Weekly Statement - Due 11/23

Ánima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), Oaxaca, Mexico, 1976

In this past week's Penny Stamps lecture, Wangechi Mutu referenced Ana Mendieta several times as an important influence in her work.  Mendieta was a Cuban-American artist (1948 – 1985) famous for her performance art and "earth-body" sculptural, photographic, and video work.  Here is an interesting article from the Tate written about her and Nancy Spero.

 Imagen de Yagul, from the series Silueta Works in Mexico 1973-1977

World Changing - Due 11/16

An oldie but a goodie:

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty

Weekly Statement - Due 11/16

Mark Dion's Neukom Vivarium (2006) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle

 

World Changing - Due 11/2

Here's a humorous Adbusters spoof ad:

Weekly Statement - Due 11/2

Kai Lossgott. 2008. Laser engraving on foxglove leaf. Spruce and glass light boxes. 30 x 30 cm. SASOL Art Collection.



Check out Kai Lossgott's project, Nothing with Skin is Blind (see above).

Post your weekly statement below in response to lecture material from 10/17 or 11/1.  

Weekly Statement - Due 10/26 (extended deadline: 10/30)

I just stumbled upon this wonderful blog : www.superuse.org

Superuse is a online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling - check them out to get some new ideas.

Above Left: bottle houses

Above Right: a sewer pipe hotel

Weekly Statement - Due 10/30 (extended)

 

Check out Mark Wentzel's work, as seen at ArtPrize this year: a group of three modified Eames Lounge Chairs, with the original cushions removed and replaced with over-stuffed, "super-sized" versions modeling the human body.  "XLounge is a safe and playful analogy to critical contemporary issues of disproportionate consumption and the global obesity epidemic." (from the ArtPrize blog)