And our view of Beuys is too dependent on a smattering of iconic works whose connectedness can be difficult to discern: scribbled blackboards, felt suits,
photographs of the artist lecturing to a dead hare.
Not exact matches
And in between (literally), at Kai Matsumiya, is a kind
of palette cleanser in the display
of Rainer Ganahl's wonderfully random
photographs of art world
lectures being given by such luminaries as the art historian Linda Nochlin and the performance
artist Andrea Fraser.
The Archive is a growing collection
of books, prints,
photographs, recorded
lectures, documents, transcripts, interviews and original works
of art culled from exchanges with over 90 contemporary
artists, curators and thinkers.
Brielmaier is the author
of «Re-Position / Re-Present: Notes on Contemporary Photography
of the Maghreb» (NAZAR:
Photographs from the Arab World, Noorderlicht, The Fries Museum, The Netherlands, 2004) and Hector Acebes: Portraits in Africa 1948 - 1953 (University
of Washington Press, 2004) and has written and
lectured on international art and photography for PARKETT Series with Contemporary
Artists, Aperture Magazine, Nka: Journal for Contemporary African Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Brooklyn Art Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC School
of the Visual Arts, Atlanta College
of Art Gallery, Harvard University, Howard University, New York University, Essence magazine and the NYC Department
of Cultural Affairs.
Decagon Constructionhangs directly above Pentadecagon Construction, recalling both the blackboards hung in a similar manner in classic»60s or»70s
photographs of the physicist Richard Feynman's
lectures and the minimalist display practices
of the same era by
artists such as Daniel Buren, Robert Ryman, and Donald Judd.
In 1951, a year after 18 irascible New York
artists posed for a now - infamous black and white
photograph, Jean Dubuffet delivered a
lecture entitled «Anticultural Positions» to a rapt audience at the Arts Club
of Chicago.
Famous modern installation
artists include: Joseph Beuys (1921 - 86) the war - scarred ex-Professor
of Monumental Sculpture at the Dusseldorf Academy, whose lard and felt installations, extensive use
of found objects, bold
lectures on art and creativity and career long dedication earned him a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York; Italian Arte Povera
artists Mario Merz (1925 - 2003), Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933), Jannis Kounellis (b. 1936), and Gilberto Zorio (b. 1944); the German multi-media
artist Rebecca Horn (b. 1944), noted for her performance films, her kinetic installations, and her Guggenheim retrospective which toured Europe in 1994; Judy Chicago (b. 1939), noted for her installation
of feminist art - The Dinner Party (1979, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York); Bruce Nauman (b. 1941), noted for his neon light sculpture and video installations; and the Frenchman Christian Boltanski (b. 1944), famous for his installations
of photographs, sometimes with lights.
The outside Lakeside Terrace and Sculpture Court will host immersive yurts designed by
artists like Urs Fischer and Liz Glynn, who will also
lecture on theories
of the universe and human experience; multi-coloured time - based smoke performances by Ernesto Neto; and late evening screenings
of Stephen Shore's slide show
of 180
photographs shot in 24 hours, Winslow, Arizona 9/19/13.
In New York he
photographed extensively, and started a series
of paintings related to the imagery
of the Howard Johnson's restaurants, then ubiquitous, bringing back to England information and ideas, and giving a «New York»
lecture and slide show with music that influenced
artist friends at Newcastle, such as Bryan Ferry, Stephen Buckley, Nicholas deVille, Tim Head and Keith Milow.
'' [A] stunningly beautiful volume... An affectionate biographical glimpse into Martin's life... Tucked alongside reproductions
of paintings are previously unpublished
lecture scripts, samples
of Martin's letters to Glimcher, and other notes... These actual - size replicas -LSB-...] are written neatly in the
artist's own script, and offer intimate glimpses into her thought process... The
photographs of Martin in her rustic surroundings are marvelous and strange, and the lurid colours unique to old Polaroids provide a bracing contrast the restraint found in her paintings... Martin's works, with their delicate grids, can become muted or muffled on the page, but in this book they sing out pure and strong.