Do you have any further thoughts on the state
of artistic production today?
The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery features a series of engaging exhibitions each year that represent the diversity
of artistic production today, as well as throughout the history of Eastern and Western art.
Selected by Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Director and juror Paul Sacaridiz, the 2018 Juried Craft Exhibition will celebrate this long history and one of the most vital modes
of artistic production today.
IF ONLY IN THE SPIRIT of rhetorical gamesmanship, it seems entirely worthwhile to ask whether the concept of the avant - garde, or neo-avant-garde, is not totally irrelevant when it comes to discussions
of artistic production today — even if considered...
Not exact matches
So much writing about contemporary art
today is quick to identify the successes
of the age, to establish a new canon
of artistic production, but what would happen if ambivalence became a productive force, if art were no longer judged according to a vague and malleable scale
of quality?
The spring semester presents a set
of concepts and categories that have become important for the examination
of cultural
production during the last two decades, reflecting on their relevance for thinking about
artistic and curatorial practice
today.
This event considers the function
of text, artist's writing and
artistic language as departure points to explore the necessity
of writing for a wide range
of contemporary artists» working
today such as Martha Rosler, Hito Steyerl, Jonas Staal, Cai Gu - Qiang, Miguel A. Lopez, Marion von Osten and the many others who emphasize the act
of writing as either a significant part, or as the main site
of their
artistic production.
Her curatorial work focuses on
artistic production from the neo avant - garde until
today, particularly rooted in global art histories, the intersections
of sound and performance with traditional media, and the function
of contemporary art within encyclopedic museums.
Since his recent appearance at the 2nd berlin biennale and his exhibition at the Galerie Johnen & Schöttle and Galerie Micheline Swajczer, Claerbout can be counted among
today's most promising talents in the field
of artistic video
production.
More than twenty contemporary artists from home and abroad examine the importance
of systems
of order such as cartography, archival structures and scientific systematizations for
today's
artistic production.
Although more than half a century has passed since the era
of Inventing Downtown, many
of the issues mined in the exhibition still resonate in
today's art world — split as it is between the booming commercial market for contemporary art and ever more pluralistic models
of artistic production, promotion, and display.
The Art
of Not Making: The New Artist / Artisan Relationship is the first book to tackle these questions head on, exploring the concepts
of authorship,
artistic originality, skill, craftsmanship and the creative act, and highlighting the vital role that skills from craft and industrial
production play in creating some
of today's most innovative and highly sought - after works
of art.
106 works are showcased, amongst paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations that trace different profiles
of the Afro - Brazilian
artistic production from the 18th Century until
today.
surcontexto is a contemporary art platform based in Montevideo, Uruguay, dedicated to generating projects that prioritize the
production of knowledge and experience
of curatorial and
artistic practices
today with its focus on South and Latin American art and culture.
Today's funding trends such as Creative Place - making, made possible through partnership enterprises among foundation, governmental, and financial - sector support, such as ArtPlace America, are concentrated on giving art and artists opportunities in diverse communities yet also require artists and arts organizations to think through an entrepreneurial frame by integrating their initiatives into their community's economic development and community revitalization strategies and having the potential to attract additional private and public support
of the community.3 Is this a worthy challenge
of contemporary arts insularity or does it discount subversive and against - the - grain art
production, made by and for art communities, including that which is made within and by these same diverse communities that are being targeted by new funding initiatives as in need
of help in the form
of artistic interventions?
The largest show is «Art in the Age
of the Internet, 1989 to
Today» at the Institute
of Contemporary Art, which will feature work by some 60 artists and explore the Internet's influence on
artistic production.
The exhibition project promotes the critical examination
of the conditions for
artistic production today.
Studying the initial Westernization
of the Ottoman Empire through to the early Republican period, Repertoire reveals the reverberations
of historic processes in
today's
artistic productions and provides the historical backdrop to the Modern and contemporary artworks in the exhibition — from the musical tones
of the abstract art
of the 1950s to the popularized content
of the 1980s.
Six Lines
of Flight explores the hybrid, changing nature
of today's international
artistic landscape, presenting work from various communities that provide a unique lens through which to examine
artistic production regionally and beyond.
«What is the nature
of content or individual style in
today's climate
of accelerated
artistic production in a crowded field?»
In dialogue, they touched on a number
of topics addressed within the book, including abstract painting's critical reception
today, and Brooklyn's role in its recent importance in contemporary
artistic production.