Month: March 2022

The first video I watched was about Brian Jungen in which he was making two-sided prints of newspaper clippings that offensively depicted native Americans and promoted western society. I found this video interesting because of how simple but genius his idea is and how it has such a profound message behind such an everyday item.… Continue reading Contemporary Sculpture Assignment Brady Lawlor

As I researched several contemporary artists and their interviews, I am particularly interested in the work and ideas of Do Ho Suh and Kiki Smith. For Do Ho Suh, I feel related to how he uses home and identity as the primary source of inspiration for his sculpture work. Viewers can acquire a better understanding… Continue reading Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment, Luong Vu

I watched five interviews of five different contemporary artists: Ai WeiWei in “Change” (17 minutes), Ursula von Rydingsvard in “Ecology” (13 minutes), Mark Dion in “Ecology” (14 minutes), Pepon Osorio in “Place” (12 minutes), and Marela Zacarías’s Great Expectations (7 minutes). Each artist offered different perspectives and processes in creating art. While there can be… Continue reading Art21 Assignment – Reilly Babcock

I watched several videos from Lynn Hershman Leeson. The first impression I had with Lynn is that she as a woman tried to break the stereotypes of male-artist-dominance in the art world. She talked about her work was rejected because “Women artists didn’t make a good investment.”, and UCLA in the 70s closed her exhibition… Continue reading Jingyi Zhou – Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment

    I watched videos for two different artists, Diana Al-Hadid and Katharina Grosse. When watching Al-Hadid’s videos, I was impressed by the way she made delicate structures, which seem almost too fragile to stay together, hang off the ground. The liquid-like forms in her work are really fascinating to me. She also mentioned that she… Continue reading Danielle Porter Art21 Assignment

Many of the videos that I watched were related to the Artist’s childhood and also involved more than just sculpting. Many of the artists used film making or engineering to produce their works and to make it so that people could physically interact with their works. I found it interesting that a lot of the… Continue reading Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment

For this assignment I watch videos on Marela Zacarias, Kara Walker, and Sarah Sze. Off the bat, I really like all of these artists’ works because they are very personal to them and are in some way a reflection of how they view themselves, their history, and the world around them. What I really liked… Continue reading Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment

First, I watched Wolfgang Laib’s interview, where the artist used materials I would have never thought to use (pollen, beeswax, rice, and milk-stone). Themes within the works included life, process, and beauty. Laib’s work, as a whole related to the artist’s experiences. After this, I looked at Iñigo Manglano’s interview, where the main focus of… Continue reading Haley Griffin Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment

After watching various videos on contemporary artists, I was able to build a better understanding of contemporary art and a larger appreciation regarding its value. In the past, I have felt contemporary art often was similar to “beating a dead horse”. In other words, I have felt many pieces really are just elaborate unnecessary theatrics… Continue reading Michael Duncan Art21 Assignment

For this assignment, I watched several contemporary artist interviews but the ones that stood out to me the most were Mika Rottenberg, and Cai Guo-Qiang. Mika Rottenberg is a video artist/sculptor who uses films to portray issues/ideas. I watched an interesting interview of Rottenberg talking about one of her films titled Cosmic Generator. This work… Continue reading Angela Meckley, Art21 Contemporary Artist Assignment