Jackson polark. By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIOAUG. 21, 2009 The Gutai group of postwar Japanese conceptual artists not only made radical abstract paintings with their hands and feet; they also sought to network with similar-minded artists in other parts of the world. One of their efforts to forge these connections is the basis for a curious little…
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Week 14: GHR & why do we paint?
Artist state a lot of things Gerhard Richter’s statements are about not knowing things. Gerhard Richter is wary of all ideologies and of all exclusive claims on the truth. Having grown up under two totalitarian regimes, first in Nazi Germany and secondly in communist East Germany, he has every cause to be mistrustful of people…
Week 14: Vija Celmins & why do we paint?
Artists’ statements research. This was a new take for me. No story. Interesting. Although I can see a story. https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/vija-celmins Transcript: Vija Celmins: I don’t think there was ever a point where I said, “I’m gonna be, you know, an artist.” No. It seeped in. I was looking for something. I went to two paintings…
Week 14: Ballet shoe.
I think I will let the pictures tell the stories.
Week 14: Tearing up the Town.
Writing my Navigators critical essay has been a challenge. It has been torn up a few times made into a collage and then incorporated in a jar I was making/trying to make, my favourite type of making-no rules, feel your way through it. It collapsed I fixed it with my essay and rabbit skin glue…
Week 14: Where do painters learn from?
There are two well held views. Reading through the information from and looking forward to Bridget Riley’s new exhibition arriving at the Hayward Gallery later this month I spot both. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/five-things-know-about-bridget-riley Riley spent her childhood in Cornwall, and she credits the Cornish landscape – its ‘bosky woods and secretive valleys’, its ‘changing seas and skies’…
Week 13: Creation.
Ok I know it doesn’t look like much. I started off with high hopes. I couldn’t resist a peek. Moon jar made from paper and egg boxes now with liberal lashings of rabbit skin glue is half a moon jar. I rather like it. I could have done moon jarish messes of my beacons in…
Week 13: Reviewing Our Manifesto/ The long read.
The Manifesto project from week one seems such a long time ago. Time to tidy up the thoughts, processes and review. “Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.” – Confucius. 551–479 bc. Our manifesto, ‘Homo Sapiens to Homo Digitalis’ is to examine group 8’s concerns bought about by our technological advancement…
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