Posts Tagged ‘painting’
Whitney Biennial 2010
http://www.vernissage.tv | Fifty-five artists were selected by curator Francesco Bonami and associate curator Gary Carrion-Murayari for the 2010 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. It’s the 75th in the ongoing series of Biennials and Annuals presented by the Whitney since 1932, two years after the Museum was founded. The Whitney Biennial aims to provide a panoramic survey of the latest in American art. It includes well established artists as well as emerging artists from all of the country. In this interview with curator Francesco Bonami, the curator talks about the title and concept of the exhibition, what is special about curating for the Whitney Biennial, and a group of work that exemplifies the Whitney Biennial 2010. The Whitney Biennial 2010 runs until may 30, 2010.
Whitney Biennial 2010 / Interview with Curator Francesco Bonami. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 23, 2010.
More info: http://vernissage.tv/blog/2010/02/24/whitney-biennial-2010-interview-with-curator-francesco-bonami/
Duration : 0:8:10
China: West Meets East at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is home to the finest collection of Chinese masterpieces of any museum outside of China. Produced for Public Television by Great Museums TV.
Duration : 0:56:43
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A sample of an animation created by the artist Martin Jones, the full version to be released soon. Based on a painting of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein in 1527 that is held at the Frick Collection, New York. The animation was created using 3d Max, Poser, Z Brush, Photoshop and Combustion.
Duration : 0:0:39
“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
2009 Chinese International Figure Painting Competition
Its been a long road, but at last we come to the final of this years Competitions.
Welcome to the Salmagundi Art Club. For over one hundred and thirty years from its walls have hung some of the finest paintings the art community has to offer. And for the second year in a row, it will be hosting NTDs International Figure Painting Competition. Lets go have a look.
Once again, NTD has brought together some of the finest Chinese artists from around the globe.
[Kathy Gillis, Artist]:
Everything is just exquisite!
And those who stopped by expressed their admiration.
[Kathy Gillis, Artist]:
It lives and breathes. If youve ever had a good painting in your home you know that you get up each day and you see it differently. You learn from paintings. Paintings dont stop the day theyre painted. They last and theyre always teaching you.
For one week, the Salmagundi Art Club opened its doors free of charge to the general public, to revel in the presence of these magnificent artworks. These paintings portray everything from the thoughtful to the fantastic, from the heart wrenching to the sublime.
[Harry Warren, Medical Doctor]:
Absolutely marvelous. Its spectacular. So much talent.
Each painting reflects some aspect of the life and culture of China. A model in a painting depicting the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners in China, describes the artists intent.
[Vivian Song, Model/Artist]:
And he wanted to portray practitioners in China who were tortured in the most sever way and one of them is the way females especially in labor camps are treated and this particular female is being dragged out into the snow. Her body just left there. And what its trying to portray is the compassionate people who come by and really show their sympathy for this person and what they had to go through.”
For the artists, it has been a truly rewarding experience.
[Michelle Chen, Contestant]:
Not just only we come here to compete, also we come here to make friends and also we learn from each other and improve ourselves.
And this week did prove to be a learning experience. For many of the contestants, this is was their first time in the city. So NTD arranged a tour of the some of New Yorks food and culture. Contestants were treated to a tour of the Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In their downtime, the artists worked on improving their skills, taking time to draw sketches of each other, and sharing their knowledge about art, and the challenges theyve overcome.
[Joe Hing Lowe, Contestant]:
Well, my wife posed for this you know. See when I do this, the studio, very short ceiling. I had to paint this sitting down this low and shes standing there so you can see the two different perspectives. One like looking down and then looking up. It looked different.
At last it came time for the winners to be announced. This year, the gold prize went to Michelle Chen, for her piece, Shock.
But this award ceremony has a touch of sadness to it. Due to safety concerns, the name and face of one of the competition’s honorable mention winners, who is living in Mainland China, is not being shown in this report. Because this television station frequently broadcasts independent reporting on the Chinese Communist regime’s human rights abuses, those connected with it may be targeted by secret police and state security personnel. To protect this contestant and his family from arrest and interrogation, his identity is not being disclosed.
However, he was able to express his gratitude through Ms. Song.
[Vivian Song]:
Im here today and I dont regret it a single bit because Im able to be with so many talented artists and he says hes seen a lot of different exhibits in China, but very few are even up to this caliber in its artistry. So its a pleasure just being here and meeting artists like him who have traveled all the way from China and have risked a lot of things being here.
Well, that wraps up this years figure painting exhibit and at the same time, this years series of nine competitions. Its been a real pleasure and an honor being here with you to report on all these great stories and get a little taste of the culture. I hope to see you again next year for the next in NTDs series of nine competitions.
This is Chris Chappell
NTD, New York
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The Frick Museum – New York
Henry Clay Frick bequeathed this magnificent collection of art including great masters such as Turner, Holbein and Ingres. The stunning interiors have barely changed since he lived here in the early 20th Century.
Duration : 0:1:32
Inner Visions: a portrait of an artist Armando Alemdar Ara – Teaser trailer
DVD available at http://www.nicolaslaboriefilms.com/
The documentary looks at Armandos work from the turn of the Millennium, including the latest series of paintings for the exhibition INNER VISIONS at GXgallery, London. Shot with breathtaking sensitivity and shrewdness, INNER VISIONS focuses on Armandos most intimate reflections on his method and process of work, as well as on his inspiration from both art styles and mystical philosophy and theology.
INNER VISIONS features an exclusive interview with Charles Ryder who for many years designed art exhibitions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guggenheim Collection and the Frick Collection in New York, and in the UK, English Heritage and the National Trust.
A documentary filmed, directed and produced by Nicolas Laborie – Edited by Aleck Morton – Featuring original score by Andrew Toovey and Soundtrack by Brad Parsons & Howard Pearse of Big Tuna Music
Duration : 0:0:55
Unmonumental at the NEW MUSEUM
James Kalm responds to viewers requests and returns to “Unmonumental; The Object in the 21st Century” to document the expanded “collage” section of the exhibition. This show is organized by the New Museum’s curatorial team of Richard Flood, Chief Curator; Laura Hoptman, and Massimiliano Gioni, displays works by thirty of today’s most provocative artists. Featuring an extended interview with Richard Flood.
Duration : 0:10:3
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
Photorealism at Deutsche Guggenheim
http://www.vernissage.tv | Picturing America: Photorealism in the 1970s, the first major showing of Photorealism in Germany in nearly thirty years, features thirty-one paintings, a number of them the most iconic works of the period, by fourteen artists: Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Tom Blackwell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, Ron Kleeman, Richard McLean, Malcolm Morley, John Salt, and Ben Schonzeit. The works in this exhibition provide a snapshot of both this important chapter in art history and a particular moment in American history.
The exhibition will acknowledge the recognition accorded to American Photorealism in Germany during the 1970s through the inclusion of numerous works collected by Peter and Irene Ludwig and a portfolio of ten lithographs produced in conjunction with Documenta V, which included a major presentation dedicated to the movement.
This video by Martin Griessmüller and Daniel Miller provides an exhibition walkthrough during the opening reception, an introduction by curator Valerie Hillings, and statements by the artists Ron Kleemann, Robert Bechtle, and Tom Blackwell.
Picturing America: Photorealism in the 1970s at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. The exhibition runs until the 10th May, 2009.
Duration : 0:7:31