ArtBabble: Women Artists

Tang Museum: Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:10:21 +0000

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Nearly 50 years after her first solo exhibition in New York City Nancy Grossman’s work is as powerful and relevant today as it was when it was first created. The video Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary was created to bring the artist’s voice directly to the viewer, opening up new ways of understanding a body of complex and sometimes difficult work. It complements the exhibition of the same name currently on view at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College.

The Installation of Ursula von Rydingsvard's Sculptures at MOCA Cleveland

MOCA Cleveland — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:14:24 +0000

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MOCA Cleveland

This video shows the process of installing three of Ursula von Rydingsvard's mammoth cedar sculptures at MOCA Cleveland. A team of six crew members assembled the sculptures piece by piece, utilizing a forklift, a bevy of tools, creative problem solving and plenty of elbow grease. Ms. von Rydingsvard provides narration for the video as well. For more information, visit www.mocacleveland.org.

Tang Museum: Nnenna Okore on "Mbembe"

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:04:35 +0000

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Tang Museum: Environment and Object • Recent African Art

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In Nnenna Okore’s native language, Igbo, Mbembe means shadow. In this video, Okore discusses her piece Mbembe and its commentary on indiscriminant waste in consumer societies.

For Mbembe, Okore recycled and transformed used plastic bags into a large, hanging installation that emphasizes the pervasive presence and looming shadow of plastic bags in contemporary culture. Mbembe was featured in the Tang Museum exhibition Environment and Object - Recent African Art (2011).

Tang Museum: Suzanne Bocanegra on Math and Art in Collaboration

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:51:44 +0000

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Tang Museum: "Opener 21: Suzanne Bocanegra - I Write the Songs"

Tang Museum: Opener Series

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In this video, Suzanne Bocanegra describes her collaboration with John McCleary, a mathematician and classically trained singer, on the piece Color Chart. The duo created a mathematical formula that transformed an old yarn box into a libretto for an aria that Bocanegra describes as a “static opera.”

Tang Museum: Artist Interview with Paula Hayes

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:28:04 +0000

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Tang Museum: Opener Series

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In this video, artist Paula Hayes discusses her early life growing up on a working farm and the importance of nurturance in her work and society.

Tang Museum: Suzanne Bocanegra on Translating Paint to Performance

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:38:49 +0000

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Tang Museum: "Opener 21: Suzanne Bocanegra - I Write the Songs"

Tang Museum: Opener Series

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In this video, Suzanne Bocanegra describes how “a tiny little Seurat painting” inspired her to create Little Dot. She envisioned the defined movements of a ballerina’s feet as a parallel to the movement of Seurat’s pulsating dots, leading her to create a piece that combines sculpture, sound, and live performance.

Tang Museum: Nnenna Okore on Inspiring Young Female Artists

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:12:40 +0000

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Tang Museum: Environment and Object • Recent African Art

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In this video, Nnenna Okore discusses overcoming the challenges of being a female African artist and how her passion to create leads her to inspire young female artists.

Tang Museum: Nnenna Okore on the Effects of Age and Decay on Materials

Tang Museum at Skidmore College — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:45:08 +0000

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Tang Museum: Environment and Object • Recent African Art

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Tang Museum at Skidmore College

In this video, Nnenna Okore discusses her interest in materials that break down over time, such as fiber, trees, and roots, which allow her work to organically embody their own processes of aging.

Artist Mary Miss on the City as Living Laboratory

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:24:12 +0000

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Talks

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

New York-based artist Mary Miss shares her latest city-wide project, commissioned by the IMA: FLOW (Can You See the River)? FLOW is Miss’ precedent project for City as Living Laboratory: Sustainability Made Tangible through the Arts (CaLL), a framework developed by Miss and Marda Kirn, Executive Director of EcoArts Connections. CaLL offers a vision for linking the arts with science, urban planning, and education to help us imagine and create cities that redefine how we live our lives, use our resources, communicate, educate, and work.

Women in Art: Stables by Georgia O'Keeffe

Detroit Institute of Arts — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:02:16 +0000

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In The Frame: Exploring the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Detroit Institute of Arts

This episode focus's on the contributions of women artist's as represented trough varied eras and genres in the DIA's collection.