricately patterned paintings; Lorna Simpson's wonderful wall of trumpet mouthpieces that form part of her
installation Hypothetical?
DIFFICULT SUBJECT MATTER DEAR BABS:
In my art practice, I gravitate toward using
ephemeral media and creating
installations.
Noted for her ambitious interventions
in public space, as well as her objects, films, photography,
installations and
ephemeral actions, Rajkowska's practice interrogates individual and collective bodies as politicised sites of historical, ideological and psychological conflict.
Both the live performances and the art objects call attention to the possibilities and limitations of the active body, and the
installations reflect some of the myriad ways
in which museums have exhibited this
ephemeral medium.
Moorthy uses
ephemeral materials such as rice flour, sand, and spices
in her drawings and
installations.
Dear Babs,
In my art practice, I gravitate toward using
ephemeral media and creating
installations.
Also included is Abraham Cruzvillegas, who is heavily informed by the improvisational lifestyle that he encountered while growing up
in Mexico City, and Wolfgang Laib, known for his delicate,
ephemeral pollen
installation.
Ephemeral installations, earthworks and permanent site - specific works were
in vogue, and soon the very phrase «public sculpture» had been replaced by public art, an amorphous new category
in which art could be almost anything: LED signs, billboards, slide or video projections, guerrilla actions, suites of waterfalls.
Over the past decade Sze has established an international reputation for her extraordinary
ephemeral installations where everyday objects are meticulously constructed by hand to form often immense, intricate
installations which are legible as complex mapping systems or spatial archaeologies of human activity excavated
in the present.
This addition of found material
in the artists work not only documents his
ephemeral installations, it also allows the artist to act as a savior of sorts.
Paul Thek
in Process evaluates the complex organizational and conceptual task of the
installation's eventual realization, and offers an exhibition history written with a view from the inside, with particular attention paid to the status of the
ephemeral objects that remain as contingent representatives of the lost work.
His gospel was revelation - beatitude, performed live
in and around his own
installations furnished with
ephemeral, process - art objects.
A chronological
installation of Abramović's work will be included
in The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Gallery on the sixth floor of the Museum, revealing different modes of representing, documenting, and exhibiting her
ephemeral, time - based, and media - based works.
In 2010 she conceived and curated Invisible Lines, a project of
ephemeral public art, where she invited five artists to create site - specific
installations throughout the historic city of Torres Vedras, Portugal.
ceiba: reconsidering
ephemeral spaces explores topics implicative of transcultural migration through a multimedia
installation centered around Fort Mose
in St. Augustine, Florida, an area founded
in 1739 by runaway African slaves and Native Americans fleeing British persecution.
The resulting work was an
installation of
ephemeral material collected
in his research, new drawings, and a performance by Christie Lynn Herring.
He eventually rejected that, too, feeling it was too
ephemeral, and finally settled on light
installations in the late 1980s.
These Guerrilla style
installations, above and below the tidal zones of some of the most exposed coastal locations
in the land, are purely
ephemeral, and may be gone within a few waves, a tide or a storm, deliberately made to disappear.