Zhang Xiaogang’s 1993 Creation Bloodline via ArtDaily
To say the very least, this image struck me. Read more about it on ArtDaily.com.
Sunday Morning Coffee (A Smorgasbord)
Meret Oppenheim, Luncheon in Fur (Object), 1936
I was recently reminded of the wonderful Surrealist object above. The MOMA‘s gallery text about the object gives a nice overview. Just sit for ten seconds and think about using it, you can probably guess most of the gallery text from there.
Have you seen this wonderful 17 minute documentary about our President? “The Road We’ve Travelled” directed by Davis Guggenheim.
In “North Korea in Contrast” the New York Times blog Lens posted an article last week about David Guttenfelder, accordingly to the article he is the only person from the West who has been allowed to photograph North Korea. The images focus on the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang.
For those of you working on a thesis or dissertation, I wanted to share what I use to relax after a long day of writing and researching–Lisa Eldrigde online make-up tutorials. I realized last night this might be my version of watching Bob Ross.
VMFA: Diana Al-Hadid
Diana Al-Hadid (b. 1981). Trace of a Fictional Third, 2011 (detail), Photo: Marianne Boesky Gallery.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is the Korroch Family field trip destination. On March 10 they opened Diana Al-Hadid: Trace of a Fictional Third. I haven’t seen the work in person but from the images on the artist’s website Al-Hadid’s large organic sculptures are beautiful and haunting. The exhibition is up until Sept 2, 2012, I foresee a special birthday field trip for a certain birthday!
Sunday Morning Coffee
Hyungkoo Lee, Image from The Objectuals
I finally have an email sign-up for this blog! To receive an email when I make a blog post go about half way down on the sidebar on the right side and enter your email address! My goal is to have 100 subscribers.
My friend and MAVCS grad Meredith Kooi was interviewed by Caroline Picard on Bad at Sports. “The Liminal Space of Self: An Interview with Meredith Kooi”–click here to read it! Meredith is incredibly insightful and her work is fascinating.
A fun(ny) work break: SAT vocabulary test based on The Hunger Games. I’m embarrassed to say I missed one.
This image reminds me of Miru Kim’s work. It is from the article “A Chicken Without Guilt” on NY Times.
Mark your calendars! On April 6 at Autumn Space in Chicago the second year MAVCS student will host a reception to celebrate our final exhibition. Tomorrow I’m doing a series of test-installations for the next iteration of Body Project which will be my contribution to the exhibition.
Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
The website linked above chronicles South Korea’s involvement at the Venice Biennale since the Korean Pavilion was built in 1995. The website is organized by year. Lee Yongbaek, who I am writing about in a chapter of my thesis, represented South Korea at the Biennale last year. The website has a PDF of the catalogue which I am about to read. As with most biennale, the selection of artists who represented South Korea at the Venice Biennale do not fully exemplify the breadth of work produced by the country but it does give a nice taste. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday, Mondrian!
Piet Mondrian, Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red, 1935, Oil on Canvas, Art Institute of Chicago
Today, March 7, Piet Mondrian is 140! I am a teaching assistant for Levi Smith’s class on Modern and Contemporary Art and Architecture. Levi lectured on Mondrian a few weeks ago. My favorite little bit from lecture and reading that week is that Mondrian thought Cubism didn’t push itself far enough, that it didn’t “accept the consequences of it’s own discovery.” [Quotation from notes on a lecture by Levi Smith on February 23,2012.]
Sunday Morning Coffee (Quicky)
The image above is a painting by Rim Lee, on Friday I went to the opening of her retrospective at Kasia Kay Gallery in Chicago. Her work deserves more than this little blip in my Sunday Morning Coffee but for the sake of time I will just say that if you’re in Chicago, go visit the gallery! In the retrospective she had four photographs and two large paintings. I felt most connected to the paintings considering my history with body painting. They are paintings of performances.
If you’re into Andy Warhol–read this and scan down this page to see his version of Munch’s The Scream.
And now I’m off to a meeting with my VCS class to prepare for our exhibition (to be named today) opening on April 6 at Autumn Space.
Happy sipping!
Picasso/Prince via ArtDaily
I really like this image and wanted to share. Prince/Picasso is at Museo Picasso Malaga in Spain. Read ArtDaily’s article about it here.
Sunday Morning Coffee (Oscar Sunday)
I am sitting in a Starbucks in Cincinnati about to get back to my chapter on Lee Yongbaek. Chad and I are here for an exclusive party hosted by Coming off the Reels to celebrate the Oscars. I highly recommend you give their podcast a listen and their blog a read. Their most recent post is Best Films of 2011. Drew and Ryan are smart, witty, and they have insightful things to say about the film industry. They are the Click & Clack of film (but slightly hipper).
What are your top picks for this year’s Oscars? I’m going for The Artist, I’d also love Glenn Close to win just because she is fabulous (I did not see the film, Albert Nobbs, for which she was nominated).
Want to know more about contemporary art in South Korea?
Art Radar Asia is holding a give away! Click here to enter by February 29!
Last summer I saw a fantastic exhibition of works by Chang Jia at Gallery Jungmiso which is my vote.