Contemporary Art Blog

I watched an Art21 video entitled Compassion , which focused on artists William Kentridge, Carrie Mae Weems, and Doris Salcedo. The video covers each artist's artworks and how they explore conscious and the possibility of understanding and reconciling past and present while exposing injustice and expressing tolerance of others. Video Link:  https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s5/compassion/ , 54:09 William Kentridge Kentridge is the first artist featured in the video. He discusses how he used to make charcoal drawings, but he wanted to get away from artworks that would be displayed in galleries. He wanted to do something for his own interest and pleasure. As a result, Kentridge incorporated his charcoal drawings into animations. To him, it did not matter if his animations were confusing because he was not selling them to anyone. Films opened up a new door as he realized that it was possible to make film without a script. He realized that if one works consci

I want to create an exhibition that focuses on environmental art. I not only want to focus on artworks that critique the way we treat the earth, but artworks that show the beauty of the environment and why we should protect it. It is important to teach the public about the environment and its issues as it could have negative impacts on our future. Environmental issues have been very urgent with an increase of economic development. Economic development is frequently linked to mass pollution, consumption of natural resources, ecological disturbance, and climate changes resulting in human health issues and diminishing natural environment systems.¹ Displaying environmental art would welcome curiosity and demonstrate ideas in new and surprising ways. Having an exhibition on environmental art will encourage imagination with hands-on interaction, promoting participation and education as well as contemplation on environmental behaviors. It will also allow people to form an appreciation for the

Recently, I watched an Art Basel video that featured artists Katharina Grosse and Sarah Sze. They speak on their own and each others work while discussing how artists and art viewers gain influence, especially through the viewing of art. Video Link:  Artists' Influencers: Katharina Grosse and Sarah Sze , 1:19:38 (From left to right) Katharina Grosse (artist), Sarah Sze (artist), and Hans Ulrich Obrist (moderator) Grosse is a German artist based in Berlin. According to the video description, she creates immersive site-specific artworks using architecture and landscapes with paint and stencils cut from cardboard and thick foam rubber. Her works use explosive colors and open up the space to multiple perceptual possibilities of the medium ( Gagosian.com ). Her work has influenced Sze, an American artist based in New York whose installations are composed of everyday objects to challenge systems of order. Sze's works are also explore the role of technology and information i