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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
What is Contemporary Art?
Contemporary Art "art that
has been and continues to be created during our lifetimes." In other
words, contemporary to us.
There is a certain amount of overlapping between "Contemporary" and "Modern"
art.
· Modern Art: Art from the Impressionists (say, around 1880) up
until the 1960s or '70s.
Contemporary art reflects a wide range of materials, media, and technologies, as well as opportunities to consider what art is and how it is defined. Artists today explore ideas, concepts, questions, and practices that examine the past, describe the present, and imagine the future. Art21
Example of a gallery that shows Contemporary Art in London Saatchi Gallery
How do leading curators define Contemporary art?
Below, an art advisor from America talks about her experiences in advising dealers of contemporary art. She talks about diverse factors such as personal and external factors, that can influence the value of an artwork and therefore how much someone is willing to pay for it.
Sunday, 8 December 2013
What was the Bauhaus?
Bauhaus Building Dessau
Slatted Chair, 1923
Marcel Breuer
Paul Klee, Architectur m. d. Fenster, 1919, 157
Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne
Johannes Itten, The Encounter, 1916
Kunsthaus Zürich, (1964/5)
Kunsthaus Zürich, (1964/5)
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Barbican learning resource - http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/12409barbicanbauhausonlinelearningresourcefinal3.pdf
Bauhaus
1919-1933
1919-1933
Country: Germany
An influential German art school which was eventually closed down by the Nazis. Each student studied art, architecture and design with the ultimate aim of creating a better living environment for everyone. Its design principles were based on admiration for geometry and the machine.
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
What was Constructivism?
Websites
Constructivism
Tate - http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/century-city/century-city-moscow-1916-1930
The Art Story- http://www.theartstory.org/movement-constructivism.htm
Art Movements - http://www.artmovements.co.uk/constructivism.htm
The Guardian - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/nov/04/russian-avant-garde-constructivists
Vladimir
Tatlin, Monument to the Third International
Video - Vladimir Tatlin. Model for Pamiatnik III Internatsionala (Monument to
the Third International). Constructed by Tevel’ Shapiro, Sofia
Dymshits-Tolstaia, Iosif Meerzon, and Pavel Vinogradov under Tatlin’s
direction, 1920; reconstruction 1979 http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/339/4315
The Art
Story - http://www.theartstory.org/artist-tatlin-vladimir.htm
Naum Gabo - Construction in a Niche 1930
Antoine
Pevsner, Maquette of
a Monument Symbolising the Liberation of the Spirit, 1952
Aleksandr Rodchenko, Composition
No. 47, 1917
The art story - http://www.theartstory.org/artist-rodchenko-alexander.htm
Constructivism
, c1907-early 1920s, Country: Russia
A geometric
abstract art movement. They produced work in
response to
the Russian Revolution and wanted to create a new
society by
applying geometric design principles to all areas of life
including
architecture, furniture, clothes design etc.
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