Tony Cragg
Sinbad


Stack by Tony Cragg, 1975



global proportions
Haim Steinbach
2007
Sculptures



Yuriko Yanaguchi, Web #5 (detail), 2003
Abaca, wire and flax
8 x 7 x 21 feet


Joseph Beuys
Noiseless Blackboard Eraser, 1974
felt, ink on paper

Art and the Quotidian object

Is it art?

Is art anything different than any other thing life has to offer? Art is simply a perspective, a stance on the world that surrounds you. Is it's value of the object only there in the object because of the viewers acknowledgment of the objects qualities as art or anti-art?

Is this anti art aesthetic even more powerful today than it was in the 20's for example, the Un-monumental show?

Is this style of art elitist in any way? Does the un-institutionalized viewer appreciate its quality, its aesthetics its aura?

James Lee Byars, The Death of James Lee Byars, 1994




FRED TOMASELLI, Airborne Event, 2003


Fred Tomaselli
Glassy, 2006



Wolfgang Laib Ziggurat 1999
beeswax, wood



Artist: Michael Joo
Title: "Headless"
Created in year 2000

Art and Globalization/Spirituality

As long as culture changes and becomes more complex so will the belief system in which the society operates. With globalization and the speed at which the world operates it does not seem surprising to me that the art community is jumping and clamoring to keep up. Especially as there is often a lag between what is being made and the voices that give the creation meaning.
I personally find it difficult to separate spirituality and art. Both of these issues occupy a hostile place; they balance on the blades edge together. Artist makes what they believe and feel. The same is true with spirituality; they can both discuss what other realms fail to be able to communicate.
Art, literature, and music, come from the common struggle and desire to express the frustration of being human. This is a thought that I came up while reading the book.
Globalism has in fact started long before the watershed of 2002. If one looks at the Age of exploration a mere 500 years ago there were more than 12,000 languages spoken. Now, there are less than 5,000. The sheer loss of culture is a direct result of globalization. Think of all the artistic viewpoints that will never be appreciated, look at the cultural diversity that we will never celebrate. Is globalism such a good thing?
How can we allow for the benefits that come with Globalization like cultural appreciation, the burgeoning of ideas, and the value of new thought processes without eliminating less invasive, less dominating cultures?

presentation evaluation

This presentation went much more smoothly. I felt as though our group had much more chemistry and we divided up the conversation much more equally than the previous one. The activity I felt helped ease us into the discussion rather than the previous presentation when everyone tried to speak and bring up their own thoughts; scrambling our presentation. I felt much more like a discussion facilitator than last time. It says a lot for practice. This being the second presentation the learning curve helps out. We had much more guiding questions that the last presentation and I think that has to do with the fact this was our second presentation.

last two images where by Louise Bourgeois

The Woven Child 2002
Fabric, steel and aluminium


Fragile Goddess 2002
Fabric


Kerry James Marshall, RYTHM MASTR, 1999, site specific installation, 20 double-page, two-sided printed newspaper comics



Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima?
1983
Acrylic on canvas, dyed, painted and pieced fabric
90 x 80"



Miriam Schapiro
Delaunay
1992
screenprint on custom paper
National Museum of Women in the Arts