Meret Oppehneim German-born (OCT 6, 1913) > moved to Switzerland - she was a sculptor, painter poet and appeared as a model for Man Ray. Work = Surrealism Death Basel Switzerland NOV 15, 1985 Meret Oppenheim My Nursemaid, 1936 Jana Sterbak (b. 1955) Canadian artist best known for her conceptual sculptures that are made about and in relation to the body. SLEEK magazine article Sisyphus Sport, 1997 Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic (1987) Remote Control, 1989
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Above is a still from film: The Way Things Go at the Susan Inglett Gallery in NYC The Way Things Go 1987 29.39 minutes Written and Directed by Peter Fischli and David Weiss Link to the video here > The Way Things Go = Der Lauf der Dinge 29:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXo7YUP-J3w The way Things Go (German: Der Lauf der Dinge) is a 1987 film by the Swiss artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss . It documents a long causal chain assembled of everyday object. It resembles a Rube Goldberg machine. In this assignment, I want you to simply dwell. Dwell in the thoughts of our current state. Dwell in where you are right now. Dwell in your head. Simply Be. Breathe Flow By reading this, you are doing exactly what Fischli and Weiss were getting across in their work. A chain reaction. A call and a response. Things never remain static, we're always moving in space. A centillion of chain reactions from previous gestures.
Below are your colleagues' multi media presentations and their full papers. This blog page allows for you to make comments within each of them. Please do so on 4 students' works, minimum. Link to PPT here > Noel Evelyn Madden: MIA TAVONATTI PPT 03.24.2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to PPT here > Rachel McAndrew > DAMIAN ORTEGA PPT 03.30.2020 Professor Jen Pepper SA-132 Structuring Human Space 24 March 2020 Damián Ortega Damián Ortega is an award-winning sculptor who was born in 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is 53 years of age this year and is still living and working in Mexico City, staying true to his Mexican nationality. Ortega did not study anywhere for a formal art education, but he was very influenced by a few particular artists. Ortega was at the age of sixteen when he decided to drop out of his school to start his art career (Widewalls). He became a poli