UGA becomes a smoke free campus Oct 1, 2014. Sorry, smokers. Not supposed to take smoke breaks anymore.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Zipporah Thompson
http://art.uga.edu/events/lunchtime-gallery-talk-zipporah-thompson
Lunchtime Gallery Talk: Zipporah Thompson
October 2, 2014, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
SUITE GALLERY
Join us for a gallery talk with exhibiting artist and MFA candidate in Textlies, Zipporah Thompson
In Menagerie, MFA candidate in Textiles Zipporah Thompson responds to the sensual properties of the material world through her exploration of the exotic by means of surrealist and folklore traditions.
Zipporah Thompson was born and raised in North Carolina where she attended college and received her BFA in Fibers. She is in her final year of her MFA in Textiles and will be exhibiting work in the MFA Exit Exhibition this spring at the Georgia Museum of Art.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
What is Art For?
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/video/2014/sep/10/what-is-art-for-alain-de-botton-guide-video
"Philosopher Alain de Botton gives his top five reasons why art is such a vital force for humanity. Are we wrong to like pretty pictures? Why is some art painful to look at? Can art heal your feelings of urban alienation? Relax, watch and find out. " -the Guardian
"Philosopher Alain de Botton gives his top five reasons why art is such a vital force for humanity. Are we wrong to like pretty pictures? Why is some art painful to look at? Can art heal your feelings of urban alienation? Relax, watch and find out. " -the Guardian
Small Daily Works
This is not too unrelated from the sketchbooks I've been trying to get y'all to use daily. The artist here is focused on making a work of art a day- shrinking the scale to make it manageable. They are simple but elegant and not sketchy. Each paper is considered a final finished product.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/postcards-for-ants-a-365-day-miniature-painting-project-by-lorraine-loots/
Postcards for Ants is an ongoing painting project by Cape Town artist Lorraine Loots who has been creating a miniature painting every single day since January 1, 2013. The artist works with paint brushes, pencils, and bare eyes to render superbly detailed paintings scarcely larger than a small coin. After the first year, Loots relaunched the project in a second phase inspired by Cape Town’s designation as World Design Capital 2014. On her website you can “reserve” a future painting (it’s all booked up for this year), and she’s also printed five limited edition postcards for each day. You can watch her work and hear a bit more about her inspiration in the video below by Gareth Pon, and she also regularly updates on Facebook. Hopefully we’ll see a 2015 project? (viaLustik)
Saturday, September 20, 2014
John Currin
Drawing II folk,
In critique I briefly mentioned the work of John Currin.
He is particularly worth looking at in context of us moving from observational drawing into personal bodies of work. Currin combines the qualities of fine art with stylizations developed in the contemporary world.
Currin also is a type of symbolist. He loads his imagery with visual puns or symbols to direct the interpretation of his narrative, a deeper reading of his work or search for critical analysis will bring you a lot more information than we can get into with this blog.
In critique I briefly mentioned the work of John Currin.
(born 1962) is an American painter based in New York City. He is best known for satirical figurative paintings which deal with provocative sexual and social themes in a technically skillful manner.[1] His work shows a wide range of influences, including sources as diverse as the Renaissance, popular culture magazines, and contemporary fashion models.[2] He often distorts or exaggerates the erotic forms of the female body. "His technical skills", Calvin Tomkins has written, "which include elements of Old Master paint application and high-Mannerist composition, have been put to use on some of the most seductive and rivetingly weird figure paintings of our era."[3]- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Currin
He is particularly worth looking at in context of us moving from observational drawing into personal bodies of work. Currin combines the qualities of fine art with stylizations developed in the contemporary world.
Currin also is a type of symbolist. He loads his imagery with visual puns or symbols to direct the interpretation of his narrative, a deeper reading of his work or search for critical analysis will bring you a lot more information than we can get into with this blog.
Art Around Town
Go to the exhibitions UGA has to offer! But, there is even more to see here in Athens. The Museum right across from the Dodd building isn't just some campus extension- that is the state of Georgia's public museum- The Georgia Museum of Art, no affiliation to UGA. Then just past downtown we've got ATHICA, a contemporay non-profit art gallery. Hotel Indigo, fancy hotel off of Prince Ave, has also seriously gotten into the exhibition of local contemporary art with their own gallery.
UGA.
We just had a large opening reception co-ordinated among the several different Dodd building galleries. #pizzadodd
http://art.uga.edu/galleries/
Here is the gallery schedule for UGA, but it seems to not have any listings for October when the galleries change from their current work. . .
http://art.uga.edu/galleries/gallery-schedule/
and our non gallery specific list of Dodd events here. . .
http://art.uga.edu/events/
This is an upcoming event, Photo Topos Artists in Conversation with Asen Kirin
http://art.uga.edu/events/photo-topos-artists-in-conversation-with-asen-kirin
Wednesday, Sept 24th, 2-4pm.
I recommend this event. Asen Kirin is one of the most accomplished scholars within the Lamar Dodd School of Art. He recently published a book and organized an exhibition on the works of Catherine the Great to trace the curatorial mission of her collection as bringing Russia closer to the West but also entrenching its culutral history within the medieval Orthodox tradition, and Greek Byzantine. He is an incredibly insightful Associate Professor you should take an art history course with if you get the chance. He will moderate a discussion with the photography artists so go check it out and see if you like what they have to say about their work or it changes your opinion of the exhibition.
GMOA.
http://georgiamuseum.org/
The museum is open T,W, F, and Sat, 10-5pm, Th, 10-9pm, Sun, 1-5pm, and Closed Mondays.
This museum is your local source to see the history of Western Art and Georgia's place in it. Divided into rooms featuring the Arts and Crafts movement, Medieval art, Works on Paper, Modern art, folk art, and European paintings- you can see a little of a lot.
ATHICA.
http://athica.org/
Their current exhibition is, Athens Celebrates Elephant 6. The Elephant 6 collective is a loose collection of musicians from the Athens scene such as Neutral Milk Hotel, the Gerbils, Elf Power, Apples in Stereo, etc, and is rooted to current generation of musicians through the Orange Twin Collective and groups such as Nana Grizol.
listen here
The exhibition which I haven't yet seen should feature flyers, album art, and props from concerts and music videos.
Aside from these venues local artists exhibit works in bars, restaurants, and coffee shops.
UGA.
We just had a large opening reception co-ordinated among the several different Dodd building galleries. #pizzadodd
http://art.uga.edu/galleries/
Here is the gallery schedule for UGA, but it seems to not have any listings for October when the galleries change from their current work. . .
http://art.uga.edu/galleries/gallery-schedule/
and our non gallery specific list of Dodd events here. . .
http://art.uga.edu/events/
This is an upcoming event, Photo Topos Artists in Conversation with Asen Kirin
http://art.uga.edu/events/photo-topos-artists-in-conversation-with-asen-kirin
Wednesday, Sept 24th, 2-4pm.
I recommend this event. Asen Kirin is one of the most accomplished scholars within the Lamar Dodd School of Art. He recently published a book and organized an exhibition on the works of Catherine the Great to trace the curatorial mission of her collection as bringing Russia closer to the West but also entrenching its culutral history within the medieval Orthodox tradition, and Greek Byzantine. He is an incredibly insightful Associate Professor you should take an art history course with if you get the chance. He will moderate a discussion with the photography artists so go check it out and see if you like what they have to say about their work or it changes your opinion of the exhibition.
GMOA.
http://georgiamuseum.org/
The museum is open T,W, F, and Sat, 10-5pm, Th, 10-9pm, Sun, 1-5pm, and Closed Mondays.
This museum is your local source to see the history of Western Art and Georgia's place in it. Divided into rooms featuring the Arts and Crafts movement, Medieval art, Works on Paper, Modern art, folk art, and European paintings- you can see a little of a lot.
ATHICA.
http://athica.org/
Their current exhibition is, Athens Celebrates Elephant 6. The Elephant 6 collective is a loose collection of musicians from the Athens scene such as Neutral Milk Hotel, the Gerbils, Elf Power, Apples in Stereo, etc, and is rooted to current generation of musicians through the Orange Twin Collective and groups such as Nana Grizol.
listen here
The exhibition which I haven't yet seen should feature flyers, album art, and props from concerts and music videos.
Aside from these venues local artists exhibit works in bars, restaurants, and coffee shops.
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