Word: artistsã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...think the negativity is a commentary on student artists?? perception of their own work, and the reluctance to put their emotions on the line. That’s why it’s so hard to get submissions to students’ shows and exhibits...
...theoretical underpinnings of the Reclamation Artists?? work is somewhat esoteric and hard to grasp, but in essence much of their work—including “Nest!”—seems to consist of attempts to make something out of nothing. Or, more precisely, to convert a formerly vacuous physical topos into an organic component of a superimposed piece of art. In particular, Reclamation Artists are concerned with neglected urban landscapes, and have often endeavored to add an aesthetically pleasing touch to otherwise barren and unappealing scenery...
...cannot quarrel with most of Sontag’s aesthetic judgments—they are, with no obvious exceptions, level-headed essays of appreciation for roundly-lauded artists??but her unremitting earnestness ultimately make her essays a chore to read. One wonders not just at Sontag’s artistic voracity, but at her boneheaded inability to crack wise now and then, or to liven her discussion with even the slightest dip into the troughs of low culture. Sontag has long been mocked and feared for her imposing figure, and nowhere do we see the intensity...
...large emphasis is placed on the differences among the artists?? media and the varied works of these women. With so much emphasis on these differences, more should have been done to continually remind the viewers of the similarities of these works. While the text panels accompanying and introducing the exhibition explain that “[a]dditional biographical information about each artist can be found in the catalogue, located in the gallery’s reading area [located near the exit of the gallery],” increasing and interspersing the biographical information within the galleries would have...
...Exhibition was held in Venice under the auspices of Mayor Riccardo Selvatico. For the first ten years art was exhibited in a single building, while now there are 30-odd pavilions and numerous off-site exhibition spaces. Since the beginning, the Biennale has championed new, up-and-coming artists??Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko were introduced to the European Art World at a Biennale in the 1940s—while acknowledging accomplished artists with the coveted Leone d’Oro award for lifetime achievement. While visual art remains the central focus of the exhibition, dance, poetry, music...