Friday Artist Notes 22.01.21
‘Untitled’ - 1986
DONALD JUDD (1928 - 1994) - an American minimalist artist, despite . Creating pieces using repeating shapes and patterns, using machine-made materials like iron, steel etc, while keeping it simple. The minimalist movement is the direct opposite of the abstract movement. Judd’s aim when making his pieces, was to make the object the main focus, being able to stand alone, without making reference to any hidden meanings. This has also been called literalist work, as what you see is all it is, the relationship you as the viewer make with it. Judd’s work is a reference to consumer culture, as well as the aim to make art more accessible to more people as it was simple and comprised of minimalist pieces.
‘Aten Reign’ - 2013
JAMES TURRELL - an American artist celebrated for his work combining light and space. Turrell was a pilot who brought his love for art into his flying, treating the sky as his canvas and material, the space around him being his studio. His work is the light, not to be confused with it being about the light, or how it works, but just the light itself and it’s presence in the area he presents it, is the art. Examples include cutting openings into the walls of a room, and allowing the light to spill in. Turrell describes his work as having “ no object, no image and no focus”, he wants the viewer to be in the moment and experience it as h presents it. There are no hidden meanings to get sucked up in, just your own wandering thoughts to cycle through. He aims to create an experience.
‘La situazione antispettiva’ - 2003
OLAFUR ELIASSON - is a Danish Sculptor famous for his large displays of which included elements likes light, water, and air temperature. He used this as a way to add to the experience of those viewing it. He was born 1967. During 1995, Eliasson built the Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, which was a laboritory to be used for spatial research. Eliasson used to be a professor in the Berlin University of the Arts during 2009 until 2014. Since then, he has been a professor in the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design in Addis Ababa. His work also aims to portray our role in globalization and enviromentalism. Eliasson uses materials such as moss, light, and reflective metals. Combining the contrasting materials of man-made and nature. His work aims to present the connection between art and science.
