Guggenheim Museum video about On Kawara's Date Paintings here
Guggenheim curator Jeffrey Weiss and curator Kasper König discuss On Kawara’s Today (1966–2013), an extended series of paintings of dates produced according to a strict set of rules.
SFMOMA website features video short, "Artist Jenny Holzer discusses the project she designed for the Spectacolor light board in Times Square, created in 1982 as part of her ongoing |Truisms| series here
View Jack Pierson discussing his work and A Town Not This One here
From 30 August 2014 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg presents a solo exhibition entitled "A Town Not This One" by Jack Pierson – Pierson's ninth solo show in the gallery since 2000. In A Town Not This One, the works shown are mainly Word Pieces – large-scale wall sculptures comprising letters of different sizes and materials which, with their clear outlines, are diametrically opposed to the hazy, soft-focus effect of Pierson's photographs. The sculptures are composed of found objects which the artist has collected over many years. They might be termed the American variant of concrete poetry, where language itself is represented in the shape of the work. Whereas during the 1990s Pierson worked primarily with slogans that were often a somewhat melancholy reminder of a long outdated, glamorous Hollywood age, today he is more interested in philosophical topics. The word compositions, skilful combinations of word and material, use classical references, literature and quotations from the Bible, evoking subtle associations for the viewer. His Word Pieces are concise, sometimes laconic, but the echo of his word creations sends our thoughts roaming far and wide. Thus the poetry in Pierson's work assumes a spiritual dimension. He attempts to explore the reverse side of the concept "American Dream", to express what he calls "the inherent tragedy of the pursuit of glamour". In these works, Pierson often plays with subconscious, collective knowledge of proverbs, fairy-tales, song texts and literary clichés. For more information about the exhibition please visit http://ropac.net/exhibition/a-town-no...
Brian Dettmer Ted Talk here
What do you do with an outdated encyclopedia in the information age? With X-Acto knives and an eye for a good remix, artist Brian Dettmer makes beautiful, unexpected sculptures that breathe new life into old books. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_dettme...
Everywhere and Nowhere Robert Ayers in Conversation with Ann Hamilton here
A two-minute informal video on human carriage piece for the Guggenheim's Third Mind exhibition here
Ann Hamilton, book blocks, 2003-present here
Ann Hamilton, near away, 2013 here
Ann Hamilton, book weights (human carriage), 2010 here
Ann Hamilton, carriage, 2009 here
The film portrays a group of artists who since the early 1960s have completely disrupted our ideas of what art can be. In large part filmed in Venice in 1990, when many of the original Fluxus artists met to hold a large exhibition almost 30 years after the first highly untraditional Fluxus' performances. Features Eric Andersen, Philip Corner, Dick Higgins, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Vautier, and many others. 12:28 Dick Higgins 13:19 Eric Anderson 13:26 Emmett Williams 13:46 Ben Patterson 14:03 Philip Corner 14:27 Ben Vautier 14:42 Henry Flynt 14:54 Ken Friedman 15:03 Henry Flynt 15:14 Jackson Mac Low 15:28 yoko ono 15:59 Yasunao Tone, smooth event, 1983 16:40 Robert Watts, "F/H Trace" or "solo for wind instrument", 1993 17:05 Ben Vautier talks about George Maciunas 18:31 George Maciunas 19:01 Dick Higgins on Maciunas 19:12 other artists on Maciunas 21:45 George Maciunas interviewed by Larry Miller, 1978 26:45 "In memoriam George Maciunas" by Nam June Paik and Joseph Beuys, Düsseldorf, 1978 27:21 Nam June Paik 28:03 John Cage performing 4'33" NY, 1970 30:16 Yoko Ono 33:39 Arthur Kopcke in "music while you work" from "En cigarets tid" by Anders Hauch 34:03 Ben Vautier on Fluxus 39:50 "566 to Henry Flynt" by La Monte Young 40:04 La Mont Young 40:40 Henry Flynt 48:09 Lick by Ben Patterson, wiesbaden, 1982 1:06:26 Philip Corner, piano activities, 1962
Ann Hamilton and Kathryn Clark palimpsest exhibition images and texts here and here
Ann Hamilton and Kathryn Clark’s palimpsest, an installation in two parts, was a thoughtful meditation on the seemingly random way in which memories are processed and eventually lost. palimpsest was a special part of the larger exhibition “Strange Attractors: Signs of Chaos." Part of palimpsest took place in a room connected to the main "Strange Attractors: Signs of Chaos” exhibition space, while another part was installed at the Window on Broadway. Inspired by the story of an elderly man who, to combat his failing memory, put note card reminders on the walls of his home, the artist pinned hundreds of small sheets of yellowed paper to the walls of a room within the exhibition. These unidentified fragments of memories, thoughts and bits of conversation fluttered in the breeze generated by and antique fan. A large glass vitrine, containing two heads of cabbage being systematically devoured by countless snails, made poignant reference to the physical deterioration of the brain’s capacity.
How can art reflect the power of branding and advertising in the everyday? Barbara Kruger’s Who Own’s What?, 2012, blurs the boundaries between art and commerce. Watch Jessye from Tate Collective London presents her perspective on this bold artwork. Tate Collective London run free event for young people aged 15–25 to experiment, create and innovate through art and ideas at Tate Modern and Tate Britain, and is a part of Circuit, led by Tate and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. 'Who Owns What?' is currently on display at Tate Modern: https://goo.gl/2qn5sC
