Monday, April 26, 2010
Terms Of The Day For April 23
Modern Art - artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.
Existentialism - a philosophical movement of the 19th and 20th centuries that assumes that, since the universe is chaotic and without order, people are entirely free and responsible for what they make of themselves.
Dada - a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty.
Surrealism - an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious mind.
De Stijl - an early 20th century art movement advocating nonrepresentational art and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and color; simplifying compositions to the vertical and horizontal directions, and using only primary colors and black and white.
The Harlem Renaissance - a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished, characterized by a deliberate reconnection with traditional and ancient African arts.
Abstract Expressionism - a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; includes action painting and color field.
Pop Art - a form of art, chiefly developed in the 1960s, that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.
Minimalism - a movement in various forms of art and design where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features.
Existentialism - a philosophical movement of the 19th and 20th centuries that assumes that, since the universe is chaotic and without order, people are entirely free and responsible for what they make of themselves.
Dada - a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty.
Surrealism - an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious mind.
De Stijl - an early 20th century art movement advocating nonrepresentational art and universality by a reduction to the essentials of form and color; simplifying compositions to the vertical and horizontal directions, and using only primary colors and black and white.
The Harlem Renaissance - a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished, characterized by a deliberate reconnection with traditional and ancient African arts.
Abstract Expressionism - a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; includes action painting and color field.
Pop Art - a form of art, chiefly developed in the 1960s, that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.
Minimalism - a movement in various forms of art and design where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features.
Final Exam Study Guide
The final exam will cover chapters 15-17 and 20-23 and this is how it will be constructed:
20 vocabulary terms (match the term to its definition) worth 1 point each.
20 multiple choice questions worth 1 point each
2 essays focussing on conversations we've had in class (The 3 Davids and Titian vs. Manet) worth 20 points each.
1 essay focussing on a new artwork you have not seen before in this class worth 20 points.
The 20 vocabulary terms will be pulled directly from the "Terms Of The Day" lists I have given you at the beginning of every class period. Study these lists well enough to be able to match each term on the left side of the page with its particular definition on the right side of the page.
The 20 multiple choice questions come from both the class lectures and from the book. There will be a few questions on the test that we never addressed in class; they come directly from the book. However, for brevity's sake, and to give you less to study, I WILL NOT give any questions from Chapters 18 or 19 that we did not cover in class at all. The exam questions will range from those that test how well you understand the definitions of terms to questions about specific artworks that you have seen, to questions about the artists themselves.
Let me give you two example questions (yes, these will be on the test just as you see them here):
Pablo Picasso's oil painting entitled Portrait of Ambroise Vollard is an example of which modern movement in art?
A. Impressionism
B. Surrealism
C. Cubism
D. Pop Art
During the late 16th century, the Catholic church launched a series of internal reforms, which spawned much of the Baroque period of art. This internal reforms were collectively called:
A. Reformation
B. Counter Reformation
C. Confucianism
D. Rococo
The best advice I can give you on how to study for this portion of the exam is to comb through all your notes you've taken in class, remind yourself of all the main concepts you've learned, familiarize yourself with all the "Terms Of The Day," and to make sure you have read the material in the book. Pay special attention to how each artwork serves as an example to illustrate a concept (in other words, Monet's painting is an example of Impressionism, David was a painter of the Neoclassical era). Don't just depend on what I have told you in class. Yes, 90% of these questions will come directly from lecture. But you don't want to be thrown off by the questions that are based on the book alone.
The two essay topics focussing on conversations we had in class will be phrased as follows (again, yes, I'm telling you exactly what will be on the test):
1. Compare and contrast the three sculptures, all titled David, by Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini. What do these works have in common? How do they differ from one another? What does each sculpture tell us about the place and time period in which it was created?
2. Compare and contrast Titian’s painting Venus Of Urbino and Manet’s painting Olympia. What do these works have in common? How do they differ from one another? What does each sculpture tell us about the artist’s opinion of what role art should play in society?
There will be a printed reproduction of each painting in the exam for you to look at while working on the essays.
The best way to study for these essays is to look at the images themselves (they can all be found on this blog HERE and HERE) and think back to those group conversations about them. Click HERE for a very concise compare-and-contrast of the 3 Davids on WikiAnswers. Click HERE for an article about Titian and Manet's paintings and how they portray the roles of women. That doesn't exactlyanswer the essay question, but the article points out some interesting differences.
The final essay topic will focus on a printed reproduction of a work of art you have not seen in this class yet and it will be phrased like this:
You have not seen the above artwork in this class thus far. Write a response to the work that takes into account what you have learned about art in this first half of the semester. Don’t just describe what you see. Bring this work into conversation with the concepts you have been studying. What type of art are we looking at? From which period do you think this work may be? How is the composition balanced? Are there symbols and iconography? Etc., etc.
This is meant to test how well you have been paying attention to the concepts you've been learning in this class. If you understand the topics and concepts we've been going over in class well enough to apply them to a work you have not seen before, then you have made good use of your semester. Try practicing on the two images below (no, these will not be on the exam). Think about the wording of the essay topic above and consider what you might write about each of these works:
The 20 vocabulary terms will be pulled directly from the "Terms Of The Day" lists I have given you at the beginning of every class period. Study these lists well enough to be able to match each term on the left side of the page with its particular definition on the right side of the page.
The 20 multiple choice questions come from both the class lectures and from the book. There will be a few questions on the test that we never addressed in class; they come directly from the book. However, for brevity's sake, and to give you less to study, I WILL NOT give any questions from Chapters 18 or 19 that we did not cover in class at all. The exam questions will range from those that test how well you understand the definitions of terms to questions about specific artworks that you have seen, to questions about the artists themselves.
Let me give you two example questions (yes, these will be on the test just as you see them here):
Pablo Picasso's oil painting entitled Portrait of Ambroise Vollard is an example of which modern movement in art?
A. Impressionism
B. Surrealism
C. Cubism
D. Pop Art
During the late 16th century, the Catholic church launched a series of internal reforms, which spawned much of the Baroque period of art. This internal reforms were collectively called:
A. Reformation
B. Counter Reformation
C. Confucianism
D. Rococo
The best advice I can give you on how to study for this portion of the exam is to comb through all your notes you've taken in class, remind yourself of all the main concepts you've learned, familiarize yourself with all the "Terms Of The Day," and to make sure you have read the material in the book. Pay special attention to how each artwork serves as an example to illustrate a concept (in other words, Monet's painting is an example of Impressionism, David was a painter of the Neoclassical era). Don't just depend on what I have told you in class. Yes, 90% of these questions will come directly from lecture. But you don't want to be thrown off by the questions that are based on the book alone.
The two essay topics focussing on conversations we had in class will be phrased as follows (again, yes, I'm telling you exactly what will be on the test):
1. Compare and contrast the three sculptures, all titled David, by Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini. What do these works have in common? How do they differ from one another? What does each sculpture tell us about the place and time period in which it was created?
2. Compare and contrast Titian’s painting Venus Of Urbino and Manet’s painting Olympia. What do these works have in common? How do they differ from one another? What does each sculpture tell us about the artist’s opinion of what role art should play in society?
There will be a printed reproduction of each painting in the exam for you to look at while working on the essays.
The best way to study for these essays is to look at the images themselves (they can all be found on this blog HERE and HERE) and think back to those group conversations about them. Click HERE for a very concise compare-and-contrast of the 3 Davids on WikiAnswers. Click HERE for an article about Titian and Manet's paintings and how they portray the roles of women. That doesn't exactlyanswer the essay question, but the article points out some interesting differences.
The final essay topic will focus on a printed reproduction of a work of art you have not seen in this class yet and it will be phrased like this:
You have not seen the above artwork in this class thus far. Write a response to the work that takes into account what you have learned about art in this first half of the semester. Don’t just describe what you see. Bring this work into conversation with the concepts you have been studying. What type of art are we looking at? From which period do you think this work may be? How is the composition balanced? Are there symbols and iconography? Etc., etc.
This is meant to test how well you have been paying attention to the concepts you've been learning in this class. If you understand the topics and concepts we've been going over in class well enough to apply them to a work you have not seen before, then you have made good use of your semester. Try practicing on the two images below (no, these will not be on the exam). Think about the wording of the essay topic above and consider what you might write about each of these works:
Study hard, and good luck to everyone. If you have taken good notes, if you have read the chapters, and if you have spent some time really trying to understand the "Terms Of The Day" then this exam shouldn't be difficult for you.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Art Happenings Tonight
Memphis College of Art BFA Exhibition
BFA Exhibition
Reception Friday, April 23, 5-7 p.m.
Main Gallery and Lower Galleries, Rust Hall, 1930 Poplar Avenue
Memphis College of Art presents BFA Exhibition, works by May 2010 BFA candidates, through May 15 in the Main and Lower galleries of Rust Hall. An opening reception is Friday, April 23 from 5-7 pm. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday from noon to 4 pm.
Sculpture and Photography, Father and Daughter
Reception Friday, April 23, 5-7 p.m.
Alumni Gallery, Rust Hall, 1930 Poplar Avenue
Sculpture and Photography, Father and Daughter, featuring Chester Thayer (attended 1969-1971) and Ashley Thayer, is on view through May 15 in the Alumni Gallery of Rust Hall. An opening reception is Friday, April 23 from 5-7 pm. The Alumni Gallery is located adjacent to the Main Gallery.
April 24 through June 19, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday April 23, 2010 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
3750 Norriswood Avenue
Memphis, TN 38152
Featuring work by spring 2010 MFA candidates Eric Bork, Jason Miller, Denice Rhodes, Raleigh Rodger, and Ryan Vanderley.
About the candidates:
Eric Bork's recent works investigate the subject couples of long term relationships. The works featured in this exhibition are large scale oil paintings arranged as diptychs. Each painting depicts a figure in the environment of their shared domestic space, and leave the viewer to imagine the conversations between them.
Jason Miller's works are typically large scale digital photomontages in which he arranges a very imaginative array of subjects together within a single composition. The resulting images read as bizarre grand narratives that are surreal, dark, and whimsical all at once.
Denice Rhodes is a sculptor working with installation. Her recent work aims to explore the theme of the spiritual bond between father and daughter. Her thesis work is based on the fairytale The Road to Oz, and employs the image of shoes as a metaphor to explore this theme, as well as ideas power, value, holiness, and culture.
Raleigh Rodger uses photography to explore the realm of memory by engaging habitual responses from her viewers. For this body of work, she has chosen to use a toy film camera, which results in a photograph with a nostalgic feeling. Using this technique, Rodger aims to explore the whimical, mystical aspects of mundane, everyday life.
Ryan Vanderley is a painter who works in both abstract and realistic style, and is especially interested in the way these two modes of painting inform one another. His thesis work is a series of realistic paintings that depict figures interacting with a portrait of the infamous modern art critic Clement Greenberg. These paintings are meant to tell about Vanderley's thoughts on his process.
April 24 through September 11, 2010
Culture And Cocktails at the Dixon
Culture and Cocktails with Young at Art & Bravo
Exhibition tour of "Anything but Clear: The Studio Glass Movement, 1979-2009"
Friday, April 23, 6 - 8 pm
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
4339 Park Avenue
Young At Art members free
Bravo members free
Guests: $10
RSVP to mmurff@dixon.org
Exhibition tour of "Anything but Clear: The Studio Glass Movement, 1979-2009"
Friday, April 23, 6 - 8 pm
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
4339 Park Avenue
Young At Art members free
Bravo members free
Guests: $10
RSVP to mmurff@dixon.org
"OTHERWORLD: The 2010 Senior Thesis Exhibition"
"OTHERWORLD: The 2010 Senior Thesis Exhibition" will open with a reception on Friday, April 23rd, from 6-8 pm.
The exhibition will run from April 23rd through April 30th.
The exhibition will feature work by five graduating studio majors: Maggie Exner, Esther Ruiz, Whitney Ranson, Mempheany Seng, and Noelle Smith.
Gallery hours for Clough-Hanson are Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11:00-5:00 p.m. The gallery is closed Sundays and Mondays. Admission to the gallery is always free to the public.
If you should have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Hamlett Dobbins at Clough-Hanson Gallery (901) 843-3442, or via email at dobbinsh@rhodes.edu
OPEN STUDIO AND EXHIBITION
SATURDAY APRIL 24 2010
5PM - 8PM
SUSAN BEST
BEN BUTLER
MAYSEY CRADDOCK
RAFE MURRAY
TRICE PATTERSON
MEREDITH ROOT
CHAD SCHAFFLER
J DAVID WILLIAMS
BILLIE WORLEY
85 Virginia Street West
For directions go to www.medicinefactory.org
Monday, April 19, 2010
Titian Vs. Manet
Below are images of the Titian and Manet paintings that you will be asked to compare and contrast on the final exam:
Edouard Manet
Olympia
1863
Titian
Venus of Urbino
1538
Three Davids
Here are the three sculptures of David that you will be asked to compare and contrast on the final exam:
Donatello
David
c. 1425-1430
(Bronze)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504
(Marble)
Gianlorenzo Bernini
David
1623
(Marble)
Below are the nine images from which I will choose five for the quiz, followed by the two essay questions. The quiz is Friday, so study up!
Flying Horse
Eastern Han dynasty
2nd century
Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
Khajuraho, India
10th-11th centuries
The Great Stupa
Sanchi, India
10 BCE-15 CE
Fan Kuan
Travelers Among Mountains And Streams
Early 11th century
Pablo Picasso
Portrait of Ambroise Vollard
1910
J. M. W. Turner
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons
1834
Jacques-Louis David
Oath of the Horatii
1784
Gustave Courbet
The Stone Breakers
1849
Claude Monet
Impression: Sunrise
1872
Essay Question #1: Define the word Realism and tell how we see the qualities of Realism in the work of Gustave Courbet.
Essay Question # 2: Write an honest evaluation of the course. What where your expectations coming into the course. Were your expectations met? What did you get out of the course? What aspect of the class did you enjoy? What aspects did you find unpleasant? What suggestions would you give me for what I could do differently in the future?
As long as you are honest (even if it involves criticisms) and as long as you write more than a couple of short sentences, you can get full credit for this essay question.
The Video We WOULD Have Watched After The Asia Lecture
If you want to watch this video and give me a response at the beginning of class on Friday, I'll take it.
Terms of the Day for April 16
Neoclassicism - a revival of classical Greek and Roman forms in art, particularly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Europe and America.
Romanticism - a literary and artistic movement of early nineteenth century Europe asserting the validity of subjective experiences as a countermovement to Neoclassicism.
Realism - the mid-nineteenth century art style based on the idea that ordinary people and everyday activities are worthy subjects for art.
Impressionism - a style of painting, developed in the late nineteenth century, that focussed on casual subjects, the ability to paint outdoors, and divided brush strokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment.
Post-Impressionism - a general term applied to various personal style sof pointed that developed from about 1885-1900 in reaction to Impressionism.
Appropriation - an artistic concept in which an artist uses an image already in existence and places it in a new context in order to give it new meanings.
Fauvism - a style of painting introduced in the early twentieth century, characterized by areas of bright, contrasting color and simplified shapes. The name les fauves is translated “the wild beasts”.
Cubism - a style developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the early twentieth century, based on the simultaneous presentation of multiple views, disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subjects.
Romanticism - a literary and artistic movement of early nineteenth century Europe asserting the validity of subjective experiences as a countermovement to Neoclassicism.
Realism - the mid-nineteenth century art style based on the idea that ordinary people and everyday activities are worthy subjects for art.
Impressionism - a style of painting, developed in the late nineteenth century, that focussed on casual subjects, the ability to paint outdoors, and divided brush strokes to capture the light and mood of a particular moment.
Post-Impressionism - a general term applied to various personal style sof pointed that developed from about 1885-1900 in reaction to Impressionism.
Appropriation - an artistic concept in which an artist uses an image already in existence and places it in a new context in order to give it new meanings.
Fauvism - a style of painting introduced in the early twentieth century, characterized by areas of bright, contrasting color and simplified shapes. The name les fauves is translated “the wild beasts”.
Cubism - a style developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in the early twentieth century, based on the simultaneous presentation of multiple views, disintegration, and geometric reconstruction of subjects.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Terms of the Day for April 9
Stupa - a dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics, evolved from earlier Indian funeral mounds.
Relief Sculpture - a sculpted artwork where a modeled form is raised from a plane from which the main components of the artwork project.
Buddha - in Buddhist belief, one who has reached ultimate enlightenment, or Nirvana; Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-483 BCE), the founder of Buddhism.
Bodhisattva - a person who is on the point of achieving enlightenment, but delays it in order to rmain on earth and teach others..
Confucianism - a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–478 BCE); a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia.
Daoism - literally, "way" or "path;" the rhythmic balance and natural, flowing patterns of the universe; emphasizes the necessity to act in accordance with the Dao; the teachings of the means or methods of doing so, both philosophically and religiously.
Calligraphy - the art of beautiful writing; the use of varied and expressive line to infuse the writing with personal, emotional, and spiritual meaning.
Relief Sculpture - a sculpted artwork where a modeled form is raised from a plane from which the main components of the artwork project.
Buddha - in Buddhist belief, one who has reached ultimate enlightenment, or Nirvana; Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563-483 BCE), the founder of Buddhism.
Bodhisattva - a person who is on the point of achieving enlightenment, but delays it in order to rmain on earth and teach others..
Confucianism - a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–478 BCE); a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia.
Daoism - literally, "way" or "path;" the rhythmic balance and natural, flowing patterns of the universe; emphasizes the necessity to act in accordance with the Dao; the teachings of the means or methods of doing so, both philosophically and religiously.
Calligraphy - the art of beautiful writing; the use of varied and expressive line to infuse the writing with personal, emotional, and spiritual meaning.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Citing Sources For Your Paper
Your research papers are due Friday, April 16. I hope that you have gotten a good start on them already. I have a link for you: Click HERE for a website that will quickly and easily format your bibliography for you. When you go, first make sure to click MLA style and then follow the directions from there. It will ask you for information about your source (book, magazine, website, etc.) and in the end it will pop up with exactly how your source should be listed in the bibliography. If you need a reminder about what I'm expecting in your research paper, click HERE. Work hard. I look forward to reading them.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
A Correction For Your Notes
In the lecture last Friday, while speaking about the Parthenon, I mentioned the the roof had been blown out when munitions stored there had exploded during World War I. How I made this mistake, I don't know, but this actually happened during a war that was fought during the 17th century. Please make the necessary corrections in your notes.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Simon Schama's THE POWER OF ART: Bernini
Below is Simon Schama's documentary on Bernini in it's entirety. It is, unfortunately, split up into 9 chapters because of Youtube's restrictions on the length of videos.
Quiz #3
Below are nine images from which I will choose the five that will be used for the quiz. Beneath the images are the two essay questions. Remember that if there is no artist listed for a work, I want you to list the work's location, instead. Study up!
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The Conversion of Saint Paul
1600-1601
Paolo Veronese
Feast in the House of Levi
1575
Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Creation of Adam
1508-1512
Giotto di Bondone
Lamentation
1305
Gianlorenzo Bernini
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
1645-1652
Wall Painting from the Tomb of Nebumun
Egypt
c. 1450 BCE
Parthenon
Acropolis, Athens
c. 448-432 BCE
Polykleitos
Spear Bearer
Roman copy after a Greek original of c. 450-440 BCE
Scene from The Papyrus of Hunefer
Egypt
Egypt
c. 1375 BCE
Essay Questions:
1. Define the term Hierarchic Scale and give examples of how you have seen it utilized in the art you have seen in class.
2. Define the term Renaissance and give some examples of how the characteristics of the Renaissance era are demonstrated in the art that you have seen in class.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Terms of the Day for March 26
Renaissance - literally translated “rebirth” - the period of European history in which the rediscovery of classical Greek art, philosophy, and science led to renewed interest in an intense study of the world and the limitless potential of individual human beings.
Humanism - a philosophy which encompasses a wide range of ethical stances that attach importance to human dignity, concerns, and capabilities, particularly rationality.
Sfumato - Italian term meaning “smoke”, describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Leonardo da Vinci's work.
Reformation - a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
Counter Reformation - a period of time beginning late in the 16th century in which the Catholic Church underwent a series of internal reforms in an attempt to halt the growing number of conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism.
Baroque - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe.
Chiaroscuro - the use of bold contrasts of light and dark to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body in paint.
Rococo - a style of art popular among the 18th century French aristocracy stressing purely ornamental, light, casual, irregular design and frivolity.
Humanism - a philosophy which encompasses a wide range of ethical stances that attach importance to human dignity, concerns, and capabilities, particularly rationality.
Sfumato - Italian term meaning “smoke”, describing a very delicate gradation of light and shade in the modeling of figures; often ascribed to Leonardo da Vinci's work.
Reformation - a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
Counter Reformation - a period of time beginning late in the 16th century in which the Catholic Church underwent a series of internal reforms in an attempt to halt the growing number of conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism.
Baroque - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe.
Chiaroscuro - the use of bold contrasts of light and dark to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human body in paint.
Rococo - a style of art popular among the 18th century French aristocracy stressing purely ornamental, light, casual, irregular design and frivolity.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Terms of the Day for March 19
Civilization - cultures that have fairly complex social orders and relatively high degrees of technical development.
Ziggurat - massive religious temples built in ancient Mesopotamia and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
Pyramid - a gigantic mountain-like structure built in ancient Egypt as a burial vault for a pharaoh.
Hierarchic Scale - the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize the importance of a specific object or figure.
Classical Art - art which emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and restrained emotion.
Capital - the top of a column; it identifies the column’s architectural order.
Idealized - the representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show the characteristics considered most important by a given culture.
Icons - small Byzantine style paintings, usually depicting a biblical figure or a saint, which are used to inspire devotion during worship, but not worshiped in themselves.
Flying Buttress - An arch or half-arch that transfers the thrust of a vault or roof from an upper part of a wall to a lower support.
Ziggurat - massive religious temples built in ancient Mesopotamia and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
Pyramid - a gigantic mountain-like structure built in ancient Egypt as a burial vault for a pharaoh.
Hierarchic Scale - the manipulation of size and space in a picture to emphasize the importance of a specific object or figure.
Classical Art - art which emphasizes rational simplicity, order, and restrained emotion.
Capital - the top of a column; it identifies the column’s architectural order.
Idealized - the representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show the characteristics considered most important by a given culture.
Icons - small Byzantine style paintings, usually depicting a biblical figure or a saint, which are used to inspire devotion during worship, but not worshiped in themselves.
Flying Buttress - An arch or half-arch that transfers the thrust of a vault or roof from an upper part of a wall to a lower support.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Another Opening Tonight
I'm sorry this is such late notice. I only just found out about it myself:
Ryan VanderLey
Ice Hockey Is For Abstract Painters Who Are Tired Of Defending Formalism
On view March 3 - 30
Linda Ross Gallery
Reception
Friday, March 5
6 - 8 pm
5040 Sanderlin Ave
Suite 104
Memphis, TN 38117
Reception
Friday, March 5
6 - 8 pm
Art Openings Tonight
I have made mention of these shows earlier on the blog, but I just wanted to post this reminder. These are all opening tonight. Perhaps I'll run into some of you out there.
The Opening is Friday March 5th 6-8PM in the upper gallery at MCA.
AltiplanoNew Works by
Keiko Gonzalez
Lisa Kurts Gallery
766 South White Station Road
Memphis, TN 38117
901.683.6200
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 6-8 PM
Exhibition on view March 5-April 30.
Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land"
Friday, March 5, 2010
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Material
2553 Broad Avenue
Memphis, TN
Material is excited to announce its fifty-sixth exhibition: Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land."
Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land" will run from March 5 through 27.
The reception will be on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Susan Maakestad earned her M.F.A. in painting from The University of Iowa in 1987 and a B.A. and M.A. from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. She is Associate Professor of Art at Memphis College of Art, where she has taught since 1997. She was awarded a regional National Endowment for the Arts fellowship from Arts Midwest in 1988. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been included in the national publication "New American Paintings" and The Painting Center in New York's online "Art File." Her work has been exhibited nationally. She is represented by The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis and Perry Nicole Fine Art in Memphis. She is also the long time radio host of "House Bayou" on WEVL 89.9 FM in Memphis.
About the show the artist writes:
“I am attracted to the spaces between things, the unnoticed marginal spaces in the urban landscape. Likewise, as a painter I like painting in the unsettling place between abstraction and naturalism. I find inspiration in ordinary and overlooked urban areas, spaces filled with concrete and asphalt. Merely imitating the natural world does not interest me. I am moved by the internal logic of paintings themselves, a world where things make sense somehow. Or almost don’t. Where everything lives and breathes in tension held together by beauty and paint.”
In January 2008 Maakestad began monitoring Milwaukee traffic cameras from her computer. She would watch as blizzards emptied the freeways of commuters and softened the geometry, blurring the edges of nature and culture. Empty spaces were filled first with snow and sleet and then with private distractions. Traffic Land is a series of drawings based on those webcam images. It is a construction, a vision of the urban landscape mediated by the practical role of traffic cameras and the poetic inclinations of a solitary viewer.
jpg info: maakestad_pr.jpg is "Mile Marker #3," 12 x 14", oil on canvas, 2009. Additional images of the artist’s work can be found at www.susanmaakestad.com.
Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.
About Material: Founded by Hamlett Dobbins and Julie Meiman in late 2004, Material is a 19’ x 16’ exhibition space set in the storefront on Broad Avenue in the Binghamton neighborhood of Memphis. Taking the name from Montessori learning tools, Material was built to provide emerging and established artists with an intimate, clean space in which to share their work with Memphis’ growing arts community. The programming consists of monthly shows as well as artists’ lectures in connection with local colleges and universities. Material has served as a space for young artists to have their first shows, as well as a place for established local and regional artists to test new ideas in a public forum. In addition to serving local artists, Material has hosted artists from Birmingham to Tokyo. Come visit.
Contact:
Hamlett Dobbins, 901.219.1943, hamlettdobbins@hotmail.com
Susan Maakestad, 901.272.5187, susan@susanmaakestad.com
Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land" will run from March 5 through 27.
The reception will be on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Susan Maakestad earned her M.F.A. in painting from The University of Iowa in 1987 and a B.A. and M.A. from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. She is Associate Professor of Art at Memphis College of Art, where she has taught since 1997. She was awarded a regional National Endowment for the Arts fellowship from Arts Midwest in 1988. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been included in the national publication "New American Paintings" and The Painting Center in New York's online "Art File." Her work has been exhibited nationally. She is represented by The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis and Perry Nicole Fine Art in Memphis. She is also the long time radio host of "House Bayou" on WEVL 89.9 FM in Memphis.
About the show the artist writes:
“I am attracted to the spaces between things, the unnoticed marginal spaces in the urban landscape. Likewise, as a painter I like painting in the unsettling place between abstraction and naturalism. I find inspiration in ordinary and overlooked urban areas, spaces filled with concrete and asphalt. Merely imitating the natural world does not interest me. I am moved by the internal logic of paintings themselves, a world where things make sense somehow. Or almost don’t. Where everything lives and breathes in tension held together by beauty and paint.”
In January 2008 Maakestad began monitoring Milwaukee traffic cameras from her computer. She would watch as blizzards emptied the freeways of commuters and softened the geometry, blurring the edges of nature and culture. Empty spaces were filled first with snow and sleet and then with private distractions. Traffic Land is a series of drawings based on those webcam images. It is a construction, a vision of the urban landscape mediated by the practical role of traffic cameras and the poetic inclinations of a solitary viewer.
jpg info: maakestad_pr.jpg is "Mile Marker #3," 12 x 14", oil on canvas, 2009. Additional images of the artist’s work can be found at www.susanmaakestad.com.
Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.
About Material: Founded by Hamlett Dobbins and Julie Meiman in late 2004, Material is a 19’ x 16’ exhibition space set in the storefront on Broad Avenue in the Binghamton neighborhood of Memphis. Taking the name from Montessori learning tools, Material was built to provide emerging and established artists with an intimate, clean space in which to share their work with Memphis’ growing arts community. The programming consists of monthly shows as well as artists’ lectures in connection with local colleges and universities. Material has served as a space for young artists to have their first shows, as well as a place for established local and regional artists to test new ideas in a public forum. In addition to serving local artists, Material has hosted artists from Birmingham to Tokyo. Come visit.
Contact:
Hamlett Dobbins, 901.219.1943, hamlettdobbins@hotmail.com
Susan Maakestad, 901.272.5187, susan@susanmaakestad.com
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Expectations For The Research Paper
You are expected in this class to complete one five-page research paper on a particular artist, group of artists, period, or media of your choice. This paper is due April 16. Here are the expectations for that paper:
1. A title page (title of the research paper, your name, the class title, my name, and the date).
2. FIVE pages of text (12-point font, double spaced, 1-inch margins).
3. At least THREE sources (books, magazines, websites), but no more than ONE of them may be an Internet source.
4. A bibliography page.
Instructions:
As mentioned above, you should choose as the topic of your research a particular artist (Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, etc.) or a group of artists (the Impressionists, the Futurists, etc.) or a period of art (the Renaissance, the Romantic Era, etc.) or a particular medium (painting, sculpture, etc.).
Next, go to the library and search online for information about your chosen topic. Find historical, biographical, and technical information you want to include in your paper. Whatever sources you choose must be sited in your bibliography at the end of the paper.
I will make another post at a later time giving you the format for siting works in a bibliography.
Now, write your paper (5 pages) and DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! Look for ways to relate what you are writing about to the things we have learned in class.
Sufficient grammar and spelling. It needs to be readable.
The sooner you get this paper out of the way, the better.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me.
New (Yet Again) Class Schedule
Class Schedule
3-5 Mid-term exam
Spring Break March 8-12
3-19 PART FOUR | Art as Cultural Heritage Chapter14 From the Earliest Art to the Bronze Age; Chapter 15 The Classical and Medieval West
3-26 Chapter 16 Renaissance and Baroque Europe
Good Friday April 2
4-9 Chapter 17 Traditional Arts of Asia; Chapter 18 The Islamic World and Chapter 19 Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• Quiz #3
4-16 PART FIVE | The Modern World, Chapter 20 Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and Chapter 21 Early Twentieth Century
• Research Paper Due
4-23 Chapter 22 Between World Wars and Chapter 23 Postwar Modern Movements in the West
• Quiz #4
Week 14 Prepare for Final Exam. During the last week of the semester classes do not meet at their regular times, the whole college coverts to the Schedule of Final Examinations. Check the schedule for the date and time of your Final Exam.
3-5 Mid-term exam
Spring Break March 8-12
3-19 PART FOUR | Art as Cultural Heritage Chapter14 From the Earliest Art to the Bronze Age; Chapter 15 The Classical and Medieval West
3-26 Chapter 16 Renaissance and Baroque Europe
Good Friday April 2
4-9 Chapter 17 Traditional Arts of Asia; Chapter 18 The Islamic World and Chapter 19 Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• Quiz #3
4-16 PART FIVE | The Modern World, Chapter 20 Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and Chapter 21 Early Twentieth Century
• Research Paper Due
4-23 Chapter 22 Between World Wars and Chapter 23 Postwar Modern Movements in the West
• Quiz #4
Week 14 Prepare for Final Exam. During the last week of the semester classes do not meet at their regular times, the whole college coverts to the Schedule of Final Examinations. Check the schedule for the date and time of your Final Exam.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
MIDTERM EXAM POSTPONED!!!
In case you haven't checked your e-mail, I wanted to post here as well the tomorrow's midterm exam will have to be postponed until next Friday. My doctor just told me barely more than an hour ago that I have the Flu. Since I am apparently contagious, I am supposed to be on bed rest and stay away from public places. I apologize for the late notice. This was the best I could do. The doctor held me captive for THREE HOURS before giving me this diagnosis. Otherwise, I would have let you all know much sooner. I hope this message reaches everyone before you leave for school in the morning. If not, let me apologize in advance for anyone who gets up early tomorrow and drives to school only to discover that the class is cancelled.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Art Events This Friday, Feb. 26
Some great stuff happening this weekend:
"Bottled-Up Blues" and "Southern Landmarks"
Art by Debra Edge and John Sadowski. Live music by Don, Kim, and Shelby Baldock.
Time: 6 - 9pm
South Main Art Trolley Tour
South Main Historic Arts District
The ring of the trolley sounds as the shops, restaurants and GALLERIES in the area open their doors to the throngs of Memphians and visitors who make Trolley Night on Main an event not to be missed.
Time: 6 - 9pmCost: Free
Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College is excited to announce its fourth show of the season: Peter Williams: Recent Works.
Peter Williams: Recent Works will run from February 26 through March 24. (Please note: the gallery will be closed from March 13 through 22 for spring break.)
Peter Williams will give a free lecture on his work on Thursday, February 25th at 7 pm in Blount Auditorium in Buckman Hall on the Rhodes College campus.
The opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Friday, February 26th from 6-8 pm.
Peter Williams’ is a painter’s painter. His lush paintings draw from a mix of influences that include, but are certainly not limited to: art history, current world history, as well as the artist’s personal iconography. These paintings are a way for the artist, who identifies himself as a storyteller, to address autobiographic issues particular to his position in the world as, in his words: “a large, black man who is handicapped.” Through painting he is able to build upon rich traditions that are rooted in portraiture, narrative, and allegory. During his nearly twenty years living in Detroit he made work that dealt directly with what the artist saw as a kind of institutional racism particular to that post-industrial, Michigan city. In 2004 he left his position at Wayne State University to teach at the University of Delaware in Newark. His work since then has dealt with the complex issues of being a person who feels like a Detroitian and is not yet a Delawarean. The artist’s work shows him dealing with the feelings and emotions of growing older in the post 9/11 America.
Peter Williams did his undergraduate studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and received his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Mr. Williams has won a number of awards including fellowships from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Ford Foundation as swell as the McKnight Foundation. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit as well as the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. In 2002 he was included in the prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennial exhibition. His work has been shown at the Yerba Buena Art Center, Detroit’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the Cranbrook Art Museum, and the Center for Contemporary Art in New Orleans. His work has also been in New Art Examiner and Art in America.
Clough-Hanson Gallery is located inside Clough Hall on the Rhode College campus. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The gallery is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Please note: the gallery will be closed from March 13 through 22 for spring break. Admission to the gallery is always free.
Art by Debra Edge and John Sadowski. Live music by Don, Kim, and Shelby Baldock.
Time: 6 - 9pm
D'Edge Art and Unique Treasures
550 S Main
Memphis, TN.
Ph: (901) 521-0054
Memphis, TN.
Ph: (901) 521-0054
South Main Art Trolley Tour
South Main Historic Arts District
The ring of the trolley sounds as the shops, restaurants and GALLERIES in the area open their doors to the throngs of Memphians and visitors who make Trolley Night on Main an event not to be missed.
Time: 6 - 9pmCost: Free
Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College is excited to announce its fourth show of the season: Peter Williams: Recent Works.
Peter Williams: Recent Works will run from February 26 through March 24. (Please note: the gallery will be closed from March 13 through 22 for spring break.)
Peter Williams will give a free lecture on his work on Thursday, February 25th at 7 pm in Blount Auditorium in Buckman Hall on the Rhodes College campus.
The opening reception for the exhibition will be held on Friday, February 26th from 6-8 pm.
Peter Williams’ is a painter’s painter. His lush paintings draw from a mix of influences that include, but are certainly not limited to: art history, current world history, as well as the artist’s personal iconography. These paintings are a way for the artist, who identifies himself as a storyteller, to address autobiographic issues particular to his position in the world as, in his words: “a large, black man who is handicapped.” Through painting he is able to build upon rich traditions that are rooted in portraiture, narrative, and allegory. During his nearly twenty years living in Detroit he made work that dealt directly with what the artist saw as a kind of institutional racism particular to that post-industrial, Michigan city. In 2004 he left his position at Wayne State University to teach at the University of Delaware in Newark. His work since then has dealt with the complex issues of being a person who feels like a Detroitian and is not yet a Delawarean. The artist’s work shows him dealing with the feelings and emotions of growing older in the post 9/11 America.
Peter Williams did his undergraduate studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and received his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Mr. Williams has won a number of awards including fellowships from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Ford Foundation as swell as the McKnight Foundation. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Detroit Institute of the Arts in Detroit as well as the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. In 2002 he was included in the prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art’s Biennial exhibition. His work has been shown at the Yerba Buena Art Center, Detroit’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the Cranbrook Art Museum, and the Center for Contemporary Art in New Orleans. His work has also been in New Art Examiner and Art in America.
Clough-Hanson Gallery is located inside Clough Hall on the Rhode College campus. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The gallery is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Please note: the gallery will be closed from March 13 through 22 for spring break. Admission to the gallery is always free.
Ongoing Art Exhibitions
The Exhibitions are on display right now and will be for a few more days or a few more weeks:
The Dixon Gallery & Gardens
Metal In Memphis
National Ornamental Metal Museum artists-in-residence:
Mary Catherine Floyd
Jacob Brwn
Jim Masterson
Kevin Burge
Jeannie Tomlinson Stalmarch
On view through March 14
Monet to Matisse
French masterworks by the most important artists of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements.
On view through April 4
4339 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN
901.761.5250
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Venice in the Age of Canalero
An exhibition celbrating paintings, prints, furniture, and textiles from Venice's golden age in the 18th century.
On view through May 9
1934 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN
901.544.6200
Memphis College of Art "On The Street" Gallery
Alchemy
Work by Stoughton Outlan
On view through March 13.
338 S. Main St.
Memphis, TN
901.272.5100
National Ornamental Metal Museum
Different Tempers: Jewelry And Blacksmithing
Metalworks by artiste from Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton Counties
On view through March 28.
374 Metal Museum Dr.
Memphis, TN
901.774.6380
Upcoming Art Event: Keiko Gonzalez
AltiplanoNew Works by
Keiko Gonzalez
Lisa Kurts Gallery
766 South White Station Road
Memphis, TN 38117
901.683.6200
Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 6-8 PM
Exhibition on view March 5-April 30.
Friday, February 19, 2010
MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE
The midterm exam will cover chapters 1-10 an this is how it will be constructed:
20 vocabulary terms (match the term to its definition) worth 1 point each.
40 multiple choice questions worth 1 point each
2 essays focussing on conversations we've had in class (The Arnolfini Wedding and Rembrandt's self portraits) worth 15 points each.
1 essay focussing on a new artwork you have not seen before in this class worth 10 points.
The 20 vocabulary terms will be pulled directly from the "Terms Of The Day" lists I have given you at the beginning of every class period. Study these lists well enough to be able to match each term on the left side of the page with its particular definition on the right side of the page.
The 40 multiple choice questions come from both the class lectures and from the book. There will be a few questions on the test that we never addressed in class; they come directly from the book. These come mostly from the "Printmaking" chapter we weren't able to cover in class. These questions will range from those that test how well you understand the definitions of terms to questions about specific artworks that you have seen, to questions about the artists themselves.
Let me give you four example questions (yes, these will be on the test just as you see them here):
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Pablo Picasso
C. Henri Matisse
D. Judith Murray
The symbolic meaning of visual signs and imagery is called:
A. content
B. iconography
C. form
D. aesthetics
A. content
B. iconography
C. form
D. aesthetics
Art made with a combination of different materials, such as a collage, is referred to as:
A. medium
B. mixed media
C. composition
D. installation
Sharecropper (figure 179) by Elizabeth Catlett is an example of:A. medium
B. mixed media
C. composition
D. installation
A. a linoleum cut
B. an engraving
C. an etching
D. silkscreen
(This one comes from the book. It wasn't mentioned in the class lecture.)
The best advice I can give you on how to study for this portion of the exam is to comb through all your notes you've taken in class, remind yourself of all the main concepts you've learned, familiarize yourself with all the "Terms Of The Day," and to make sure you have read the material in the book. Pay special attention to how each artwork serves as an example to illustrate a concept (in other words, Francisco Goya's painting is an example of art for social causes, Jackson Pollock's Convergence is an example of nonrepresentational art, etc.). Don't just depend on what I have told you in class. Yes, 90% of these questions will come directly from lecture. But you don't want to be thrown off by the questions that are based on the book alone.
The two essay topics focussing on conversations we had in class will be phrased as follows (again, yes, I'm telling you exactly what will be on the test):
1. What symbols and iconography can be seen in Jan van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Wedding? What would those symbols have communicated to the painting’s 15th century audience? What was the purpose this painting was meant to serve?
2. What do these three self portraits tell us about Rembrant’s own use of art as a means of personal expression? Explain how each painting is reflective of a particular time, mood, and status of the artist. What do you see in each painting that gives this indication? How has he chosen to present himself each time? Why?
There will be a printed reproduction of each painting in the exam for you to look at while working on the essays.
The best way to study for these essays is to look at the images themselves (they can all be found on this blog) and think back to those group conversations about them. Also, on this blog I have posted a documentary about Rembrandt's rise to and fall from success. It may be an hour-long program, but it will help you considerably.
The final essay topic will focus on a printed reproduction of a work of art you have not seen in this class yet and it will be phrased like this:
This is meant to test how well you have been paying attention to the concepts you've been learning in this class. If you understand the topics and concepts we've been going over in class well enough to apply them to a work you have not seen before, then you have made good use of your semester. Try practicing on the two images below (no, these will not be on the exam). Think about the wording of the essay topic above and consider what you might write about each of these works:
Study hard, and good luck to everyone. If you have taken good notes, if you have read the chapters, and if you have spent some time really trying to understand the "Terms Of The Day" then this exam shouldn't be difficult for you.P.S. The exam will be the only thing we do next Friday. So, once you're finished with it, you are free to go.
Terms of The Day For February 19
- Photography - “light writing” or “light drawing”--the process, activity and art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an electronic sensor.
- Camera Obscura - a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface.
- Daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process developed by Louis Daguerre; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor.
- Photo Essay - a collection of photographs on a single subject, arranged to tell a story or convey a mood in a way not possible with a single photograph.
- Persistence of Vision - the brief retention of an image by the retina of our eyes after a stimulus is removed.
- Film Editing - a process in which a film editor selects the best shots from raw footage, then reassemles them into meaningful sequences.
- Close-Up - a shot showing only the actor’s face.
- Longshot - a shot photographed from a distance to emphasize large groups of people or a panoramic setting.
- Montage - an editing technique combining a number of very brief shots, representing distinct but related subject matter, in order to create new relationships, build strong emotion, or indicate the passage of time.
Art Event Tonight (2/19/10) Bob Browne & Mike Coulson
Join
Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects
for
Recent Paintings: Bob Browne & Mike Coulson
Friday, February 19th
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Recent Paintings: Bob Browne & Mike Coulson
Friday, February 19th
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
1500 Union Ave. 38104
Art Event: Susan Maakestad @ Material
Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land"
Friday, March 5, 2010
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Material
2553 Broad Avenue
Memphis, TN
Material is excited to announce its fifty-sixth exhibition: Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land."
Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land" will run from March 5 through 27.
The reception will be on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Susan Maakestad earned her M.F.A. in painting from The University of Iowa in 1987 and a B.A. and M.A. from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. She is Associate Professor of Art at Memphis College of Art, where she has taught since 1997. She was awarded a regional National Endowment for the Arts fellowship from Arts Midwest in 1988. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been included in the national publication "New American Paintings" and The Painting Center in New York's online "Art File." Her work has been exhibited nationally. She is represented by The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis and Perry Nicole Fine Art in Memphis. She is also the long time radio host of "House Bayou" on WEVL 89.9 FM in Memphis.
About the show the artist writes:
“I am attracted to the spaces between things, the unnoticed marginal spaces in the urban landscape. Likewise, as a painter I like painting in the unsettling place between abstraction and naturalism. I find inspiration in ordinary and overlooked urban areas, spaces filled with concrete and asphalt. Merely imitating the natural world does not interest me. I am moved by the internal logic of paintings themselves, a world where things make sense somehow. Or almost don’t. Where everything lives and breathes in tension held together by beauty and paint.”
In January 2008 Maakestad began monitoring Milwaukee traffic cameras from her computer. She would watch as blizzards emptied the freeways of commuters and softened the geometry, blurring the edges of nature and culture. Empty spaces were filled first with snow and sleet and then with private distractions. Traffic Land is a series of drawings based on those webcam images. It is a construction, a vision of the urban landscape mediated by the practical role of traffic cameras and the poetic inclinations of a solitary viewer.
jpg info: maakestad_pr.jpg is "Mile Marker #3," 12 x 14", oil on canvas, 2009. Additional images of the artist’s work can be found at www.susanmaakestad.com.
Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.
About Material: Founded by Hamlett Dobbins and Julie Meiman in late 2004, Material is a 19’ x 16’ exhibition space set in the storefront on Broad Avenue in the Binghamton neighborhood of Memphis. Taking the name from Montessori learning tools, Material was built to provide emerging and established artists with an intimate, clean space in which to share their work with Memphis’ growing arts community. The programming consists of monthly shows as well as artists’ lectures in connection with local colleges and universities. Material has served as a space for young artists to have their first shows, as well as a place for established local and regional artists to test new ideas in a public forum. In addition to serving local artists, Material has hosted artists from Birmingham to Tokyo. Come visit.
Contact:
Hamlett Dobbins, 901.219.1943, hamlettdobbins@hotmail.com
Susan Maakestad, 901.272.5187, susan@susanmaakestad.com
Susan Maakestad: "Traffic Land" will run from March 5 through 27.
The reception will be on Friday, March 5, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Susan Maakestad earned her M.F.A. in painting from The University of Iowa in 1987 and a B.A. and M.A. from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. She is Associate Professor of Art at Memphis College of Art, where she has taught since 1997. She was awarded a regional National Endowment for the Arts fellowship from Arts Midwest in 1988. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has been included in the national publication "New American Paintings" and The Painting Center in New York's online "Art File." Her work has been exhibited nationally. She is represented by The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis and Perry Nicole Fine Art in Memphis. She is also the long time radio host of "House Bayou" on WEVL 89.9 FM in Memphis.
About the show the artist writes:
“I am attracted to the spaces between things, the unnoticed marginal spaces in the urban landscape. Likewise, as a painter I like painting in the unsettling place between abstraction and naturalism. I find inspiration in ordinary and overlooked urban areas, spaces filled with concrete and asphalt. Merely imitating the natural world does not interest me. I am moved by the internal logic of paintings themselves, a world where things make sense somehow. Or almost don’t. Where everything lives and breathes in tension held together by beauty and paint.”
In January 2008 Maakestad began monitoring Milwaukee traffic cameras from her computer. She would watch as blizzards emptied the freeways of commuters and softened the geometry, blurring the edges of nature and culture. Empty spaces were filled first with snow and sleet and then with private distractions. Traffic Land is a series of drawings based on those webcam images. It is a construction, a vision of the urban landscape mediated by the practical role of traffic cameras and the poetic inclinations of a solitary viewer.
jpg info: maakestad_pr.jpg is "Mile Marker #3," 12 x 14", oil on canvas, 2009. Additional images of the artist’s work can be found at www.susanmaakestad.com.
Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.
About Material: Founded by Hamlett Dobbins and Julie Meiman in late 2004, Material is a 19’ x 16’ exhibition space set in the storefront on Broad Avenue in the Binghamton neighborhood of Memphis. Taking the name from Montessori learning tools, Material was built to provide emerging and established artists with an intimate, clean space in which to share their work with Memphis’ growing arts community. The programming consists of monthly shows as well as artists’ lectures in connection with local colleges and universities. Material has served as a space for young artists to have their first shows, as well as a place for established local and regional artists to test new ideas in a public forum. In addition to serving local artists, Material has hosted artists from Birmingham to Tokyo. Come visit.
Contact:
Hamlett Dobbins, 901.219.1943, hamlettdobbins@hotmail.com
Susan Maakestad, 901.272.5187, susan@susanmaakestad.com
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Clips From Landmark Silent Films
Georges Méliès
A Trip To The Moon
1902
D. W. Griffith
Intolerance
1916
Sergei Eisenstein
The Battleship Potemkin
1925
Charlie Chaplin
City Lights
1931
A Trip To The Moon
1902
D. W. Griffith
Intolerance
1916
Sergei Eisenstein
The Battleship Potemkin
1925
Charlie Chaplin
City Lights
1931
Terms Of The Day From 2-12-10
The request was made of me to post on the blog the vocabulary list from last Friday's class. My apologies for not getting it up sooner. Here you go:
Receptive Drawing - a drawing which attempts to capture th physical appearance of something before the artist.
Projective Drawing - a drawing of something which already exist in the mind of the artist, either as a memory of something seen or something imagined.
Cartoon - a full-sized drawing made as a guide for a large work in another medium, particularly a fresco painting, mosaic, or tapestry.
Dry Media - drawing materials such as pencil, charcoal, conte crayon, and pastel.
Liquid Media - drawing materials such as ink and sometimes watercolor.
Painting - the process, art, or occupation of coating surfaces with paint for a utilitarian or artistic effect.
Pigment - dry coloring matter, usually an insoluble powder, to be mixed with water, oil, or another base to produce paint and similar products
Vehicle (or Medium) - the substance in which pigment is suspended in order to apply it.
Impasto - The application of thick layers of pigment to a canvas or other surface in painting.
Fresco - An ancient wall painting technique in which very finely ground pigments suspended in water are applied to a damp lime-plaster surface.
Printmaking - the artistic design and manufacture of multiple copies (prints) of a single image
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