Founded in 1981 by the artist Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), the Dedalus Foundation educates the public by fostering public understanding of modern art and modernism through its support of research, education, publications, and exhibitions in this field. (See the About Us link above for more detail.) Motherwell’s career spanned five decades. During that time he created some of the best-known paintings and collages of the twentieth century. He also wrote extensively about modern art and culture, and edited important texts about modern art that still serve generations of artists and students of art history. In 2011, as the Foundation celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, it remains dedicated both to enlarging the public’s understanding of modern art and modernism in general, and to affirming the significance of Motherwell’s legacy and achievement.
The Dedalus Foundation has established a prominent presence among art foundations, and as we work to educate the public we strive to maintain the high ethical standards of our founder, who was active as a lecturer, teacher, and thinker as well as an artist. The Foundation is an active participant in the Council of Artist Foundations. We have hosted meetings and seminars on topics such as copyright issues and the importance of archival materials, and we have opened our archives to scholars doing research on a wide variety of subjects. We are also frequently sought out by our peers to share our experiences in the development of our archives and art database, and of our ongoing catalogue raisonné of Robert Motherwell’s works.
The Foundation owns the copyrights to all of Motherwell’s works in all mediums—including his writings, both published and unpublished—and inherited all of his professional papers, notebooks, and archives. Following Motherwell’s death in 1991, the Foundation spent several years organizing, cataloguing, and conserving its archives and collection of art. Our archive contains almost 30,000 photographs documenting Motherwell’s life and work; letters by, and to Motherwell from peers and colleagues; films, videos, and audiotapes of interviews with Motherwell; and other documentation of his life and prolific career. The Foundation’s archive is open to scholars and researchers by appointment. (See the Archives link above for more information). The Foundation actively works with curators and museums worldwide to encourage and help develop exhibitions of Motherwell’s work, as well as exhibitions devoted to other modern artists, especially those with whom Motherwell is closely associated.
The Dedalus Foundation is sponsoring a catalogue raisonné of Robert Motherwell’s paintings, collages, and paintings on paper, which will be published by Yale University Press in autumn 2012. Owners of unique works they believe to be by Robert Motherwell are kindly asked to send information about those works so that they can be included in this definitive catalogue. (See the Catalogue Raisonné link for further information.) Works will be reproduced in color when possible, and the catalogue entries for each work will include detailed histories of ownership, exhibitions, and literature. In the course of its research for the catalogue raisonné, the Foundation has conducted numerous interviews with family, friends, and colleagues of the artist, and has produced a detailed chronology of his life.
Robert Motherwell was one of the most important graphic artists of the 20th century. A catalogue raisonné of the prints that Motherwell created was sponsored by the Foundation and published by the Walker Art Center in 2003; updates to entries appear on our website from time to time as new information is made available and confirmed through the Foundation’s research. (See the link above.)
The Foundation is frequently asked to consult with auction houses and art dealers around the world to confirm attributions and to ensure the correct cataloging of Motherwell’s art. While it is not the mission of the Foundation to police the art market, upon request the Foundation does offer its conditional opinion about artworks thought to be by Motherwell. This is done as a public service, free of charge. Of course, as with all opinions concerning authorship, given the nature of art history and research, provenance, science, new fact and circumstances arising over time, and other bodies of knowledge that may inform the authorship of works of art, the Foundation’s opinions are not warranties or guaranties or substitutes therefore. The procedures to follow for owners of works of art thought to be by Motherwell are found in the link to the Catalogue Raisonné, above.
The Dedalus Foundation has an active Grants Program, through which it has supported the activities of well over 100 institutions, and numerous individuals have received direct support through scholarships and fellowships. These range from graduating high school seniors in New York City public schools; an annual $20,000 Robert Motherwell book award; and up to $30,000 in fellowships for senior scholars. Annually, Dedalus invites over 150 of the top art schools and universities around the country to apply for fellowships for MFA students. From 1993 through 2010, the Foundation has granted over $6 million in cash grants, almost exclusively in the United States.
Beginning in 1994, in accordance with the artist’s wishes, the Foundation became actively engaged in placing works of art in museum collections through a gift/purchase program which allowed over 60 museums to acquire works of art by Motherwell at significant savings (a list may be found here). Through this program, several museums, such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Forth Worth Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Denver Art Museum have acquired in-depth holdings of Motherwell’s art that form a significant aspect of their collections, and which are frequently on view.
The Dedalus Foundation has established a prominent presence among art foundations, and as we work to educate the public we strive to maintain the high ethical standards of our founder, who was active as a lecturer, teacher, and thinker as well as an artist. The Foundation is an active participant in the Council of Artist Foundations. We have hosted meetings and seminars on topics such as copyright issues and the importance of archival materials, and we have opened our archives to scholars doing research on a wide variety of subjects. We are also frequently sought out by our peers to share our experiences in the development of our archives and art database, and of our ongoing catalogue raisonné of Robert Motherwell’s works.
The Foundation owns the copyrights to all of Motherwell’s works in all mediums—including his writings, both published and unpublished—and inherited all of his professional papers, notebooks, and archives. Following Motherwell’s death in 1991, the Foundation spent several years organizing, cataloguing, and conserving its archives and collection of art. Our archive contains almost 30,000 photographs documenting Motherwell’s life and work; letters by, and to Motherwell from peers and colleagues; films, videos, and audiotapes of interviews with Motherwell; and other documentation of his life and prolific career. The Foundation’s archive is open to scholars and researchers by appointment. (See the Archives link above for more information). The Foundation actively works with curators and museums worldwide to encourage and help develop exhibitions of Motherwell’s work, as well as exhibitions devoted to other modern artists, especially those with whom Motherwell is closely associated.
The Dedalus Foundation is sponsoring a catalogue raisonné of Robert Motherwell’s paintings, collages, and paintings on paper, which will be published by Yale University Press in autumn 2012. Owners of unique works they believe to be by Robert Motherwell are kindly asked to send information about those works so that they can be included in this definitive catalogue. (See the Catalogue Raisonné link for further information.) Works will be reproduced in color when possible, and the catalogue entries for each work will include detailed histories of ownership, exhibitions, and literature. In the course of its research for the catalogue raisonné, the Foundation has conducted numerous interviews with family, friends, and colleagues of the artist, and has produced a detailed chronology of his life.
Robert Motherwell was one of the most important graphic artists of the 20th century. A catalogue raisonné of the prints that Motherwell created was sponsored by the Foundation and published by the Walker Art Center in 2003; updates to entries appear on our website from time to time as new information is made available and confirmed through the Foundation’s research. (See the link above.)
The Foundation is frequently asked to consult with auction houses and art dealers around the world to confirm attributions and to ensure the correct cataloging of Motherwell’s art. While it is not the mission of the Foundation to police the art market, upon request the Foundation does offer its conditional opinion about artworks thought to be by Motherwell. This is done as a public service, free of charge. Of course, as with all opinions concerning authorship, given the nature of art history and research, provenance, science, new fact and circumstances arising over time, and other bodies of knowledge that may inform the authorship of works of art, the Foundation’s opinions are not warranties or guaranties or substitutes therefore. The procedures to follow for owners of works of art thought to be by Motherwell are found in the link to the Catalogue Raisonné, above.
The Dedalus Foundation has an active Grants Program, through which it has supported the activities of well over 100 institutions, and numerous individuals have received direct support through scholarships and fellowships. These range from graduating high school seniors in New York City public schools; an annual $20,000 Robert Motherwell book award; and up to $30,000 in fellowships for senior scholars. Annually, Dedalus invites over 150 of the top art schools and universities around the country to apply for fellowships for MFA students. From 1993 through 2010, the Foundation has granted over $6 million in cash grants, almost exclusively in the United States.
Beginning in 1994, in accordance with the artist’s wishes, the Foundation became actively engaged in placing works of art in museum collections through a gift/purchase program which allowed over 60 museums to acquire works of art by Motherwell at significant savings (a list may be found here). Through this program, several museums, such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Forth Worth Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Denver Art Museum have acquired in-depth holdings of Motherwell’s art that form a significant aspect of their collections, and which are frequently on view.
Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.
About Anthony Atala
Anthony Atala asks, "Can we grow organs instead of transplanting them?" His lab at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine is doing just that -- engineering over 30 tissues and whole… Full bio and more links
An art museum on the outskirts of Amsterdam devoted to the artists of the CoBrA group (i.e. Asger Jorn, Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, and others. CoBrA is an acronym for the first letters of the cities of Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam where must of the artist were originally from. They were an important group of expressionistic painters work in Europe right after World War ll.
Website devoted to the life and work of Charles and Ray Eames.
Digital Grange was formed to assist our creative community in the creation of fine art utilizing the latest technology available today. Embracing experimentation and the symbiosis of technology and traditional printmaking techniques, Digital Grange is dedicated to supplying the highest quality photography, digital processing, retouching, custom and archival large format printing, framing and support systems.
Ant Farm (group)
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This article is about a group of architects. For other uses, see Ant farm (disambiguation)
Ant Farm was a group of architects who produced experimental works on the "fringe of architecture" during the period 1968-1978. They documented their work with video, and were influential early video artists. Ant Farm could be regarded today as a very effective mix between Archigram, the Rolling Stones and The Yes Men. Ant Farm embraced the latest technologies at the same time as they hit American culture on the head with their social and political comments and their highly critical (up to being in some cases destructive) approach to mass media.[1] The group's works include:
* Media Burn (1975). In which a glorified cadillac was driven through a wall of burning televisions. This piece plays with the notion of a pseudo-event.
* Cadillac Ranch, in which several cadillac automobiles were half-buried off Interstate 40 near Amarillo, Texas.
* House of the Century (with Texas and New Mexico architect Richard Jost)
* Inflatocookbook
* The Eternal Frame (1975), a collaboration with T.R. Uthco in which actors reenacted the John F. Kennedy Assassination in Dealey Plaza and documented it on video.
* Citizen's Time Capsule (1975) at Artpark, Lewiston, N.Y.
* The exhibition, Ant Farm 1968-1978, was mounted by the Berkeley Art Museum in 2004 and toured to six other museums.
* The Media Van was the customized van they traveled in and more recently has been turned into a time capsule.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Media Van)
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is about a group of architects. For other uses, see Ant farm (disambiguation)
Ant Farm was a group of architects who produced experimental works on the "fringe of architecture" during the period 1968-1978. They documented their work with video, and were influential early video artists. Ant Farm could be regarded today as a very effective mix between Archigram, the Rolling Stones and The Yes Men. Ant Farm embraced the latest technologies at the same time as they hit American culture on the head with their social and political comments and their highly critical (up to being in some cases destructive) approach to mass media.[1] The group's works include:
* Media Burn (1975). In which a glorified cadillac was driven through a wall of burning televisions. This piece plays with the notion of a pseudo-event.
* Cadillac Ranch, in which several cadillac automobiles were half-buried off Interstate 40 near Amarillo, Texas.
* House of the Century (with Texas and New Mexico architect Richard Jost)
* Inflatocookbook
* The Eternal Frame (1975), a collaboration with T.R. Uthco in which actors reenacted the John F. Kennedy Assassination in Dealey Plaza and documented it on video.
* Citizen's Time Capsule (1975) at Artpark, Lewiston, N.Y.
* The exhibition, Ant Farm 1968-1978, was mounted by the Berkeley Art Museum in 2004 and toured to six other museums.
* The Media Van was the customized van they traveled in and more recently has been turned into a time capsule.
Webpage of a Philip Guston devotee. I also consider Philip Guston one of my great influences.
About Geoform
Geoform is an online scholarly resource, curatorial project, and international forum whose focus is the use of geometric form and structure in contemporary abstract art.
Geoform explores, documents and celebrates the rich diversity of style and aesthetic intent that characterizes this broad vein of contemporary abstraction. Such diversity attests to the profound resonance that geometric form and structure have had for people across time and place.
Geoform is edited by Julie Karabenick. The project was collaboratively developed and formally launched in May, 2005 by Julie Karabenick (karabenick-art.net) and Howard R. Barnhart (barnhartart.com).
• artists— A complete list of participating artists may be found in the artist directory (artists). For each artist, an individual page presents images of artwork, an artist statement, contact information and links to further information and images. The artist directory contains a "sortable" feature that allows viewers to sort and select artists along a variety of descriptors (e.g., city, country, etc.).
• interviews—A directory of in-depth, richly illustrated interviews with some of the participating artists may be found under interviews. These interviews include detailed chronologies of the artists' work.
• spotlight—Spotlight is a recently added feature (May, 2009). A spotlight is a briefer form of interview that focuses on relatively recent developments in an artist's work, and does not include a highly detailed chronological overview.
Please note that Geoform does not act as a commercial agent for any of the participating artists. Appropriate channels for making sales inquiries are presented on artists' individual pages under their contact information.
At the present time, Geoform is not taking submissions. Although a contact form is provided, please note that, unfortunately, it is often not possible to respond to all inquiries.
Thank you very much for your interest in Geoform.
Geoform is an online scholarly resource, curatorial project, and international forum whose focus is the use of geometric form and structure in contemporary abstract art.
Geoform explores, documents and celebrates the rich diversity of style and aesthetic intent that characterizes this broad vein of contemporary abstraction. Such diversity attests to the profound resonance that geometric form and structure have had for people across time and place.
Geoform is edited by Julie Karabenick. The project was collaboratively developed and formally launched in May, 2005 by Julie Karabenick (karabenick-art.net) and Howard R. Barnhart (barnhartart.com).
• artists— A complete list of participating artists may be found in the artist directory (artists). For each artist, an individual page presents images of artwork, an artist statement, contact information and links to further information and images. The artist directory contains a "sortable" feature that allows viewers to sort and select artists along a variety of descriptors (e.g., city, country, etc.).
• interviews—A directory of in-depth, richly illustrated interviews with some of the participating artists may be found under interviews. These interviews include detailed chronologies of the artists' work.
• spotlight—Spotlight is a recently added feature (May, 2009). A spotlight is a briefer form of interview that focuses on relatively recent developments in an artist's work, and does not include a highly detailed chronological overview.
Please note that Geoform does not act as a commercial agent for any of the participating artists. Appropriate channels for making sales inquiries are presented on artists' individual pages under their contact information.
At the present time, Geoform is not taking submissions. Although a contact form is provided, please note that, unfortunately, it is often not possible to respond to all inquiries.
Thank you very much for your interest in Geoform.
Radical group of architects who expressed their ideas through drawing in the 1960's.
Proactive website focused on educating people about the urgent nature of global warming, and what to do about it. Great solution oriented website!
Art History website that emphasizes Modernism.
Website for the New York Times Art and Design Section of the newspaper.
A great blog for the fans of architecture.
Website for the great design, architecture, and art magazine
Website devoted to things green with a special emphasis on art and design.
For the Font Nuts out there
Website for the magazine of the same name.
Life Without Buildings is architecture out of context. Observations on the built environment, with a penchant towards pop culture.
LWB is written by Jimmy Stamp, a designer and freelance writer/blogger based in San Francisco.
LWB is written by Jimmy Stamp, a designer and freelance writer/blogger based in San Francisco.
Sculpture Space is unique in North America for its support of sculptors, both those who come to Utica, New York, as residency participants and those who continue after their residencies as working artists. The organization selects 20 artists each year for two-month residencies and has helped to advance the careers of more than 400 national and international artists since 1976. A non-profit organization with a 30-year record of success, Sculpture Space also offers the public a valuable opportunity to meet innovative artists and to learn about contemporary sculpture. As a unique cultural resource, Sculpture Space promotes interaction between national and international visiting artists and the local community throughout Utica and the surrounding region. The organization places works in the public domain, hosts studio tours, welcomes school groups to meet and watch working artists, collaborates with other organizations to exhibit artists’ projects, and arranges lectures at area educational institutions including Colgate University, Hamilton College, Syracuse University, Pratt at Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Mohawk Valley and Onodaga Community Colleges and Utica College.
