[image_with_animation image_url=”3161″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Yesterday I posted about a conversation between League friend and painter Fredericka Foster and composer/musician Phillip Glass that was recently published in Nautilus. In the post, Foster and Glass talk about time.
Above is another artist’s expression of time. Toying with the idea of how long it takes to make a painting, Marcel Duchamp’s “The BrideStrippedBare By HerBachelors, Even (The Large Glass)” was made by allowing a window to collect dust. After a long wait, Duchamp encapsulated the dust within applications of glue and varnish. This artwork took years, and in the end it never was completed, he decided it should remain unfinished. [image_with_animation image_url=”9960″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
Man Ray, Dust Breeding, 1920, shows how much dust Duchamp’s glass collected
SAL Challenge: Time (slow)
Make or find an artwork in which time moves slowly. If you are creating your own artwork, be aware of how materials (size and media) effect your expression of time, and notice how your intense focus (such as for a blind contour line drawing) effects your experience of time. If you are finding an artwork by another artist, be sure to include the artist’s name, the artwork title, and the year, if possible. The following imagery is off limits: no melting clocks, no hourglass, no old guys with scythe and robes.
Thankyou for sharingyourwork! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we can find it. #seattleartistleague #salchallenge #time.
The June SAL Challenge: Creative exercises once a day for 30 days.
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What happens when paper is treated as a raw material, instead of a flat white rectangle? The photograph to the left is one that’s been circulating on the internet lately. This is what happens when wasps are given colored construction paper. The paper is used as fibers and pulp, not ready for pencil lines to represent an …
A strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political as well as social dimensions, becoming themselves a focus of controversy and even a force of political as well as …
[image_with_animation image_url=”10046″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Gary Bennett I’ve been a recycling pro since I was a little kid, but over the years I’ve gotten confused about what’s recyclable and what isn’t. Standing in front of the bins, I hesitate with doubt. Used coffee cups? Metal bottle-caps? Gently used paper towels? I guess I’m not …
SAL Challenge: Time (slow)
[image_with_animation image_url=”3161″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Yesterday I posted about a conversation between League friend and painter Fredericka Foster and composer/musician Phillip Glass that was recently published in Nautilus. In the post, Foster and Glass talk about time.
Above is another artist’s expression of time. Toying with the idea of how long it takes to make a painting, Marcel Duchamp’s “The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)” was made by allowing a window to collect dust. After a long wait, Duchamp encapsulated the dust within applications of glue and varnish. This artwork took years, and in the end it never was completed, he decided it should remain unfinished. [image_with_animation image_url=”9960″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”]
SAL Challenge: Time (slow)
Make or find an artwork in which time moves slowly. If you are creating your own artwork, be aware of how materials (size and media) effect your expression of time, and notice how your intense focus (such as for a blind contour line drawing) effects your experience of time. If you are finding an artwork by another artist, be sure to include the artist’s name, the artwork title, and the year, if possible. The following imagery is off limits: no melting clocks, no hourglass, no old guys with scythe and robes.
Thank you for sharing your work! I love seeing these artworks online. People who post to Instagram or on Facebook will be eligible to win prizes (see details). No matter where you post, tag us so we can find it. #seattleartistleague #salchallenge #time.
The June SAL Challenge: Creative exercises once a day for 30 days.
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