Nick Cave at the Fowler Museum of Art

Fowler Museum at UCLA
If you want to be amazed go see this show at the Fowler Museum. Nick Cave is a Chicago artist that makes these bodysuits which are sculptures and performative pieces all in one. Here is a video that gives you an idea of what this work is about. Let me know what you think...

Rachel Whiteread Drawings - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum

Rachel Whiteread Drawings - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum
Whiteread is know for her large scale sculpture, here you can see how she uses drawing as part of her process. She talks about the drawings a being like her diary. This is a nice way to see into an artist process, the way that ideas develop, and the end result. Let me know if any of you goes to see it and what you think. 

"Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years"

MOCA

About the Exhibition
Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years is a two-part exhibition that constitutes the largest-ever installation of MOCA’s permanent collection and reflects the museum’s early and ongoing commitment to bringing art of major historical significance and distinction to the public. Part one ofCollection, on view at MOCA Grand Avenue, features works made between 1939 and 1979, organized chronologically beginning with Piet Mondrian’s Composition of Red, Blue, Yellow and White: Nom III (1939). The second part of Collection, on view at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, features works made during the last three decades—the period, beginning with the museum’s founding in 1979, during which MOCA has been actively acquiring works, organizing exhibitions, and engaging with artists in Los Angeles and beyond. Taken together, these two parts constitute a comprehensive historical survey of contemporary art from one of the world’s leading collections.

Painting II Class-Giorgio Morandi

(This post on Morandi was originally posted last September for my Fall 2009 painting class. You can take a look back and read the discussion)  

By pushing warm and cool colors Morandi got some beautiful results! If you look closely you can see he was probably using some ultramarine blue as well.

Take a look at the work of Giorgio Morandi. He got amazing results with a limited palette and very pared down still lives.  It is the hue, tone and mood that he was able to produce in this work that make it outstanding. The light that emanates from these small paintings is so beautiful!

Below I'm also including a photo of one of the paintings done by a student last semester with the limited palette that you are using. She was able to achieve a nice range of color by really pushing the relationships between the colors. She is making the most out of this palette. Let me know what you think...

 

Brush lady is coming to GCC room AA112

The brush lady is coming on Thursday, February 25th, from 11:30 - 3 pm to room AA112. If you can make it at that time I highly recommended it. She has amazing prices for Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor brushes! 

Welcome to Art 160-163!

I will be posting through out the semester about relevant topics, artist, and exhibits that I think will help and interest you. It will be your responsibility to take a look each week and respond to something that you find interesting, respond to another student's comment or ask a relevant question. You can take a look at the posts from last semester to get an idea of how it works.