This blog is right fucked. Judith Pfaff? Did we cover her in Art 21? Even if we did- I love her- I want to do what she does. It is so complicated. The above piece is called '...all of the above'. Her website is
www.judypfaff.org

Robotic Chair that I saw in Ottawa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZcSX4_b3Wo

This is Monica Bonvicini who is possibly me new favorite artist. This piece is called 'Don't Miss a Sec' from 2003/04 and is a public toilet set in a two-way mirror structure.
She draws too. I love her

This is Petah Coyne, she is an instructor in the Graduate program at The School of Visual Arts (Kim's BFA school).
It is interesting because of the differences in materials- silk and steel rod, taxidermied birds and spray paint. I think it is a beautiful composition.
The piece is called Untitled #1240 (Black Cloud)

This is one of Martin Boyce's fluorescent pieces. I was going to do part of my artist presentation but there is not enough information about him.

Walking House, N55 (Danish art collective).

"The best way for governments to control people is to make sure they stay in one place" (Ion Sorvin, designer)

http:///www.n55.dk/MANUALS/WALKINGHOUSE/walkinghouse.html

I want one.

David

Noah
Sarah
Chuckie
Alex

Interventions: Good Work here is some documentation

One of my favorite teams - Janet Cardiff and Jorge Bures Miller. The image on the left is titled The Killing Machine, 2007, and on the right is The Secret Hotel, 2005. These artists seem to always use sound as a very important component of their works. * check out their website, these works both should be viewed from a variety of angles.

www.cardiffmiller.com

Diane Landry, lighthouse
http://dianelandry.com/dianelandry_2007/Diane_Landry_menu07/p_mouvelles/phare_eng.html

Go to the link to see the video.

Ron Mueck

is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.

cool stuff

The name of this piece is Andy Warhol!
It is done by a guy named Charles Long. I found him at



http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/

The piece on the left is also by this dude and it paper!
Olafur Eliasson and Martin Boyce are also at this gallery's site. Check it out. The orange and blue piece is also by this dude and its paper! Lurve it

This guy's name is Tom Sachs and I find him kind of interesting. He works primarily in bronze but he appropriates pop culture icons (like Hello Kitty as seen) and it makes me uncomfortable...is it fine art?

I sometimes feel the same way about my work.

www.tomsachs.org

i am going to add more this sunday......

michael combs

http://www.combssculpture.com/Statement.html

i suppose i was inspired by this g

uy before i knew he existed.

a piece by a dude named Marc Andre Robinson for a show that is at the New Museum in NYC

www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/3

...thinking of monuments, etc.

Karin's website is www.karinsander.de

These are some images than Karin Sander is done. She is a Sculpture professor at KHB (Kunsthochschule-Berlin).

really good site for info on point pleasant www.pointpleasantpark.ca
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/FPPP/history.html

Point Pleasant Park

This is just FYI, and It may help your proposals.

Noah

counter monuments

Jochen Gerz nd Ester Shalev-Gerz, Monument to Fascism and War, 1986, Hamburg, German

Counter Monuments: http://www.goethe.de/kue/arc/dos/dos/zdk/en204638.htm

more sarah sze

next week:
Karin Sander

and maybe some of my work

fucking rad!

i got this god damned thing to work for me

this is sarah sze

i think she is on to something

www.sarahsze.com

check her out

chuck was here

sarah sze
caramel
earl grey
red

Indiana Limestone carved into gears 2008

John Kilduff

http://www.letspainttv.com/

Hey this is the performance artist I am trying to get to come to NSCAD check him out.

Sarah J. Robinson

Some experimentations with materials...

Left: Cotton muslin, latex, thread. 2007.

Below: Beeswax, natural pigments, fleece. 2008

David, MacFadden  Plaster Bike, Winter 2007

Tanaka Atsuko (1956) Electric Dress

General artist statement (the pieces are works in progress)

In my work the proper Victorian aesthetic becomes a sideshow act. The Victorian era emphasized the separate spheres: the divide between masculine and feminine roles. Yet here, I have taken on both, through my exploration of craft forms and methods. Using pseudo- taxidermy as an art form, I bring to light the power balances between man and animal in the domestic environment, and so become not the hunter, but the dignifier of the fauna.

The popularization of taxidermy in the Victorian era was the embodiment of domination of man over the natural world. Animals were killed in their natural habitat, skinned, defiled, posed and placed as objects in our colonized, domestic environment. Here, the animals are given a pedestal. They claim ownership of man- made objects and materials dominating them to the point that they are no longer separable from the romantic upholstery. The furniture becomes unusable and we have no choice but to co-exist with its usurpers.
We have colonized this land and called it “Canada”, taken away the animal’s native habitat by assimilating, manipulating it and domesticating as our own, (much like taxidermy) however, in the polite Victorian domestic setting of my work dignity and the fauna’s power is restored and we become guests in our own homes. As a Canadian artist, I have allowed the animals to take over and reclaim “their control”.

Craft is traditionally considered the creation of functional objects. As a sculptor using taxidermy, upholstery and antique wood restoration, artesian skills have enhanced the functional object to imagine a dysfunctional one. Understanding craft history and the male/female roles, I disconcern myself from these roles through use of textiles, color and method, the masculinity of the work becomes irrelevant. I use equal components of male craft and subject and female craft and delicacy.

Mike Kelley, Petting Zoo, Sculpture Projects Muenster, 2007

http://www.skulptur-projekte.de/aktuell/?lang=en

Mike Kelley: look up!!!

Ludwika Ogorzelec
Mist: from the Space Crystallization Cycle

http://www.torontosculpturegarden.com/LudwikaOgorzelec.htm

I saw this installation in 2007 while visiting Toronto. It's a strong piece which addresses, drawing, installation/sculpture, and a not so easy material to work with -plastic.

The Toronto Sculpture Garden:
www.torontosculpturegarden.com