Month: April 2022

For this assignment, I watched five videos that culminated in about sixty minutes of watch time.  These included: “Kiki Smith: The Fabric Workshop,” Kiki Smith in “Stories,” Damián Ortega in “Mexico City,” “Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool,” and Theaster Gates in “Chicago.”  In both videos about Kiki Smith, she spoke a lot about process more than anything.  She… Continue reading Art21 Assignment (Part 2) – Reilly Babcock

The first artist whose work I watched was Kevin Beasley. Kevin’s work deals with confronting the history and dark past associated with who you are and your identity, specifically the history of slaves and black americans. He rejects the notion of “moving on” and “forgetting” simply because it was so long ago. He challenges the… Continue reading Art 21 assignment 2

I choose to look at Ai Weiwei, who is a an outspoken human rights activist, and often uses sculpture as his means of communicating to the public. He even said that being an artist gives him more freedom to talk about politics, because people will accept art more than simply politics. In one of his… Continue reading Jingyi Zhou – Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment 2

For my third sculpture, I would like to borrow a strategy from Anthony Howe’s kinetic sculptures. I like the movement of his sculptures, and I would like to incorporate movement into my sculpture as well.

For this project, I’m borrowing the symmetric features from Tracey Sarsfield’s Reflected. I like the interconnection from the two similar figures, and the wires connecting them. For my own project, I’ll develop a 3-stage human relationship process, and incorporate the symmetric structure.

First I watched one of Andrea Zittel’s interviews where Wagon Station was highlighted. Wagon station is a residency that is the intersection of both privacy and collaboration for artists. The designs intentionally highlight the environment. From this interview, I wanted to look at themes within my work of creating a subversive space but at a… Continue reading Haley Griffin Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment- 2

Shadow art by Tim Noble and Sue Webster. I want to incorporate the use of shadows in my project.

Like this sculpture, I intend to use trash or other materials that cause pollution in my project to try to show what the planet is becoming.