Considered “the most important American artist of his generation” by the New York Times in the mid 1990s, Mathew Barney is the man behind the Cremaster cycle – five films, comprising 12 lines of dialogue during 6.5 hours of “the most audacious, repulsive, seductive, annoying, frustrating, puerile, pretentious, hilarious, beautiful and original images you will see, with no clear plot, lashings of Vaseline and sculptural, visual and prosthetic references to all things sexual and reproductive.”
Month: February 2007
Art e-Facts 3
In August 2006, the British Council announced that they had chosen Tracey Emin to produce a show of new work for the British Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. Emin will be only the second woman to produce a solo show for the UK at the Biennale, following Rachel Whiteread in 1997.
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Art e-Facts 2
In December 2004, Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain was voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century by 500 of the most powerful people in the British art world. This is testimony to the influence of Duchamp’s work, and the mark he has left on the art world.
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Modern Art is a general term used for most of the artistic production from the late 19th century until approximately the 1970s. (Recent art production is more often called Contemporary art or Postmodern art). Modern art refers to the then new approach to art where it was no longer important to represent a subject realistically — the invention of photography had made this function of art obsolete. Instead, artists started experimenting with new ways of seeing, with fresh ideas about the nature, materials and functions of art, often moving further toward abstraction.
First Post
Today we launch the HND Contemporary Art Practice Blog.
It is our hope that you will take sometime to browse our pages and and find out more about this innovative new Qualification.
You are welcome to leave comments or email us directly if you have any questions.
A member of the team will make regular posts over the coming weeks and months keeping you all up to date with news and developments:
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PLEASE NOTE: This course is subject to approval and will replace the current HND Public Art Course.
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