There's a mixture of comfort and irritation around surrounding yourself with similar characters to yourself.
I suppose 3 or 4 years ago when I started such courses as the one that started on Tuesday (
Intro to The Tate Modern) I felt like a 'young' rebel and that I now realise is not the case but having said that it's not all bad news and I know we can talk about shared experiences and even 'offers'.
James the course leader started somewhere that is recognisable and iconic (
Duchamp) and raises questions about what art is.
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James Mansfield the Course Leader -
Feels that we''re obliged to start at Fountain |
After looking at Flanagan's example of Pauvre Art we went to see the Hair and bumper work by Indian artist Sheela Gowda - this connects with material and religion/belief.
We then went and looked at a three dimensional collage work by Kurt Schwitters and introductions from the group followed about what we were hoping to get from the course.
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| Behold - A work of Art or culture? |
After that we looked at some of US artist Louise Nevelson's work ahead of a break and some form filling.
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| A work made of other 'found' items |
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| Leger - Still life with a beer Mug (1921) |
After this we split into 4 groups of 4 to look at work increasingly abstracted.
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Carnival
A figurative work from Max Beckman (1920) |
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| Picasso was playing with perspective (1913) |
and Ukrainian artist Sonia Delauney really was very abstract in 1963 (below).
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| Triptych (1963) |
After the discussions from what we got on these we had an introduction to the Video Art of Korean US artist
Nam June Paik - I felt that was about mediation - particularly the egg in this one .
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| I've got £44.22 |
Doors
The doors are now in another month but here's a draft of a January view on the first 31.
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| This is Mountfield Road |
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| January -How we could look at it |
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| 32 - So the long journey really begins now |
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