Monday 22 December 2008
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Wednesday 10 December 2008
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art
Historical Representatives for the use of the everyday object in Art
Fashions and Changes in Art.
There are many different approaches to art and ideas on what art should be made from
In this talk we are going to look at a few representatives of artists who work with the everyday
Various different movements focused in on modern materials and industrial processes.
We are going to look at
-Dada
-Neo Dada
-Pop art
-Happenings
-Body art
-Fluxus
And contemporary artists working with the idea of the ready made and the everyday object.
Fashions and Changes in Art.
There are many different approaches to art and ideas on what art should be made from
In this talk we are going to look at a few representatives of artists who work with the everyday
Various different movements focused in on modern materials and industrial processes.
We are going to look at
-Dada
-Neo Dada
-Pop art
-Happenings
-Body art
-Fluxus
And contemporary artists working with the idea of the ready made and the everyday object.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Dada
"Before Dada was there, there was Dada"
Dada was not exclusively an artistic movement - literary, musically, political and philosophical
as well as - anti artistic, provocative, literary, playfully musical.
Dada was at its height between 1916 and 1920"s in Zurich but was a broad and international movement.
Dadaism was a reaction to the international upheavals at the time. War and Industrialization changed the way people made and thought about art.
I 1916 Switzerland was a neutral island within the battlefields of Europe.
Artists and pacifists made there way there to escape conscription.
Dada was not exclusively an artistic movement - literary, musically, political and philosophical
as well as - anti artistic, provocative, literary, playfully musical.
Dada was at its height between 1916 and 1920"s in Zurich but was a broad and international movement.
Dadaism was a reaction to the international upheavals at the time. War and Industrialization changed the way people made and thought about art.
I 1916 Switzerland was a neutral island within the battlefields of Europe.
Artists and pacifists made there way there to escape conscription.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Marcel Duchamp, Fountain
Principal representative of the use of the everyday object as art.
Duchamp was one of the most revolutionary artists of the 20th century. He was the inventor of the "Ready Made"
It said that Duchamp was responcible, in part, for demolishing the dominance of painting over sculpture. Hole generations of artists since have sworn by his techniques. In 1915 he was said to have given up painting almost entirely. He began making ready made with a piece entitled "Bicycle Wheel" saying
"In 1913 I had the happy idea to fasten a bicycle wheel to a kitchen stool and watch it turn.". This was a bicycle wheel attached to a stool.
In 1915 Duchamp went to New York and exhibited Fountain.
A Urinal on a plinth with the signature R.Mutt and dated.
These Ready mades held certain things in common and asked the same question
"What are the characteristics and conditions that define an object as a work of art?"
Duchamp made three changes to the object.
1) He put it on a plinth
2) He signed and dated it
3) He entered into an exhibition
So by all apperances it looks like a urinal but has many of the attributes of an artwork
Duchamp was one of the most revolutionary artists of the 20th century. He was the inventor of the "Ready Made"
It said that Duchamp was responcible, in part, for demolishing the dominance of painting over sculpture. Hole generations of artists since have sworn by his techniques. In 1915 he was said to have given up painting almost entirely. He began making ready made with a piece entitled "Bicycle Wheel" saying
"In 1913 I had the happy idea to fasten a bicycle wheel to a kitchen stool and watch it turn.". This was a bicycle wheel attached to a stool.
In 1915 Duchamp went to New York and exhibited Fountain.
A Urinal on a plinth with the signature R.Mutt and dated.
These Ready mades held certain things in common and asked the same question
"What are the characteristics and conditions that define an object as a work of art?"
Duchamp made three changes to the object.
1) He put it on a plinth
2) He signed and dated it
3) He entered into an exhibition
So by all apperances it looks like a urinal but has many of the attributes of an artwork
Monday 8 December 2008
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Neo-Dada
Neo-Dada referenced Dada with its intent, modern materials, popular imagery and its themes of absurdity and play. Anti traditional concepts of aesthetics
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. jasper johns
Jasper Johns, Best known for his works involving flags, maps and numbers. Some people would say pop art because of his classical use of inconography
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Robert Rausenburg
Rauschenburg, probably most famous for his combines which involved mixing non-traditional materials and objects.
Both paintings, sculptures, photography, printmaking, paper making.
"I think a painting is more like the real world if its made out of the real world"
Both paintings, sculptures, photography, printmaking, paper making.
"I think a painting is more like the real world if its made out of the real world"
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Pop Art
Emerging in the mid 50's in Britain and parallel in late 1950's United States. Pop art is considered as one of the most important art movements of the 20th century. Its techniques draw upon mass culture, such as advertising and comic books.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Allan Kaprow, Happenings
Allan Kaprow first coined the term happening. Around 1959 onwards. His 18 Happenings in 6 parts commonly cited as the first happening.
"...a happening is not a commodity but a brief event... It may become like the sea monster of the past or flying sausers of yesturday.
"...a happening is not a commodity but a brief event... It may become like the sea monster of the past or flying sausers of yesturday.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Joseph Beuys
Most famous for his ritualistic public performances. He chamioned the healing powers of art. Along side performance and sculpture he also worked with prints, drawing, instillation.
The myth says that during WW2 he was active in service with the German airforce. Stationed in the Crimea. He said he was rescued from the wreckage by Tartar tribesmen, who wrapped him in animal fat and felt which kept him alive. His work was often made from these materials or included them. He also wore a felt hat and carried a lump of lard in his top pocket. The materials that saved him.
The myth says that during WW2 he was active in service with the German airforce. Stationed in the Crimea. He said he was rescued from the wreckage by Tartar tribesmen, who wrapped him in animal fat and felt which kept him alive. His work was often made from these materials or included them. He also wore a felt hat and carried a lump of lard in his top pocket. The materials that saved him.
Sunday 7 December 2008
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Chakai Booker
Using old rubber tires to give form, she comments on black identity to urban ecology. Tires can be traced back to Duchamps ready-mades.
Booker however, extracts an intense concentration of meanings from the tires.
Tranformation one of today most indestructible waster products into things of beauty
Booker however, extracts an intense concentration of meanings from the tires.
Tranformation one of today most indestructible waster products into things of beauty
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Rober Gober
Like a scene from a strange fairy tale using everyday objects into warped surrealist images. His work creates a traumatic and uncertain childhood narritive
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Kirsten Pieroth
Carefully appropriating everyday items and changing their nature and location. Or displacing them to an unlikely context. Images below where from Berliner Pfutze, Pieroth, In this work she relocated an ordinary puddle from steets in areas of berlin and relocated them to distinctly different locations.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Francis Alys
Wandering the streets of mexico with a gun or crossing the boarder with a can of paint dripping a line.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Andreas Slominski
Andreas Slominski, Stolen bicycle pump
A unique way of dealing with the performative, he has formulated by the artist. He works with the relationships that tie actions to objects and the legends that are created around an incident.
Sawing the bit of the bike that holds the pump instead of the lock. These incidents are documented by video and photography.
A unique way of dealing with the performative, he has formulated by the artist. He works with the relationships that tie actions to objects and the legends that are created around an incident.
Sawing the bit of the bike that holds the pump instead of the lock. These incidents are documented by video and photography.
Workshop, Everyday Objects in Art. Roman Signer
Roman Signer links common place items to art actions in order to create "action Sculpture". He often works with balloons, buckets and bicycles as well as remote control helicopters.
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