Sari Dienes, Tred Squares, c. 1953–55, Ink on webril, 36 x 36 inches. Courtesy of The Sari Dienes Foundation, Pomona, NY. © Sari Dienes Foundation/ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Although Sari Dienes was a central figure of the 1950s New York art world, her contributions to the arts have been overlooked for decades, relegated to the status of a
To Cross (Walking New York) from Mary Billyou on Vimeo. Thread Lines artist Anne Wilson (b. 1949, Detroit, MI) choreographs and performs in her latest work To Cross (Walking
Our second film by Maria Laet (b. 1982, Rio de Janiero) offers an abstract depiction of the modernist grid as two entangled lines of thread gradually become unraveled. Maria
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Late 18th–early 19th century Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk 13 3/4 x 18 5/16 in. (35 x 46.5 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) is best known as the most inventive and original fresco painter of the eighteenth century; his son, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804), followed in the father’s footsteps.
In Maria Laet’s (b. 1982, Rio de Janeiro) hypnotic film, the stitched line records the evolving ocean tide. Maria Laet Notas sobre o limite do mar (Notes on
Sebastian Blanck’s animation documents the development of his daily collage portraits of friends and family from beginning to end. Sebastian Blanck Collage Animation 3 minutes 34 seconds 2014
This week on our online gallery is Mustapha Sedjal’s Stitches in Time, a short film featuring the artist’s hands embroidering a pair of hands. Mustapha Sedjal De fil en
Whether working in video, drawing, sculpture, or painting, Mustapha Sedjal invokes his personal history. In Ultimate Shipwreck, featured this week on our online gallery, an origami boat references the artist’s
http://vimeo.com/studiomarcbauer/architect “The Architect” is an animated silent film, from an original script, by Marc Bauer with music specially composed and performed by the French rock band Kafka. Opening with
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930). Untitled. 2013. Ink on plastic. 27 ½ x 36” 69.9 x 91.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised gift from a private collection. Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photograph: Jerry Thompson.
Jasper Johns: Regrets at The Museum of Modern Art Experimenting with art materials is a process normally encouraged in early childhood — getting messy with clay, smeared with