http://www.artbabble.org/video/guggenheim/kandinsky

In celebration of her retrospective at the Whitney Museum, Yayoi Kusama’s works are currently on display at two downtown Manhattan sites near the Whitney’s future home in the Meatpacking District. Kusama’s Yellow Trees building wrap transforms a tall building into a giant canvas. The scrim at 345 West 14th Street at 9th Avenue features a detail of the original painting Yellow Trees (1994), greatly enlarged so that its powerful sinuous patterns envelop the new twelve-story construction project. Visitors to Hudson River Park’s Pier 45 can enjoy Kusama’s vibrant multi-part installation, Guidepost to the New Space, throughout the summer. Bright red polka-dotted forms nestle in the grass like a herd of otherworldly abstractions, transforming the pier and its spectacular urban skyline. Upon your visit, please do not climb, sit, or play on the sculptures. They are more fragile than they seem.

Well known for her use of dense patterns of polka dots and nets, as well as her intense, large-scale environments, Yayoi Kusama works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance, and immersive installation. Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama came to the United States in 1957 and quickly found herself at the epicenter of the New York avant-garde. After achieving fame through groundbreaking exhibitions and art “happenings,” she returned to her native country in 1973 and is now one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary artists. This retrospective features works spanning Kusama’s career.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Yayoi Kusama

Whitney Museum of American Art: Yayoi Kusama

yayoi kasuma

http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/YayoiKusama/Video

KEN ROBINSON TED TALKS

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Electroplastique!

ElectroPlastique #1 - Preview 720p from watz on Vimeo.

Jennifer Angus

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

carolee Schneemann

the 2nd week of school

Students have begun to create 2D design layouts with their marks and lines. They are learning how to use an exacto knife, triangle, ruler and rubber cement pick up. All farily new tools. We will also be instrumenting digital technology with the ipads,macs,scanners, smart board, and apple t.v!
So far I  think I have a great group of students! This is their first college level design studio.

I posted this animation site since I feel the work is exceptional and actually does represent some valid design concepts we have been exploring in the studio!

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Naomi Fesseha: student homework

2-D Foundation Design

Heather Ujie

8/24/12

This piece displays varied repetitive elements through the multiple images of the human form in varied poses, almost as if the piece was organized to display the process of swimming. This also brings attention to the pyramid like structure created by the choice of placement of each posture. The visual unity is evident through continuity throughout the piece, for the most part this painting reads as a whole rather than bringing specific attention to individual elements. I think it’s also fair to say there is a level of proximity creating balance; the artist cleverly ties the background into the foreground almost effortlessly.

Each man is specifically placed for balance creating harmony, each man spotlights the various components selected to build the focal point of the painting. The men lying on the stone highlight the detail of the stonework and the men diving in the water indicate the detail along each ripple. The viewers eye is guided throughout the piece and I’ve noticed how the foreground is far more detail oriented than the background yet through each design principle mentioned prior, there is a successful sense of visual unity.