Drawing: Contemporary Artist Research Project

In Drawing class we are starting our Contemporary Artist Research Project in which each student is assigned an artist and has to create a short presentation on that artist including a photo of the with a short one page biography and 10 large quality images of their work.  All of these artists have work In MOMA's drawing collection so that might be a good place to start.  The presentation can be created on Powerpoint or the new Google Presentation and is due at the end of class a week from today on Tuesday September 30.

Mr. Needles- Daniel Danger

Claudia- Monica Bonvicini

Emily A- Swoon

Emily - Farel Dalrymple

Dillan- Aaron Johnson

Veronica- David Hockney

Shannon- Kara Walker

Kyle- Chuck Close

Mike- José Antonio Suárez Londoño

Alana- Barry McGee

Jacob- Magnus Plessen

Amanda- Jason Jägel

Katie H- Sam Wolfe Connelly

Katie W- Wayne White

Nadia- Debra Hampton

Brittany- Jim Dine

Ashley- Thomas Hirschhorn

Amy- Yayoi Kusama

Natalie- George Condo

Dana T- Thomas Locher

Dana W- Elizabeth Murray

Jamie- Siegfried Anzinger
Griffin- Vik Muniz

Studio Art: Organic Sculpture

Today we will begin looking at sculpture specifically the earthworks (or land art) and organic sculpture movements with artists such as: Andy Goldsworthy, Maya Lin, Mel Chin, Christo and Jeanne Claude, Walter De Maria, Vik Muniz, Dennis Oppenheim, James Turrell,  and Robert Smithson. 

Well look at a local sculpture destinations such as Calder Court in the Smith Haven Mall and the Dia Art Foundation upstate in New York along with the Storm King Art Center which showcases works from sculptors such as: Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Serra, and Louise Nevelson.

Below is a great video from Tommy Kane, a terrific artist at Storm King who had fun renaming the sculptures after popstars.



Also just for fun here's Tommy Kane drawing Barcelona, one of my favorite cities!

Photography: JR and Vik Muniz

We looked at contemporary artists JR and Vik Muniz in photography class this month and today we'll have a quiz reviewing some of what we learned.  Here are two clips to check out from each of the artists to learn a little bit more if you're interested.

Photography: Looking at photographer Vik Muniz

This week we are looking at photographer Vik Muniz and his Oscar nominated film Wasteland.  Above is a video from his TED talk on creativity and here is a link to some examples of his work on Artnet.