A Timeline of Conceptual Portability
Art is not created merely for visual appeal it is created to promote the spread of ideas. Art is the circulation of ingenuity and innovation. Portability, being the lead aspect of technological expansion today, helps allow for a fast and efficient way to propagate such ideas. Along with the theme of portability in my work I plan placing a focus on timelines. These timelines will deal with the expansion of structures or a person’s struggles and achievements throughout time. A timeline is never set and a person can constantly modify their future. In my work I plan on allowing viewer interaction. I feel that a person should not be just observing a piece they should be incorporating their own opinions into the work, so it doesn’t just contain one person’s perspective. I plan creating pieces that are portable, interactive, and have an underlying theme of expansion and the modification of time and space. These attributes work together in order to further express the emphasis on time, change, and originality. Change over time is not based on one person’s commitment; it is a combination of people’s efforts and ideas.
Scale: small, medium and large-scale pieces
Materials: photography, pen & ink, word-work, paint, canvas, photoshop, print, and other found objects
Artistic Influences:
Andrea Bianconi
Paul Fleming
Christian Eckart
Anthony Thompson Shumate
Neva Mikulicz
Tony Smith
Robert Morris
Joseph Kosuth
Sol Le Witt
Angelbert Metoyer
On Kawara
As I mentioned in class, artist books and games might be a great place for you to look.
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pay special attention to Surrealism, Dada and FLuxus and their relationship to play and chance seem especially tied to your interests.
I also mentioned Joseph Cornell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cornell
and Ray Johnson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303348/
It's interesting, this approach, seems to be shared by Nick, as well, and it is a little like DiVonte's work in it's engaging of the viewer. I think when I was in Michael's Jr. seminar class, he showed us work that he did that aimed to do something similar to you. I would be excited to see you do an artist's book if you so choose, as they are pretty interesting. The artists Noah suggests are all good, I also think that you may also like one he recommended to Nick, Tim Hawkinson, I think it was.
ReplyDeleteThe MoMA website is great for seeing examples of Joseph Cornell’s work which involves a lot of assembling. For an example of something with less of a variety of materials and more of just the simple invitation to interact, see The Palace at 4 a.m. sculpture (MoMA website) by Alberto Giacometti. Amazingly, people quickly identify and label the forms they see and build into shapes (square, circle….) and then impose more meaning (a room, a gymnastics bar…).
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Great suggestions Julia! also, you can contact Eric White at the Bridwell Library to set up an appointment to see 20th C artist books ewhite@mail.smu.edu.
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