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Naturalism Naturalism defines paintings in which the mode of representation overlaps with the optical perception of reality. In other words, naturalistic paintings represent almost exactly what one would see if standing in front of those same objects in real life. Naturalism as a style of art originated in the early Renaissance and further developed according to both Northern and Italian Renaissance ideas. Naturalistic works employ optical realism, or the illusion of three-dimensionality. In the Italian Renaissance, compositions emphasized a rational and even mathematic order. The images are stable and serene, rather than sensual or emotional. There are no harsh shadows. The space is simplified, often using architecture to create grids and contain the figures. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f494f746c4b253182f19592/1598640001562/Picture1.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - This style also introduced a new relationship between art and the viewer—the perspective viewpoint in these paintings is typically single point and central, therefore centering the viewer and seemingly presenting the painting to them. This corresponds to prevailing ideology of the time, with a shift towards human reason and knowledge. An organized, utopian idea of the world is presented. Renaissance paintings also frequently depicted scenes from classical mythology and religion, which became a growing theme in Western art. Many Italian Renaissance painters were deeply inspired by the elegant, white marble sculptures of classical Greece. Classicism is specific philosophy, rooted in Ancient Greece and Rome, that underscores the importance of society and logic. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f495d05a35bf37ab5a3e738/1598643469031/Picture2.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - Synthetic representation In synthetic representation, objects are summarized and reduced to their essential elements. This allows viewers to comprehend works quickly and more instinctively. Cave paintings are not illusionistic, but they are clear representations of animals. They emphasize the outlines and the most recognizable features of each animal, a kind of visual shorthand. The intent of cave paintings remains unclear. Some historians believe they provide instructions on hunting, while others believe they are shamanistic drawings. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f495d609aa2e54ff7152b70/1598643563816/Picture3.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” Idealization is a powerful tool of synthesis. The ancient Greeks believed in the importance of a healthy mind and healthy body. Sculptures of the time are consequently idealized. They are not accurate representations of real people, but rather conceptual representations of an ideal. Similarly, Roman busts were invented to preserve power. These sculptures are flattering portraits of emperors and military leaders, highlighting their strength and vitality. (There is less emphasis on beauty than in Greek sculpture, so they appear more realistic.) The busts were also more portable than full-sized sculptures, so they could be traveled to different regions of the Roman empire and used as propaganda. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f495dd56ede7d78028d376b/1598643676292/Picture4.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - Medieval art also exemplifies synthetic representation, as opposed to naturalism. Most of the population in Europe was illiterate, and therefore images were used to share cultural narratives and religious stories. Here, synthesis is used as an educational tool. The message of the artwork is prioritized over its aesthetics. The images are simplified and structured hierarchically; larger figures are more important than smaller ones, for example, like Mary and the infant Jesus in the above painting. In 17th century Europe, the Protestant church criticized the Catholic cult of images and believed that representation of religious figures was a form of idol worship. While artists in Catholic nations still enjoyed the patronage of the monarchy and the Church, artists in Protestant regions were instead supported by the growing middle class. Images made during the Northern Renaissance, the Dutch Golden Age and the Baroque period consequently focus on landscapes, still lifes and scenes of everyday life, rather than religious imagery.Make it stand out. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f495e8a1354381de2d2b76c/1598643856627/Picture5.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - Typically, Dutch still lifes or “vanitas” paintings are layered with symbolism. They often allude to the transience of beauty and the inevitability of death—rotting fruit, withered flowers and timepieces or hourglasses act as “memento mori,” or reminders of mortality. Some paintings expressed pride in local Dutch products, while others boasted of wealth and international trading with foreign spices and exotic goods. This painting may initially look like a naturalistic painting. However, it is not a depiction of an actual bouquet or even a realistically possible flower arrangement—it is an invented image with symbolic meaning. The vase contains multiple kinds of flowers, which each bloom in different seasons and some of which did not grow natively in the Netherlands. So in reality, these flowers could not possibly be seen at the same time. Notably, one of the flowers is a Semper Augustus tulip, the most expensive type of tulip, and therefore suggests wealth and extravagance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f495ef037a1d2309ab46ac7/1598643959705/Picture6.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - Later, Romanticism emerged during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, as artists sought reconciliation with nature. They rejected rationality and productivity, instead embracing humanity and its emotional complexity. Romantic artists prioritized the individual over society, assigning the individual their own critical authority. Romantic artists frequently sought to represent the sublime. According to the theory developed by Edmund Burke in the 18th century, the sublime refers to greatness beyond measurement. Burke believed that sublimity and beauty are mutually exclusive; a beautiful image may be aesthetically pleasing, while a sublime image stirs a strong emotional reaction in the viewer. Romantic paintings explore nature as an experience of the sublime, often working at a grand scale to physically envelop the viewer and viscerally convey the feeling of smallness or inconsequentiality in the face of nature. For example, the aim of the above 1817 painting by Friedrich is not to create an accurate historical account but rather to evoke a sense of loss and sadness. The artist intended to capture the emotions that he himself felt and allow the viewer to experience them too. How does he accomplish this? Certainly not through optical realism, which emphasizes the appearance—he does this using synthetic representation, emphasizing the experience. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f495f0a3160ee49d41564f8/1598644127400/Picture7.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - The 1838 painting by JMW Turner is remarkable in the way the artist creates light through fluid and loose brushstrokes. He deftly communicates the brightness, drama and atmosphere of the landscape. Rather than using central perspective, the sail ship and the tug boat are located on the left of the painting and so, to draw attention to the subjects, Turner conveniently places them in a blue triangle which contrasts with the warm colors of the setting sun and its reflection in the water. Perhaps the orange hues are too exaggerated to be realistic, but again, Turner and other Romantic painters are not concerned with optical realism but with evoking a particular atmosphere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f4964db55f7507f74b99ca5/1598645479059/Picture1.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” In the 20th century, particularly during the Cold War, the Soviet Union commissioned many public works of art, particularly enormous sculptures of workers. They are powerful pieces of propaganda, evoking a sense of national pride and promoting the worker as the hero of communism. In the work on the left above, for example, a male worker holds up a hammer while a female farmer holds up a sickle. (In response, the CIA created Operation Mockingbird in the United States, an effort to manipulate news media for propaganda purposes. Abstract Expressionism represented distinctly American values—freedom, individuality and experimentation. It was leveraged as evidence of the intellectual freedom and cultural prowess of the United States, in contrast to the restrictive aesthetics of Russian art that celebrated communist ideologies. Artists like Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko never received money from CIA but some of their travel expenses were financed.) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f49645dc8bf5856bfb397bb/1598645357317/Screen+Shot+2020-08-28+at+3.51.05+PM.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” - Abstraction Abstract art does not aim to represent an accurate depiction of reality but instead employs shapes, colors, forms and gestures to achieve its intended effect. Abstract art may still reference reality; it is specifically non-representational art that does not intend to reference visual reality to any extent. Importantly, abstraction is not the exclusive invention of the Western world. In fact, Western abstract artists were initially inspired by ancient Iberian and African sculpture. (In modern Western art, this style of borrowing from non-Western traditions came to be known as “primitivism.”) With the rise of photography, painting and sculpture become redundant as means of realistically representing the world. What is the point of painting, if accurately representing objects is no longer its main objective? The avant-garde—meaning unorthodox and experimental ideas in the visual, literary or musical arts, as well as the people who champion them—answered this call. Illusionistic artwork, whether naturalistic or synthetic forms of representation, thus gave way to abstraction in the early 20th century. One early abstract movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture was Cubism. Up until this point, most art reflected a recognizable vision of reality. Cubism instead offered images in fragments, suggesting a new way to organize and understand images. Cubism also created an interest in materiality, particularly through collage. Artists began to push painting as far as possible from the flatness and refinement of photographs, which already fulfilled the function of accurately recording what people see. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f49664296fc844a36edadac/1598645837378/Picture4.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” Artists in the early and mid-20th century were keenly interested in the issue of representation. Painting was ultimately pushed to “degree zero,” the point at which the image is reduced until the composition is absolutely based on geometrical balance and harmony. A pioneer of abstract art, Kandinsky was interested in synesthesia and creating a multifaceted experience of visual art. He wanted to guide the viewer to a spiritual experience, rather than relate to something in reality. Over time, his painting evolved from abstract to fully non-representational, developing a style characterized by explosions of form and color. In Russia before the revolution, Kazimir Malevich developed Suprematism, a style of art centered on basic geometric forms such as circles, rectangles and lines, painted in a limited color palette. Suprematism was associated with spiritual purity, and it advocated for “the supremacy of pure artistic feeling” rather than the visual depiction of objects. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f49665fe3ec632ef6c788c9/1598645865033/Picture1.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” Piet Mondrian was an important leader in the development of modern abstract art, known for his involvement in the Dutch art movement called De Stijl. In the pursuit of “universal harmony,” which had a strong spiritual connotation, he reduced his visual language to the bare essentials of form and color. Mondrian typically relied on black, white and primary colors along with hard-edged geometric shapes. De Stijl ultimately influenced architecture, design, fashion and the German art school Bauhaus. These movements (and later ones like Abstract Expressionism) were not attempting to capture the world. Instead, they intended to capture the inner world. They were also influenced by the cult of theosophy, or the belief that knowledge of God can be achieved through spiritual ecstasy or intuition. These artists wanted the viewer to stay in front of the artwork and meditate—a spiritual visual experience was the goal. While these artworks may appear cold and detached now, in actuality they are the opposite of the Bauhaus movement’s emphasis on pragmatism and simplicity. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f4966f69ae47d30ebf70d52/1598646017877/Picture1.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” A fellow Surrealist, albeit with his own signature take on this style, Joan Miró was inspired by Freudian’s theory of free association. To access the unconscious mind, he created automatic paintings featuring very simplified and even childlike shapes. His paintings do not represent objects but rather interior mental states. Miró’s painting above blends together telescopic vision and microscopic vision. Eyes and stars are clearly depicted, but also vague geometric shapes and curving lines. These marks are suggestive of a bodily form but not representative. Miró frequently expressed distaste for traditional painting methods, which he saw as a way of supporting bourgeois society and its values, and instead he advocated for the “assassination of painting.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f4968026669ea6ccf41dfc8/1598646289085/Screen+Shot+2020-08-28+at+4.24.25+PM.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” Cy Twombly reinvented painting. The righthand painting above aims to capture the essence of Bacchanalia, the Roman god Bacchus’s infamous nighttime parties known for orgies, wine and the return to animality. Twombly asks, how do you represent an experience of that intensity? Typically, Renaissance art depicted the aftermath of the debauchery, but instead Twombly captures the intensity of the moment. His work is an abstract gesture towards the frenzy and passion of the Bacchanalia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f49684ed9ec6a722cb289d5/1598646359386/Picture1.png Blog - "There’s a point at 7,000 RPMs where everything fades...” These studies by Francis Bacon distort each of the animal-like figures to demonstrate the physical depth and impact of deep emotional pain. The title suggests that the three figures correspond to traditional religious paintings of the crucifixion of Jesus, but they are not based on any real creatures. Painted in 1945, this work also suggests the horror and anguish felt during the conclusion of World War II. https://artmaverick.com/blog/contemporary-art monthly 0.5 2020-09-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f564cd88063d021590fe40e/1599491353935/Picture2.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Historically, art’s value has been largely defined by its physical components — gold, marble, lapis lazuli, ultramarine and other pigments or materials all demonstrated the patron’s wealth or signified the status of the artwork’s subjects (like using precious materials for religious paintings and sculptures). For example, in the Renaissance, ultramarine was the finest and most expensive blue pigment available. It was often used for the robes of the Virgin Mary or portraits of patrons. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f564e755ff56448e99d26c6/1599491708802/Michelangelos-David-Goliath-one-statues-world.jpg Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Scale and craftsmanship were also historical indicators of the value of an artwork. Large paintings, monumental murals and large-scale sculptures were very expensive to produce and therefore indicated the value of the artwork itself. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. For example, the classic sculpture David by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo is both made of marble and large-scale. Towering at 17 feet tall, David's eyes glower towards Rome, where the influential Medici family lived in exile from Florence. The sculpture uses scale to challenge the Medici's incredible political and economic power. But today, the concept of the artist is prioritized over both the artwork’s scale and material properties as well as its craftmanship. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f564ef06cd6b40f39bd4ff4/1599491836258/Picture4.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - For example, Damien Hirst’s 1991 work The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living downplays craftsmanship and artistic materials, while completely emphasizing the concept underlying the work. The piece consists of the carcass of a tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde, within a manufactured vitrine — the artist did not make any part of the work with his own hands, but he is the author of the concept. This idea was first explored by philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin’s 1935 essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Benjamin writes that mechanical reproduction (namely photography, photocopying and printing, although this theory can also be applied to digital reproduction today) devalues the uniqueness or “aura” of an artwork, as its image can be widely shared. If a painting can be photographed and infinitely reproduced, what is its value if not uniqueness? However, Benjamin argues, the aura of a work of art — its original presence in time and space — is precisely what cannot be reproduced. This theory has been both supported and rejected, but ultimately it greatly influenced conceptualism and appropriation art, leading many artists to question assumptions about authenticity and originality. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f565051416c7273cd67b014/1599492188134/Picture1.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - So, the value and power of contemporary art relies on the concept. Art now innovates and makes historical ideas new by leveraging the following techniques: Appropriation (exemplified by Marcel Duchamp, Kara Walker, Ai Weiwei, Faith Ringgold and others) Processes like seriality (exemplified by El Anatsui and others) Media immersive installations (exemplified by Kara Walker, Nam June Paik, Nick Cave and others ) In order to infuse new meanings into established tropes, contemporary art is often referential, visually alluding to existing images and ideas. Many artists reimagine artworks and movements from the past in order to comment on issues of the present. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f56547cf7214e5c42ae97e3/1599493255130/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net.jpeg Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Appropriation Using appropriation as technique, contemporary artists deliberately borrow from pre-existing artworks or objects and places them in a new context, similar to a quotation. Appropriation essentially questions notions of originality and authorship. Readymades and collages are two forms of appropriation, which can be traced to the early 1900s. Appropriation art became particularly widespread later during the 1980s, gaining attention with artists like Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince and Jeff Koons. Both Levine and Prince reproduced existing artworks and claimed them as their own. In Levine’s 1981 series, After Walker Evans, she rephotographed Evans’ 1930s images directly from an exhibition catalog, intending to dispute notions of the male “genius” and the idea that photography inherently presents an authentic reality. Marcel Duchamp One of Duchamp’s most important artworks is Fountain from 1917. He simply flipped a urinal upside down, and then signed and dated it “R. Mutt 1917.” Although he did not make this urinal himself, he selected it, signed it and proclaimed it to be art. He sent Fountain to the Society of Independent Artists’ salon in New York, which was hosting an unjuried exhibition and claiming to exhibit any work of art submitted. The piece was rejected with the argument that because it was a manufactured object, it was not a “true” work of art, and Duchamp resigned from the Society in protest. With this sculpture, Duchamp invented the concept of a “readymade,” or a found object recontextualized by the artist as a work of art and thus reinterpreted/given meaning in a new way. He de-emphasized craft and creation, placing the emphasis wholly on his concept and intent. Duchamp caused a fundamental shift in the social idea of what constitutes art, paving the way for contemporary artists. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f5657a08063d02159118c07/1599494056958/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-07%2Bat%2B11.48.22%2BAM.jpg Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Kara Walker Kara Walker appropriates racist, exaggerated caricatures from American history (particularly the Antebellum South) in order to confront the legacy of slavery and segregation. She arranges black silhouettes in violent and often sexualized scenes to evoke disturbing feelings in the viewer. Her work is deliberately offensive and unsettling, but at the same time, she is simply re-presenting imagery that has already existed in some form. Walker’s work is also participatory in some aspects, as viewers cast their own shadows on the walls while navigating the installation. She implicates these viewers in her work, pushing them into encounters with racist, stereotypical images in a contemporary setting, and asking them to confront their roles in systems of racism and discrimination. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f56575efab9b365a262076d/1599493990630/Ai-Weiwei-Dropping-a-Han-Dynasty-Urn-1995.jpg Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f56584a746c776c65b0eccd/1599494228015/7mi8njls7tqz.jpg Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Faith Ringgold In her work Dancing at the Louvre, from her 1991 series of twelve “story quilts” called The French Collection, Ringgold depicts the fictional narrative of Willia Marie Simone, a young Black woman who moves to Paris in the early 20th century. Willia becomes immersed in the artistic and literary scene of France, meeting iconic figures like James Baldwin, Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Josephine Baker, Zora Neale Hurston, Sojourner Truth, Langston Hughes and Rosa Parks. In this particular scene, Willia and other Black girls dance at the Louvre, which is one of the most important and comprehensive museums of Western art. Ringgold appropriates Leonardo da Vinci’s famous paintings of women, including the Mona Lisa and scenes of the Virgin Mary, to create a visual contrast between (Black) modern women and (white) women in the past. She rewrites art history to include and center women, positioning herself in an artistic lineage and offering an alternative to the dominant white male perspective. She also combines multiple methods and artistic traditions in one work, by referencing European painting while using craft quilting techniques and nodding to African-American culture. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f56594158ec0849a0f14245/1599494480388/Picture1.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Seriality Serial art is produced in series or through exhaustive repetition. The rules or framework used to create the artwork take priority over the execution of the work. Rooted in conceptual and minimalist post-war art in America, seriality marks art’s movement away from personal expression toward the anonymous and even mechanical properties of repetition. Seriality questions the individual “aura” of art, the belief that a work of art must be unique and irreplaceable. Pop Art pieces such as Andy Warhol’s Campbell soup or Marilyn Monroe silkscreens, as well as Minimalist works such as Donald Judd’s stacked rectangles, employ processes of mass production — the ultimate works deny the uniqueness and idiosyncrasy of the artist’s hand. El Anatsui Glittering and eye catching, Anatsui’s works present an illusion of luxury and a critique of colonialism. Arranged in shifting grids in interlocking rows are hundreds upon hundreds of flattened bottle caps, which shimmer like precious metal and give an impression of textile. He sources these bottle-tops from recycling stations, weaving them together with copper wire into a cloth-like wall-hanging sculpture. He uses seriality to create a spin on the traditional use of expensive materials like gold. Resembling the traditional African textile called Kente cloth (Anatsui is reclaiming various cultural traditions), his flexible and ever-changing work masks a much more powerful message — he explores the human cost of colonialism in Africa, as well as consumption and its effects on the environment. The bottle caps represent the history of unequal trade between Africa and Europe, as alcohol was brought by Europeans and often a product in the transatlantic slave trade. He exposes the discrepancies between what Africa offered and received, and he navigates how this history has continued to impact the development and economy of Africa to this day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f565b1075dd3715b1582c31/1599494943958/Picture1.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Immersive media installations By nature, installations are not a single, finite art object (like a large-scale sculpture or monumental mural) but rather a whole experience, designed by the artist. The viewer is central to the work and the activator of its purpose. Large-scale, mixed-media installations originate from Duchamp’s readymades as well as conceptualism. Unlike within the sculptural tradition, the installation’s emphasis is not on form but on the intention of the artist and the effect on the viewer. Kara Walker Walker’s 2014 ambitiously large-scale installation consists of a central sphynx-like figure as well as fifteen other “attendant” sculptures. Its full title is A Subtlety. The sphinx recalls ancient Egyptian art while also playing into the stereotypical physical attributes of the “Mammy” figure, or a Black woman who worked as a domestic laborer for a wealthy white family. It embodies both past and present, navigating racism, cultural biases and the representation of Black women. Commissioned by Creative Time, the final work was coated in sugar and displayed in Domino Sugar plant in Williamsburg, which was formerly the largest sugar refinery in the world. The medium is the message in Walker’s work — sugar (and the trading of sugar) is closely related to slavery and colonialism. Due to their size, large-scale installations are usually ephemeral, on view for a period of only a few weeks or months. Cynically, this short time can a marketing tool leveraged by museums and other organizations in order to drive visitors. In fact Walker’s work was reported to have received 130,000 visitors between early May and early July. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f565c4ba081cc5ab34a8b50/1599495257391/Picture1.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Nam June Paik Credited with the advent of video art, Paik invented a new artistic medium with television and moving images. His installations are rooted in found objects — television sets — and challenge understandings of visual culture. Treating the TV screen as a canvas, he celebrated the speed of electronic communication and explored the impact of these technologies on culture. Paik is not actually creating the sculpture himself or producing narrative films. Instead, he is arranging various elements for the viewer and presenting them in new combinations and contexts, encouraging the viewer to look at modern media communications with a fresh perspective. He even introduced participatory elements in some installations, in which viewers would encounter themselves on the screens in real time. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/5f565cf50d0691773f37930a/1599495422794/Picture1.png Blog - CONTEMPORARY ART - Nick Cave Similar to Duchamp, Cave is known for appropriating found objects sourced from flea markets, thrift stores and online marketplaces like eBay. His installations give abandoned objects new meaning, often drawing on their nostalgic or historic implications. The installation above at MASS MoCA in 2016 consisted of millions of beads, many thousands of wind spinners, thousands of ceramic birds, thousands of crystals, dozens of chandeliers and several metallic lawn ornaments, among other random objects. The work may appear like a fun, shimmering playground, but its objects point to a political commentary. Cave’s work, while bright and alluring, typically has an underlying meaning that addresses American cultural issues like gun violence and race relations. https://artmaverick.com/blog/jeanmichel-basquiat monthly 0.5 2021-05-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/60b450603ca1b14e7d1cc67e/1622429884211/Screen+Shot+2021-05-30+at+10.41.33+PM.png Blog - Jean-Michel Basquiat - Make it stand out Untitled (Skull), 1982 Achieved record price of $110.5 million at auction in 2017 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebf30e464d6b577ef1fd20d/t/60b51eab4d872516fe291a02/1626985038915/Screen+Shot+2021-05-30+at+10.03.09+PM.png Blog - Jean-Michel Basquiat - Make it stand out Photographed by Tseng Kwong Chi, 1987