Posts Tagged ‘Modern’
Mies van der Rohe – Visions Of Space 1/7 (Less is More)
Mies van der Rohe – Less is More
part 1 of 7
Visions Of Space, BBC Documentary 2003
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First aired BBC4, 2003; ABC, 2004 In ‘Visions of Space’, Robert Hughes tackles the work and lives of three remarkable 20th-century architects: Albert Speer, Mies van der Rohe, and Antonio Gaudi – whose work did so much to shape the modern world.
Hughes looks at how each one used space in different ways to express our response, respectively, to the power of religion (Gaudi), the power of the State (Speer), and the power of the corporation (Mies van der Rohe).
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969)
This BBC episode features the German architect, Mies van der Rohe, who moved to America and discovered the face of the modern corporate city.
Following Mies’ footsteps we see how an architect who began his career making kitschy, Hansel and Gretel style houses with pointy roofs, little windows and squat floorplans transformed himself into the master of international modernism – the architect of light and space.
Mies is the father of the contemporary vogue for loft living – what he was building in the 1920s still looks futuristic now. Similarly, his New York masterpiece the Seagrams Building provided the blueprint for the modern office building – without Mies no major city on Earth would look as it does.
But despite his undeniable impact there is something in Mies’ work that Hughes finds shockingly neglectful of real human needs. This master builder could spend days working out how to turn a corner with a skilfully placed beam and totally ignore the legitimate wishes and desires of those who used his buildings.
Nevertheless, Mies definition of real order and how this influences his work was: “The real order is that what St. Augustine said about the the disposition of equal and unequal things – giving to each what deserves, according to their nature.”
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recomended further reading: ‘Mies and the Nazis’ in www.guardian.co.uk
Duration : 0:9:52
Museum of Modern Art NYC – Kentridge
An installation by Kentridge in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Duration : 0:0:42
“What Is Painting?” At THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Part II
James Kalm responds to a gracious invitation from MoMA to attend the press preview of this timely exhibition. Like the coming of summer, or the swallows returning to Capistrano, the cycles in the art world have returned to focus on the practice of painting. Organized by Anne Umland, this show spotlights 50 works of art that are painting, or relate to, the question, “What is Painting?” and displays works from the museum’s permanent collection. Ann Temkin, curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture leads viewers through a brief walk-through and delivers an insightful explanation of the works. Artists represented include Francis Bacon, Robert Colescott, Gene Davis,Carroll Dunham, Wade Guyton, Al Held, Shirazeh Houshiary, Martin Kippenberger, Sherrie Levine, Andy Warhol, Agnes Martin, Elizabeth Murray et al.
Duration : 0:10:5
-+-DemOn Seed-+- ArTwork bY Naoto Hattori
A TribuTe t0 oNe of my favOuriTe arTistz, Naoto Hattori
Naoto Hattori was born in Yokohama, Japan and was graduated from Tokyo Designer’s College in 1996. Soon he moved to New York to study illustration, and in 2000 received my BFA degree from The School of Visual Arts. While attending school, Naoto was selected to be in an exhibition of The Society of Illustrator’s annual scholarship competition, The Art Director’s Club in NYC, The 1st National CSF Award etc…. Currently, he is doing a group show every 2 months at the Subculture Gallery in NYC.
Naoto specializes in super-realistic painting as a portrait, landscape and real life objects. He realized that if he uses a photograph or sees a real object he can paint exactly the same image, but that was just skill art and never satisfied his artistic needs, so he started painting images from scratch. He designs characters and landscapes; sometimes he even changes the lighting and shadows or an anatomical state. Mr. Hattori realized that he doesn’t like super- realistic styles so he paints things not too photorealistic or resembling computer art.
“Why was the surreal painter so important back in his day? Why did the royal residence hire those artists? Not because of their love for surreal paintings, just because the camera had not been invented yet. Now we have a computer, a video.. and numerous other things, so that contemporary art became abstract and people rely on a computer and tend to forget to about the traditional art. I’m young but I just want to show them that surreal style of painting is still not dead. I keep making fresh pieces and amaze people through my vision,” says Naoto.
Duration : 0:5:6
NY Guggenheim museum
interior view of one of the most interesting buildings in the modern architecture
Duration : 0:0:56
The Modern – New York, NY
Danny Meyer’s restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art. Get more info on The Modern at Savory Cities: http://www.savorycities.com/newyork/restaurant/the-modern/9-w-53rd-st
Duration : 0:1:36
In Our Time: The Museum of Modern Art
What do the superstars of modern art have in common with the Vincent Black Shadow motorcyle? They share the stage at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, or MoMA. Produced for Public Television by Great Museums TV.
Duration : 0:56:37
The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art Exhibits in New York City
This is a combination of pictures and video of exhibits in The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.
Duration : 0:8:9
A World of Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a three dimensional encyclopedia of art history. Produced for Public Television by Great Museums TV.
Duration : 0:50:36
“What Is Painting?” At THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Part I
James Kalm responds to a gracious invitation from MoMA to attend the press preview of this timely exhibition. Like the coming of summer, or the swallows returning to Capistrano, the cycles in the art world have returned to focus on the practice of painting. Organized by Anne Umland, this show spotlights 50 works of art that are painting, or relate to, the question, “What is Painting?” and displays works from the museum’s permanent collection. Ann Temkin, curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture leads viewers through a brief walk-through and delivers an insightful explanation of the works. Artists represented include Philip Guston, Philip Pearlstein, Lee Lozano, A.R. Penck, George Baselitz, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Lee Bontecou, Marcel Broodthaers, Chuck Close, John Currin, Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, et al.
Duration : 0:10:7