ArtBabble: Robots

Tim Burton MoMA Spot

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:43:51 +0000

Series:

Film

Institution:

On view at MoMA
November 22, 2009-April 26, 2010

For more information please visit http://www.moma.org/timburton.
Find out more about the creation of this animation on MoMA's blog, INSIDE/OUT

Directed by Tim Burton
Produced by Mackinnon and Saunders CGI
Animation: Flix Facilities
Animation: Chris Tichborne
Lighting Camera: Martin Kelly
Music by Danny Elfman

The Tim Burton exhibition is sponsored by Syfy.

Robots - Artist Label - Gail Wight

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:56:34 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

For this "Artist Label" for Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon SJMA interviewed artist Gail Wight in her studio at Stanford University. We spoke with her about her scientific influences, her fascination with robots, and two of her works in the exhibition.

Robots - Artist Label - Clayton Bailey

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:51:47 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

SJMA traveled to Port Costa where we spent the better part of the morning touring Clayton Baileys property and studio. The morning was entertaining and interesting. Bailey talks here about his robot sculptures - how they are made and how he creates a personality in them.

Robots - Artist Label - Nemo Gould

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:34:44 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

Kinetic sculptor Nemo Gould took SJMA on a fascinating tour of his studio/workspace. He talked about his robot creations and talks about the robot that he specifically built for the exhibition Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon.

Robots - Curator Label - David Pace

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:33:33 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

Talking about the unique quality of David Pace's photographic work, Chief Curator JoAnne Northrup, touches on his post-modernist ideas of taxonomies and deconstruction.

Robots - Curator Label - Lisa Solomon

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:31:33 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

Robots Curator JoAnne Northrup talks about the work of Lisa Solomon and how she transforms the notion of robots through the use of domestic processes like quilting.

Robots - Artist Label - David Pace

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:28:56 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

Photographer David Pace speaks in his studio about his "Collection" series of photographs, of which there are two works from in the Robots exhibitions, and robots as an influence in his life and work.

Robots - Artist Label - Lisa Solomon

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:26:42 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

SJMA headed up to East Oakland for this "Artist Label" for Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon to speak with artist Lisa Solomon at her studio. She talks about her work in the exhibition as well as her place in the lineage of feminist artists.

Robots - Curator Label - Clayton Bailey

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:22:42 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

JoAnne Northrup, Chief Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art, talks about artist Clayton Bailey, whose robot family in the SJMA Permanent Collection will be featured in the exhibition Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon. She talks about his influence on the exhibition and his popular robot sculptures.

Robots - Artist Label - Eric Joyner

San Jose Museum of Art — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:20:41 +0000

Series:

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon

Institution:

San Jose Museum of Art

Robot/Donut artist Eric Joyner invited SJMA to his studio in San Francisco where he talks about his process and why he chose robots and donuts as subject matter.