Contemporary Ideas in Sculpture: February 2014

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Harrison, peanut

Artist: Rachel Harrison
Title: where's my fucking peanut
Date: 2012
Medium: Multiple of 26 inkjet-printed cards and 32 wooden clothespins in a wooden box
Size: Overall (box): 9 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 2" (23.4 x 17.1 x 5.1 cm); sheet (each): 3 7/16 x 6" (8.7 x 15.2 cm); clothespin (each): 2 3/8 x 9/16 x 7/16" (6 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm)

Merz, Che fare?

Artist: Mario Merz
Title: Che fare?
Date: 1968-73
Medium: Aluminum, wax, neon lights
Size: 125 x 668 x 191 mm

Pascali, Vedova

Artist: Pino Pascali
Title: Vedova blu (Blue widow)
Date: 1968
Medium: Acrylic on wood structure

Holzer, PROJECTIONS

Artist: Jenny Holzer
Title: PROJECTIONS
Date: 2008
Medium: Projection of poems from View with a Grain of Sand and Poems New and Collected: 1957-1997

Kosuth, Chairs

Artist: Joseph Kosuth
Title: One and Three Chairs
Date: 1965
Medium: Wood folding chair, mounted photograph of a chair, and mounted enlargement of the dictionary definition of "chair"
Dimensions: Chair 32 3/8" x 14 7/8" x 20 7/8", photographic panel 36" x 24 1/8", text panel 24" x 24 1/8"

LeWitt, Cubic-Modular

Artist: Sol LeWitt
Title: Cubic-Modular Wall Structure, Black
Date: 1966
Medium: Painted wood
Size: 43 1/2" x 43 1/2" x 9 3/8"

Monday, February 17, 2014

Gentileschi, Judith

Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi
Title: Judith Slaying Holofernes
Date: 1614-1620
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 199 x 162 cm

Walker, Darkytown

Artist: Kara Walker
Title: Darkytown Rebellion
Date: 2001
Medium: Cut paper and projection
Size: 4.3m x 11.3m

Pope.L, Crawl

http://vimeo.com/21785641
Artist: William Pope.L
Title: Tompkins Square Park Crawl
Date: 1991
Medium: Performance art (Man, suit, street, potted plant)

Bonheur, Weaning

Artist: Rosa Bonheur
Title: Weaning the Calves
Date: 1879
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 25 5/8" x 32"

Bonheur, Horse Fair

Artist: Rosa Bonheur
Title: The Horse Fair
Date: 1853-1855
Medium:Oil on canvas
Size: 96 1/4" x 199 1/2"

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Gilbert & George, Singing Sculpture

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Artists: Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore
Title: Singing Sculpture
Date: 1970
Medium: Performance art

Klein, Monotone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr2AT0GFfKI

Artist: Yves Klein

Title: Monotone Silence Symphony

Date: 1960

Medium: Performance art involving an orchestra, nude models, and blue paint

Beuys, Blitzschlag

Artist: Joseph Beuys
Title: Blitzschlag mit Lichtschein auf Hirsch (Lightning with Stag in its Glare)
Date: 1958-1985
Medium: Lightning (Blitzschalg) Bronze, iron Stag (Hirsch) Aluminium Boothia Felix Bronze, iron Goat (Ziege) Bronze Primordial Animals (Urtiere)
Size: 35 Bronze casts, 39 parts, dimensions variable

Andre, Equivalent V.

Artist: Carl Andre
Title: Equivalent V.
Date: 1966-1969
Medium: 120 firebrick units
Size: 5" x 45" x 54"

Manzoni, Merda

Artist: Piero Manzoni
Title: Merda d'artistra
Date: 1961
Medium: Tin cans, labels, faeces
Size: 90 cans, 30 grams, 4.8 cm X 6.5 cm

Monday, February 3, 2014

Mir, The Seduction

Artist: Aleksandra Mir
Title: The Seduction of Galileo Galilei
Date: June 18th, 2011
Medium: Performance with tires, located at Goodwood Kartways, Stouffville, Ontario