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| German Socialist artist who uses controversial social commentary as his focus. His exhibition at the Guggenhiem was shut down by the board of trustees. questioned "who gets to call it art?" |
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| Public art project in Chicago where several artists made documentaries of happenings in the city, then used power from neighboring houses to create a "block party" installation on an empty lot that featured all of their films |
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| A German art school that played a role in the modern art movement in Germany. Linked with the early years of Expressionism |
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| A group of artists, architects, and designers founded by Doesburg, influenced by the painter Piet Mondrian |
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| France in the 1920s. Rich colors, bold geometric shapes, lavish ornimentation (think NYC; Chrystler building, Rockafeller, Grand Central, etc.) |
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| Weissenhof Siedlungen housing exhibition |
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| Housing estate built for exhibition, advertized as future worker's housing |
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| Levittown/ William J. Levitt |
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| Real Estate developer who made affordable housing in long island (an island was converted to Levittown). Inventor of the suburb. Affordable housing by utilizing assembly lines. |
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| A design group founded in Milan in the 80s. worked with experimental design. (toothbrushes) |
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| "New International Style" |
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| A notion created by Memphis. Commodification of particular cultural concepts within a global context. |
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| Founded Henrion Design Associates (HDA) in the 50s. Pioneer in global coorporate business (like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Sony, etc.) |
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| Consumer's Union/ Consumer Reports |
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| Founded in NYC. Was a key pressure group for educating customers. Tested products and supplied the consumer with appropriate info about competing products |
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| Richard Buckminster Fuller |
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| Fierce critic of contemporary American industrial design. |
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| "This Is Tomorrow" Exhibit |
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| Theo Crosby's collaboration exhibit involving artists, architects, theorists, and designers with a theme of living in the future. (12 groups of 3 or 4) |
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| Robert Venturi/ Post Modernism |
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| Internationally recognized architect , Part of Officina Alessi series "Tea and Coffee Piazzas" |
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| Situationists/ Guy Debord |
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| Left-wing art formation that integrated aesthetics and politics. Founded in the 50s. Main theorist was Debord (Marxist). Rearranged existing routines and sign systems in the city. |
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| Italian Group (anti-form). Member Pistoletto provided stainless steel sculptures that reflected the spectators/viewers. Was anti-Vietnam War themed. Wanted art to reflect real life. Commentary on terrorist acts from 60s to 90s in Italy |
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| From London in 1946. Advocates of Surrealism. Members from all different art disciplines. Art isn't about achieving perfection, but social diversity. Capitalistic, influenced by Pop Art. Liked mass production rather than one single original. |
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| Performance art, goes all the way back to Dadaism. artist/audience interaction. Created environmets and situations. Very spontanious (think flash mobs) |
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| The principle that Pop Art embraced. Rejection of aesthetic ideals of Stalinism. Opposite of Socialist Realism. References to American post-war Avant-Gardism |
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| 80s group of women artists in NY to protest sexism in the art world. Hid their identities under guerilla masks. "Do women need to be naked to get into the Met?" |
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| Genius is what gives the rule to art. An artist somehow can make materials come together into a form that is recognizably beautiful to viewers. Reshapes our perseptions. Sometimes used as an excuse to odd behaviors (alcoholism, womanizing, etc.) |
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| A "genius" in their field (example: Michaelangelo) |
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| English artist, entrepreneuer, and art collector. Death is a major theme in his art. |
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| In Paris in 1996. Demontrated that artist-run spaces were establishing new patterns of self promotion by artists in Britain. (Changing financial circumstances) |
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| Philosopher and social critic. Loss of aura (artwork with time & space) was not a bad thing. Celebrated democratic forms of art (facilitated by photography). Contrast between high and mass art. |
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| New technology promotes democracy, thus promoting human perception. Makes a "global village". He was in close relation with MTV |
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| More real than real. Something fake and artificial that comes to be more definitive of the real than reality (example: Disney World. Better than real life?) |
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| Allen Samuels (presentation) |
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| Industrial designer. Comes up with a new concept every day. Most concepts dont actually work. (Malaria Device, Mobile bathroom for disabled, laser weight pointer) |
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| John Marshall (presentation) |
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| Architectual work. Reframex context of fine art to make it engineered-based and useful. (Fire installation, THR_33 Tea House for Robots) User-device relationship |
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| Steven Scharrer (presentation) |
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| Designer, Illustrator. (High end milk: Mu, "De-Signed" installation [everything in the room was plain and white], Face-painting robot, street noise installation "Dust") |
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| Shawn Martinbrough (presentation) |
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| Comic book artist. Draws for Marvel and DC. worked on the "Walking Dead" series. Created characters for "Thief of Thieves". |
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| Graham Smith (presentation) |
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| Made a presentation on his studies of Rauschenberg |
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| Nick Tobier (presentation) |
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| ADP 2 Professor. Elephant that walked through Manhattan. Acrobatics with students. |
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| A film about our relationship with manufactured objects and the people who design them. Re-invent our manufactured environment. |
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| A film about typography and graphic design. Touches on where typography is found in our everyday environment. |
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| "Rivers and Tides" Andy Goldsworthy (film) |
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| Documentation of Andy Goldsworthy and his unpredictable work with natural materials, such as mud, icicles, stones, and sticks. |
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| "Robert Rauschenberg-Man at Work" (film) |
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| Documentation of Robert Rauschenberg, the founder of Pop Art, and his relationship with Jasper Johns, as well as his past and "current" work |
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| "Exit Through the Gift Shop" (film) |
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| Film on street art that tells the story of Thierry Guetta as he follows artists at work, such as Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and Space Invader. |
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