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Contemporary Art, A lot of different thoughts and aspects go into a…
Contemporary Art
Path of the Teabowl
Paul Soldner is an artist mentioned in the reading and he talks about how when people would make tea bowl they would make tons of them to just achieve the one they actually use. He also appreciates when things are not perfect.
Peter Voulkos created tea bowls that were not functional by giving them holes and sharp edges.
Art and Objecthood
Expanding Sculpture
Meaning and Materials
Performance
Representation/Abstraction
A lot of different thoughts and aspects go into a performance which was discovered in this unit.
One performance piece from the module was "Cut Piece" by Yoko Ono. The way the audience gets the chance to interact with the actual artist on stage is something I didn't know was even done before. In this performance the artist selects an audience member to come on stage and cut a piece of her clothing.
Another aspect of performance was the "happenings" these were artworks that are merged with daily life and provoke viewers to engage with it as the performance.
For example in the piece, "Household" by Allen Kaprow when they put Pb and J sandwiches on a car in public and then the audience could do whatever they wanted to the piece
There was also artist like Chris Burden who had violent performances and was actually shot in his piece.
Carolee Schneeman is another performance artist who focuses on ways to directly relate to feminist ideas. One piece we were shown was "Interior Scroll" where she directly is interacting with her body in a way that could possibly be disturbing for some viewers but it a very impactful piece.
Alot of artist tend to break the rules set in traditional practices.
Betty Woodman is a ceramic artist who is breaking the traditional ideas we typically would have seen in ceramic pieces. In typical ceramic pieces people think of it being functional and somewhat simple in color. But in Woodmans work, specifically Pillow Pitcher she is moving out of those boundaries while still creating ceramic art.
Kara Walker's work is very simple at first glance as she only uses cut out paper silhouettes. It was also interesting that the spaces she uses to display are in sculpture galleries which is not the typical place anyone would think they would/
Robert Smithson was a artist who manipulated the Earth in a way to create art, specifically his work called "Spiral Jetty" was interesting because overtime this piece will be changed dependent on the environment.
This module discussed abstraction and representation among black artistry. These artists were working to create abstract work while exploring materials.
Negundi was an artist who was not considered a black artist because they were not creating work that necessarily repressed what other black artist were creating. Negundi would take objects that you wouldn't necessarily see in art and give it a different meaning. One piece was R. S. V. P. is a piece by Negundi that uses panty hose that is stretched and held down with sand.
Artists usually have their own practices which are accustomed to their work, and choices with materials and medium.
Betty Woodman is another artist which I mentioned in the Expanding Sculpture part of this mind map that has a way of using her materials in a way that was not typically seen in original ceramic pieces.
Chris Ofili’s creates work that is not traditional and it may raise some questions.For example in, "The Holy Virgin Mary" there is nothing traditional about the painting with the use of bright golds, texture and sparkles.
Amber Cowan is an artist who has a process that it very custom to her. She uses antique glass in her work to get colors that aren't made anymore. There is also chemical process she needs to know to make the work.
Charles White made art that was more literal and easy to read which is why it's considered black art. Birmingham Totem is one piece by Charles White that has a meaning that is easier to read and understand because it's more literal, in the piece there is this huge pile of disastrous materials and on top sits a person. This piece is relating to a historical event which is a reason for it to be considered black art.
Hassinger also creates pieces that are also very interesting. The pieces made by Hassinger are performative in way but it's the materials that become performative because of the movement they have. The artists uses a lot of wire and rope and it is focusing on ways to portray movement and performance without using the body.
Objecthood was highly represented in minimalist art, art in the movement was initially not seen as art because of non art qualities and were being labeled as objects by critics and viewers.
In “A Short Story of Minimalism” it states, “Sensation replaced interpretation. Maybe that’s why minimalism remains diffucult for us to accept as art rather than decor. We think we should be educated or informed works of art, swept away by powerful feelings, but that wasn’t the point.” (Chayka)
Relationship to Artist
Tony Smith is an artist who created minimalist sculptures, his Die from 1962 was a piece which did lack a lot of qualities we are used to seeing in art. This piece was just a steel box that sat in the gallery, and was believed to have no deeper meaning than just what it is.
In the reading, “Specific Objects,” Donald Judd states, “It isn’t necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate. The thing as a whole, its quality as a whole is what is interesting."
In Fried's reading "Art and Objecthood" he talks about how he believes minimalist art requires an audience for it to be considered an art.
Relationship to Artist
Dan Flavin is another artist that constructed pieces with light fixtures. The light itself is working in a different way, “The specific objects “aren’t obviously art,” Judd admitted, but that didn’t matter: “A work needs only to be interesting.” Interesting in this case meant offering a unique, instantaneous aesthetic experience” (Chakya).
Flavin's pieces are interesting because nothing he “makes” is art, they are just objects such as the light being set up in certain ways to give viewers an experience.
One specific category is sculpture and is talked about in the reading Sculpture in the Expanded Field. There are many traditional categories of art and people have a difficult time allowing new ideas into the category if it doesn't fall within the rules.
In the reading “Sculpture in the Expanded Field” it states, “As is true of any other convention, sculpture has its own internal logic, its own set of rules, which, though they can be applied to a variety of situations, are not themselves open to very much change.” (Krauss).
The subject and idea behind this painting can be controversial to some just because of religious viewpoints and not everyone will agree with the artists depiction of it but in the reading "The Art Story" it states he used painting as a way to deal with certain questions he had as a boy. Those questions included "race and virgin mothers". I agree with this because a lot of artist have a deeper meaning we may not know about that influences their work.
Artists within Performance
The reading in this module "Taylor Performance" talks about how performance isn't always about art, there is many different possibiltles in performance it's hard to define.
The reading in this module "Black West, Thoughts on
Art in Los Angeles" discussed the goals of the Black Arts Movement which was partly to focus of the perception from black audiences.
The reading "American Potters’ Interventions
with the Tea Bowl: Using Thing Theory
to Problematize Cultural Appropriation" says that the tea bowl is an object with great symbolic and aesthetic significance.
