This artist, Terese Agnew, quilt maker/story teller/social issues. She collected name brand labels to create the piece below, which is a commentary on human rights/sweatshops in the U.S.
At this site, students are introduced to artistic practices that use personal, professional and institutional collecting, as well as a wide array of contemporary artists employing these practices. Symbolism, anthropology and archival information are presented and discussed.
Stefan Hoderlein, Matching Jacket and Pants, 1996, Slide projection, 3 views, Installation at Gallerie Fricke, Berlin
Portia Munson, Pink Project, 1994, Installation of found pink objects Portia Munson, Green Piece; Sarcophagus, 101 x 210 x 147 cm More of her work at http://portiamunson.com/
Andy Warhol
Mark Dion The archaeological methods that Dion adopts to assemble this work are distinctive. The artist spent two weeks with a team of invited archaeological experts and volunteers beachcombing on two sites on either bank of the river Thames. ...
In the late 1980s Peter Atkins began composing visual journals comprised mostly of non-precious, found objects carefully re-presented in formal arrangements. Atkins' collections offer no obvious hierarchy or economic value but rather reflect a highly personalised approach to selection and display and serve as a time capsule of the artist's life at any given time.
started by lcz5008 on 22 Oct 14
This artist, Terese Agnew, quilt maker/story teller/social
issues. She collected name brand labels to create the piece below, which is a commentary on human rights/sweatshops in the U.S.
http://anngrafics.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/wpid-20130623_145034.jpg?w=538
At this site, students are introduced to artistic practices that use personal, professional and institutional collecting, as well as a wide array of contemporary artists employing these practices. Symbolism, anthropology and archival information are presented and discussed.
Stefan Hoderlein, Matching Jacket and Pants, 1996, Slide projection, 3 views, Installation at Gallerie Fricke, Berlin
Portia Munson, Pink Project, 1994, Installation of found pink objects
Portia Munson, Green Piece; Sarcophagus, 101 x 210 x 147 cm
More of her work at http://portiamunson.com/
Andy Warhol
Mark Dion
The archaeological methods that Dion adopts to assemble this work are distinctive. The artist spent two weeks with a team of invited archaeological experts and volunteers beachcombing on two sites on either bank of the river Thames. ...
In the late 1980s Peter Atkins began composing visual journals comprised mostly of non-precious, found objects carefully re-presented in formal arrangements. Atkins' collections offer no obvious hierarchy or economic value but rather reflect a highly personalised approach to selection and display and serve as a time capsule of the artist's life at any given time.
http://www.art21.org/artists/fred-wilson
Pepo Osorio, creates installations from his collections