CVA-OAD (Fall 2009) - Allan

Go students Go!

2009-11-18T02:31:00.000-08:00

Go my students go! (students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design)

see their work at the Science Museum of MN

Opening is Dec. 4th 2009 (6-8pm)

Show goes from Nov. 20 - Dec. 11th, 2009

sooooo
what shows of yours can we start promoting???????

send me the news you minute you get it.

never hold back, never wait for anyone's approval - because you have mine

go get 'em. - get showing and be great - and you know you'll have me to shout the loudest for you!!!!!

go get 'em guys!

to help with your mapping assignment

2009-10-22T14:12:00.000-07:00

done for/by the UN Headquarters in NY

http://pentagram.com/en/UNDOC_Poster2_lob.jpg

Check out this web site: http://flowingdata.com/

Images of work we saw at the Walker from our tour

2009-10-07T02:25:00.000-07:00

Untitled
Kazuo Shiraga
1959
oil on canvas
Image taken from the Walker Web Site: http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/8482 http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/8482

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/78
Kiki
Chuck Close
1993
oil on canvas

Third Eye Vision

Chris Ofili
1999
acrylic, collage, glitter, resin, map pins, elephant dung on canvas

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/8782

Here are just a few images from our tour. I thought I might save you guys some time and see if I can pull a few for you so you can just think about the writing.

Delfo (Delphi)
Giulio Paolini
1965
photographic screenprint on canvas
http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/11832

Fountain (after Marcel Duchamp: A.P.)
Sherrie Levine
1991
bronze

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/906

set elements for Walkaround Time
Jasper Johns
1968
plastic, paint
http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/10269

http://www.josephklevenefineartltd.com/NewSite/JasperJohnsFlag.jpg

Shoestring Potatoes Spilling from a Bag
Claes Oldenburg
1966
canvas, kapok, glue, acrylic

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/708

Buste de Diego (Bust of Diego)

Alberto Giacometti
circa 1954
bronze

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/572

Black Curve
Ellsworth Kelly
1962
oil on canvas

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/7240

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What I'm looking for in such writing - 5 works --> Goats.

Suaire de Mondo Cane (Mondo Cane Shroud)
Yves Klein
1961
pigment, synthetic resin on gauze

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/11947

BLOG: Art and the range of perspectives: (last uber blog entry)

1 • Find a piece that has strong FORMAL qualities: Line, color, shape, texture etc. Choose one of these qualities that this work screams out and tell me (in a few sentences) why this work’s formal qualities are its greatest strength. Give me your reaction – positive or negative (and be persuasive). Does its form carry over the piece? Is beauty enough?

2 • Find a piece that’s content is its strongest quality – perhaps stronger than the actual physical piece itself. Tell me about a paragraph about the work and then give me your reaction – positive or negative (and be persuasive). Does its content carry over the piece? Is thought enough?

3• Find a piece that lacks both formal and content qualities to you and why. Why is this work just such a let down to you?

4• Find a piece that carries both the formal and content qualities that you desire in a work and tell me why.

5. FINALLY - -Chose a Piece that by seeing this work – perhaps changed your view of what art is. It changed your perspective, taught you something new, or made you re-think what art can be. Even better – a piece of art that made you so itchy to make work - you couldn’t hold still. Something that inspired you to do something new.

Red Yellow Blue III
Ellsworth Kelly
1966
oil on canvas

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/8375

Mortality
Isamu Noguchi
1959
bronze
http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/700

Tre ragazze alla balconata (Three Girls on a Balcony)
Michelangelo Pistoletto
1962-1964
oil, graphite on tissue paper mounted to mirror-polished stainless steel

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/8697

Hippopotamus from Technological Reliquaries
Paul Thek
1965
beeswax, plexiglass, metal, rubbe

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/6483

Concetto Spaziale - Attesa (Spatial Concept - Expectation)
Lucio Fontana
1964-1965
tempera on canvas, lacquered wood

http://collections.walkerart.org/item/object/8599

This week - A tour of the Walker Art Center

2009-10-04T20:32:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone.

Image taken from: http://mspccevents.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/the-walker-art-center/

Don't forget this week is your wonderful tour of the Walker Art Center - which I know you're going to love.
I will see you there (*in the lobby upstairs by the gift shop) no later than 3:45. That's when our tour leaves, so don't be a second late!

here's their web site: http://www.walkerart.org/index.wac

tons of stuff there so go check it out, eat it up and love it all!

Things to apply to - a sketch book competition

2009-10-04T12:01:00.000-07:00

The Sketchbook Project: Library

posted: 9/15/09

Image taken from: http://www.wmbhoyt.com/media/sketchbook/sketchbook.jpg

Art House Co-op Gallery building world's first permanent library of sketchbooks
Atlanta, GA, Sept 2009- Atlanta's Art House Co-op has opened a call for entries for the Sketchbook Project, Library edition. Participants are asked to donate their finished sketchbooks to the project, which will be exhibited in galleries and then reside in a permanent collection where library patrons can browse by theme, media, or location. Confirmed exhibition dates include Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and St. Louis.
Each sketchbook will be barcoded and cataloged, enabling visitors to the exhibitions to receive a library card with which they can check out books to browse and peruse while at the shows.
Participants will receive a 5.25 in. x 8.25 in. Moleskine(R) sketchbook to fill in and return to the gallery, where it will become part of a collective exhibition along with thousands of other artists. The Sketchbook Project is open to anyone and you can sign up at Art House Co-op's website, www.arthousecoop.com, where artists can create profiles, share portfolio images, and interact with each other, essentially forming a social networking site, as well as a collective of artists from various nationalities, ideologies, styles, and artistic backgrounds.
To participate: www.thesketchbookproject.com
For more info on Art House Co-op, please visit: www.arthousecoop.com

More shows for you to to go to if you like

2009-10-03T14:32:00.000-07:00

Soo Visual Arts Center for two new exhibitions:

Broken
New works by Greg Gossel
October 9 - November 29, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, October 9th, 6-9PM
http://www.soovac.org/ps_09_greggossel.php

Don’t Worry, I Have a Map
New Works by Amy Rice
October 9 - November 29, 2009
Opening Reception Friday, October 9th, 6-9PM

http://www.soovac.org/SooVisualArtsCenterAmyRice.php

Soo Visual Arts Center is located at 2640 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis, on the corner of Lyndale Avenue South and 27th Street. Gallery hours are: Tues 10-6, Wed. 10-6, Thurs. 12-8, Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-4 & Sun. 12-4 Gallery admission is free for all visitors during all hours of operation, with a suggested donation of $2. For more information visit www.soovac.org
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801 Art Gallery Opening
Saturday October 10th, 2009
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Please join us for an evening of art and music.

We’ve selected three wonderful visual artists with unique styles and work:
1st Floor – Vance Gellert, Photographer
2nd Floor – Scott Neff, Painter/Collage/ Assemblage
3rd Floor – John Alspach, Painter

All of the art is for sale and the money goes directly to the artist.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Jeremy Bue at 612-636-7187. Jeremy is the key resident contact for this and future Aesthetics Committee events.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday October 10th, 2009!
http://www.801washingtonlofts.org/art-at-801/

a kool mapping site for research

2009-09-27T21:03:00.000-07:00

Hey guys - a global look at where the news is coming from
sort of a different way of finding things
FYI for a future heads up for your mapping project

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8195

TimeSpace: World

TimeSpace is an interactive map that allows you to navigate articles, photos, video and commentary from around the globe. Discover news hot-spots where coverage is clustered. Use the timeline to illustrate peaks in coverage, and customize your news searches to a particular day or specific hour. (Many Washington Post stories appear at midnight; others are published throughout the day as news happens). Click the ? In the upper right for help.

This week we will meet at the Midway Art museum

2009-09-20T23:21:00.000-07:00

Hey guys. See you at the Midway Art museum for this weeks class (and office hours)
I'll be checking your blogs tomorrow - so make sure you're all updated. :)

Here is their home web site For the Midway Art Museum
http://www.midwayart.org/

Hours
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
Library hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
School groups: If you are interested in visiting Midway with a school group, please see our education page for more details.
Address
Midway Contemporary Art
527 Second Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Phone 612-605-4504
Facsimile 612-605-4538
Contact Us
Free off-street parking is available. Midway is fully ADA-accessible. We are also close to several major bus routes; please visit metrotransit for bus routes and schedules.
Open Google Maps for directions.

see you at the MIA tomorrow

2009-09-14T20:16:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,
just want to remind you all that we'll be at the MIA (http://www.artsmia.org/) tomorrow

Class starts at 3:45 tomorrow and my office hours will be held there as well. (for directions see the link below:
http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=29

sending an e-mail now and working all the links this evening as well.
no rest for the weary

Just like this little guy:

Image taken from: http://www.scientificblogging.com/awful_waste_space/hubble_shows_images_new_camera

Welcome to Orientation to Art and Design's (section B)'s blogspot

2009-09-07T20:26:00.000-07:00

hello everyone.

Who didn't sigh a huge sigh of relief when i said "never mind" about the worksheet questions. Hopefully today's lecture makes sense of everything and we can begin to get the experience and even - maybe - just a little pleasure out of learning to critique work - both our own, our peers and even 'famous artists' work.

I'd hope that you get some use out of this semi-public forum as well.

A few things to remember:
1) Spelling and Grammar still count (*I know... booo).
I usually like to write things out in a word doc. and then cut and past them over into the blog.
Why?
Because I can't spell, and grammar - it is beyond me - BUT - you are required to do it well. How will I know then if you are miss-spelling anything? Simple my dears.... cut and paste right back into word and there you go. Can't hide from it, just do it.

2) Site and source EVERYTHING! It's very important and for legal reasons even. Also, it can be a great resource for someone else who is researching a similar artist to keep clicking their way into the infinite source of possibilities found on the web. Get link happy - highlight the words you want to link to the original site, then hit the blue button above that says LINK, and then paste in the original web site.
So let's say I was suppose to write about an art I made this summer (good times).
I would paste my image to the screen via that little button up above that has a picture of a mountain

Abbi A. Allan

"Mr. Crumple's Last Day".

Pen on paper. 2009

8.5" x 12"

Image taken from her Blog "Abbi Allan's Latest Work"

3) Make sure you link to this blog and all your classmates' blogs as you go along.

What will those addresses be?

EASY!

after the cva-oad-sectb-yourlastname09.blogspot.com

so basically, cut and paste the whole thing, and where you see the italic red, take out "yourlastname" and put your own last name there.

send that name to me, and I'll make sure it gets sent out to everyone else.

by next week should you not only have your first posting and review, but be linked to everyone.

Ready to go???
As I say when I review a really hot all-star filled band "hipsters, commence blogging"
best
-Abbi

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