Contemporary Flashcards
Reflective granite with names of Vietnam casualties engraved. reflective black granite so people can see themselves and know that everyday people got drafted. Memorial for Vietnam victims. Looks like a scar on the hill, was a wound for the country and people who died had scars. First casualty is at middle, circle of repeating history in life. One side leads to Lincoln memorial on my other to Washington monument. Artists from ohio, Chinese parents. Was a college student who won a contest for a building the memorial. People are mad because she was a young Asian woman, had just fought Vietnamese and were being racist. She was influenced by minimalist movement. To pacify angry people, put statues of soldiers
Vietnam veterans memorial, myelin, 1982, Washington dc, black granite
Part of a photo series where Sherman recreates old Master paintings and does everything on her own. She is Judas in this. Story of widow who saves her people seducing Assyrian general. Leads him to believe that she’s helping him destroy her people. Get some drunk and chops off his head and puts it in a food bag. Artist from New Jersey
Untitled #228, Cindy sherman, 1990, photograph
Silhouettes on walls and projector for light, if person goes in front of projector their shadow joins the art. Forces people to decide if they are in support of rebellion or procession. Artist from California and move to New york, African-American. Looks happy at first but noticed things later. Examines life of African Americans in southern us. Soldier missing leg, shows people forced to fight, could be slavery. Colonial ship flag like slave ships. Woman has little babies, because of rape, forced to have kids so slave owners can make money or because they have to watch the owner’s kids while the owner makes money.
Darkytown rebellion, Kara walker, 2001, cut paper in projection on wall.
Woman on swing, no head, reconstruction of the swing. Fabric is different, Dutch wax fabric sold in Africa. French did be heading in revolution, trade connections. Artist is British born, london-based, Nigerian ancestry. No man, we are supposed to be the man
The swing ( After Fragonard) , Shonibare, mixed media installation, 2001
Artist is Kenyan and moved to America, examines how women are viewed in art history. Woman has different parts such as chicken feet or eye kind of collaged on. Points out that women are like cyborgs and pieces are added on to improve. Name suggests that woman are prey or woman or predators trying to seduce people. Praying mantises blend in to the environment, like her. Takes examination to see her features
Praying mantra, Wangechi mutu, 2006, mixed media
Books are on wall and ceiling. Artist came up with his own writing style. Chinese inspired, artist has been trained in propagandistic socialist realist style. Chinese government took it down because they thought they were being critique. It says nothing which means that he could be saying that the government is , or by saying nothing the artist is saying something. Artist is Chinese
A book from the sky, Xu Bing, 1987 to 1991, 100 offset of four volume wood block printed books,
Aboriginal artist, indigenous peoples of Australia. Technique is smashing paint into canvas, very big canvas. Inspired by Green Time in Australian outback when it finally rains and rich colors and growth happen
Earth’s creation, Emily kame Kngwarreye, 1994, synthetic polymer, paint on canvas, Australia
Paik is known for video art, uses neon lights to create borders of states and puts TVs with videos that represent each state. Alaska and Hawaii on sidewall. Neon lights were around more on motel signs and on everywhere so when traveling there were lots of lights, represents motel signs and shows interest in maps. Artist is Korean and works out of New York City
Electronic superhighway, Naum June Paik, 1995, mixed media
Video, dark room. One half of room has fire noises. Man walks up in fire consumes bottom up. Other side has water noise and water consumes top down. Played in loop. Artist born in Queens, uses all senses. Different religious ties, meditative, Buddhism Sufism, Noah’s ark with water and Moses with burning bush
The crossing, bill viola, 1996, video and sound installation
Made of titanium and mimics the Waters ripple effect, abstracted form that mimics shape of a boat because paying respect to the history of town as a Port City. Building is curvy but city has linear buildings. Art museum, helps revive tourism to town after trade slowed
Guggenheim museum, Ghery, Bilbo Spain, titanium, glass, limestone
Use of curve and straight lines, muted color palette of black white and gray. Different levels, perpendicular, each gives different view of City. Ceiling made of all windows. Modern art and architecture museum, artist is from Iraq but lives in London
Maxi, Zaha Hadid, 2009, glass, steel, cement, rome, Italy
Artist is Puerto Rican and examines / critiques Latino male culture. Toxicity of being manly, no cry. Barbershop where men come together. Pictures of Latino men, perdoname means forgive me. Roses and tattoo style with bullets under makes seem tough. Puerto Rican flag under Barber chair, headrest plays TV videos about men crying, playing, circumcized. Kitchy, so tacky you love it. Consumerism and things reflected towards men. Reflection on his upbringing.
En la barbarian, no se hora (no crying allowed in the barbershop) , Pépon Osorio, 1994, mixed media installation
Artist born in New Zealand. Examines Polynesian culture. Large cow made of corned beef cans. Obesity rate is high in Polynesia after introduction of canned food. pea soup one of first, where name comes from. People used to be hunters and gatherers so less having together food means more weight. Making comment on health and saying we are no longer getting meat from real cow so he makes a cow from canned food. Canned beef given as gift because it is so ingrained in the culture
Pisupo Lua Apr(corned beef 2000) Michael tuffrey, mixed media
Cloth made of bottle caps from Nigerian distillery. Found object art. Artist from Ghana, spent most of life in Nigeria. Both areas known for textiles and fabrics, inspiration. Gold has ties to royalty in Ghana, abstract art popular in early 2000s
Old man’s cloth, El Anatsui, 2003, aluminum liquor bottle caps, copper
Crack in floor that gets bigger, 2ft wide. Artist from Columbia, so inserted Columbian rock. Bible story to figure out if someone was in same group as you by seeing how you say Shibboleth. Crack separates people, ties to segregation. Crack filled in but still see where it was. You can heal but always a wound. Shows damage caused by racism
Shibboleth, Doris Salcedo, installation
