13. “From an anonymous and abstract place, tied to intellectual activity, the gallery becomes a concretely real space, open to stimulating all the senses. “ “emblem of rationality subduing nature” – the Enlightenment Jannis Kounellis - Untitled - 1969
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17. Cy Twombly ,Untitled , 1970 Crayon and house paint on paper 27 3/4 x 39 3/8 in. (70.5 x 100 cm)
18. JEAN ARP, Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance, 1916–1917. Torn and pasted paper, 1’ 7 1/8” x 1’ 1 5/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York
21. ‘Alba’ is a transgenic albino rabbit: She contains a jellyfish gene that makes her glow green when illuminated with the correct light. “GFP Bunny” has raised many ethical questions and sparked an international controversy about whether Alba should be considered art at all….
24. Figure 22-23 MARCEL DUCHAMP, Fountain, (second version), 1950 (original version produced 1917). Ready-made glazed sanitary china with black paint, 12” high. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
31. French performance artist Orlan, who has dedicated herself to embodying classic beauty as found in the works of Leonardo and Botticelli through multiple plastic surgeries Detail from The Birth of Venus , by Sandro Botticelli, 1486
38. “ I use the pollen or the beeswax, which I did not create. I participate in the most beautiful things in the world, which I could never create. I could never create this beauty of the pollen. So the tragedy for me would be if I tried to make a painting out of pollen.“ “ for me, the sky is much more important than trying to make a painting that is a symbol for the sky. “
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40. Wolfgang Laib Milk stone 1980 marble and milk 2.6 (h) x 91.9 (w) x 74.2 (d) cm
41. Martin Creed, Work No. 850, 2008 Work No. 850 centers on a simple idea: that a person will run as fast as they can every thirty seconds through the gallery in the Tate Britain. Each run is followed by an equivalent pause, like a musical rest, during which the grand Neoclassical gallery is empty.
Can a machine/robot make art? Is the drawing itself art?
Very similar to the drawing made by machines – if it is similar aesthetically – does that make the robot drawing art?
Intention/element of chance
Natural cloud formations – art in themselves?
“drawn” (flown) cloud formations – art?
Contemporary art?
Found art/ownership/creation
What is the difference?
Beauty?
Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment
Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment Barry McGee tagging INSIDE a gallery context
Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment Barry McGee tagging INSIDE a gallery context Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment Barry McGee – tagging outside of a gallery environment Barry McGee tagging INSIDE a gallery context
Context – inside/outside
Painting on wall – art? Painting with a palette/canvas art? Why do we privilege certain mediums/methods?
context
No transformation of materials – honesty in work – just change in formal presentation and context
Filled with milk daily
Work that is not tangible
Works with out a end – these papers can be taken by a viewer and will be replace endlessly by the gallery
Content/concepts – playing on the stereotype of the thoughtful painter/artist