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Was your Art History class an endless succession of names and dates and movements? Art History doesn't have to be that way! We discuss new (and much more compelling) approaches the study of art. Learn more about Civilizations on PBS and how you can watch!: http://www.pbs.org/civilizations/home/
Also check out John Berger's Ways of Seeing (I know, I mispronounced it, it's Berger like merger): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk
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Are you overwhelmed by the plethora of art and art-related activities going on in the world? We’re here to help! Here are some ideas for how to learn about what’s going on in the world of contemporary art.
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Over the past 3 years, 60 artists have offered art assignments, and thousands of artworks have been made in response. Here's a brief glimpse of what we've all made together over the course of this series so far. So KEEP ASSIGNMENTING!
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week Sarah shares some of the excellent responses to Bang on a Can's assignment to Find Your Band. Keep submitting your responses with #theartassignment!
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Featured in this video:
Sophie: http://ohthewhomanity.tumblr.c....om/post/97711748384/
Jenn N: https://youtu.be/qBbGysIm_so
Yearwithfear: http://yearwithfear.tumblr.com..../post/102253888075/t
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Y2Ksnowglobe: http://y2ksnowglobe.tumblr.com..../post/97672574457/th
Empty Disco: https://youtu.be/aJfnWxIGPic
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Dan Jones: https://youtu.be/F6KFxd3D7ww
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What art that brings you comfort right now? What art do you want to be thinking about? In this episode, we make a book of art by Alec Soth, Miyoko Ito, Giorgio Morandi, Vija Celmins, Sam Gilliam, Sheila Hicks, and Wayne Thiebaud. Make your own art book and share it with #youareanartist.
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Should art be beautiful? Revisit ancient philosophers' thoughts on beauty and consider why we might be skeptical of beauty today.
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Agnes Martin's minimal paintings reproduce terribly. Their magic does not come though in photos or videos. Guest host John Green discusses Martin's art anyway, how it brilliantly captures emotion itself, and why you should seek it out.
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h This week we try our hand at one of those top 10 lists we keep seeing on the Interwebs these days. Specifically, we're going to talk about ten ideas that led to the idea of this very show! We'll look at how ideas are cyclical - informed by ideas that precede them AND informing those that follow. And we'll talk about how everything from meme culture and the maker movement to Sports Racers and Yoko Ono, got us to this point. Tell us in the comments, where it's going to go!
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You Are An Artist is for sale now!: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h. This book brings together a selection of assignments gathered during the course of making this series and a number of new ones, expanding on the ideas presented in our videos and creating a valuable resource for all, regardless of whether you call yourself an artist. #youareanartist #theartassignment #art
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A pair of glasses on an art gallery floor. Art? Or prank? What about a urinal? We compare recent pranks in art museums to art that uses some of the same strategies. To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment.
More about the glasses prank: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/arts/sfmoma-glasses-prank.html?mcubz=0&_r=0
More about Marcel Duchamp's Fountain:
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Picasso is one of the greatest artists of all time, but was also an inveterate womanizer and misogynist. Let's cook our way through moments in Picasso's life and process our conflicted feelings. If you want to see REAL chefs at work, check out Nourish!: https://www.youtube.com/PBSNourish. A new series from PBS Digital Studios about the people, culture and science behind tantalizing southern dishes.
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Correction: The caption for the painting at 0:55 is incorrect and should read "Pablo Picasso, La Torre de Hércules, A Coruña, c. 1895."
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Corporate lobbies and board rooms are often graced with impressive art, but why? What's the rationale behind this expense, and what impact does it have on the rest of the art world? We look at the history of corporate collecting, starting with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1959, trace its meteoric rise since, and work through the reasoning behind it.
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You've probably seen a few cubes sitting in an art gallery and questioned why they were there. How could cubes be important? How did we get here? This is the case for Minimalism.
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This week Mike Rugnetta joins us to share five of his favorite works of art. Thanks, Mike!
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Public funding for the arts is a hotly-debated topic, but let's look at where arts funding goes, what it accomplishes, and how we compare internationally. Check out Origin of Everything's take!: https://youtu.be/RYIZFCIEYVs.
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Thumbnail image depicts Urban Bush Women, whose work has been funded by the NEA: https://www.urbanbushwomen.org.
#art #arthistory #artsfunding #NEA
She's probably the most famous artwork of all time, but what do you know about her? It's time to better know the Mona Lisa. To support our channel, or at least consider it: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment
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Sometimes art is paintings, and sometimes it's a chair. Why? Let's learn about "Conceptual Art," where the idea is more important than the form. Oh, and take the PBS Digital Studios survey!: https://to.pbs.org/Survey2018
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When art is generated by Artificial Intelligence, what or who can we call the artist? We look to art history to consider the long collaboration between humans and technology. To support our channel, visit: http://www.patreon.com/artassignment.
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Generate your own Deep Dream image: https://deepdreamgenerator.com/
More about Magenta and Google Brain Team initiatives:
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This week we explore some of the most powerful artworks ever made, making the case for political art one work at a time. Pablo Picasso's Guernica, Kathe Kollwitz's prints, Kazimir Malevich's Black Square, Iri and Toshi Maruki's Hiroshima Panels, and Martha Rosler's House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home photomontages. What do you think of as political art?
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Impressionism is one of the best known and loved movements in Art History, but why? We present a case for why Impressionism is interesting and worth your attention and admiration, beyond the famous names behind it of Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissaro, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, et al.
#impressionism #art #arthistory
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Many of us who make and appreciate art spend loads of time on Instagram. How is it changing the way we interpret and interact with art? And is it actually changing the art that gets made? Let's find out. #art #instagramart #instagram
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Studies mentioned:
Budge, K. (2017), Objects in Focus: Museum Visitors and Instagram. Curator, 60: 67-85. doi:10.1111/cura.12183
Alixandra Barasch, Gal Zauberman, Kristin Diehl. How the Intention to Share Can Undermine Enjoyment: Photo-Taking Goals and Evaluation of Experiences. Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 44, Issue 6, April 2018, p 1220–1237, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucx112
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Pre-order our book YOU ARE AN ARTIST (which includes new assignments!) here: http://bit.ly/2kplj2h Today we discuss the conventions of art critique and explore the possibility of the internet as an arena for constructive critique. Can we do it?!
Recommended reading:
Matthew Goulish, 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance (2000)
James Elkins, Art Critiques: A Guide (Second Edition, 2012)
Kendall Buster and Paula Crawford, The Critique Handbook: The Art Student's Sourcebook and Survival Guide (2nd Edition, 2009)
You’ve heard of Jackson Pollock and know of his infamous “drip paintings,” but what is it that you’re supposed to do when you look at his work today? Why did it cause shockwaves in 1947, and what does it mean now? We explore the life, evolution, and legacy of Jackson Pollock.
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We apologize for the following errors and omissions:
- Jackson Pollock was sympathetic to leftist causes but never an official member of the Communist Party. He did participate in the creation of large scale public works for gatherings of the American Communist Party while part of the workshop of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, including a float for the 1936 May Day parade. Find out more here: https://www.artsy.net/article/....artsy-editorial-poll
- The photograph shown at 6:57 is inexplicably and inexcusably upside down.
- The photographs of the interior and exterior of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center are by photographer John Griffin and appear courtesy of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY.
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Smarthistory: https://smarthistory.org/why-i....s-that-important-loo
MoMA: https://www.moma.org/learn/mom....a_learning/themes/ab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WkUjPz0nQQ
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
Getty Conservation Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWAbVpkV0jQ&t=147s
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When Banksy shredded his artwork the moment after it sold at auction, he left many questions unanswered. What are we to make of the stunt? And subscribe to the new PBS Digital Studios series Two Cents: https://www.youtube.com/TwoCentsPBS.
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What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them? Don't forget to check out Serving Up Science over on PBS Zest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJGyOJf8e0&list=PLQMKh4LBO6xOssTCXi4AfpkzHuYpxJh_4
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