DSGN 264-403 Fall 2021 Blog
I found this piece of work by Shilpa Gupta to be very interesting as it deals with ideas of what constitutes art and acts as a form of political commentary. It is a very simple piece of work on a white sheet of paper where 100 people from India, Canada, Read more…
One of Shahzia Sikander’s most recent pieces of work titled “Reckoning” really caught my eye and I think it relates to the animation projects we worked on in class. She worked on this piece and animated it with the help of Pulitzer winner Du-Yun. In this piece, she depicts an Read more…
Stephen Westfall is an artist that is passionate about exploring planar geometry, yet pushes the geometry to abstraction. His art challenges predictability with a complex color palette and seemingly random lines and intersections. I really enjoyed how Stephen challenged the idea of mathematics and perfection with randomness and unpredictability. His Read more…
The exhibit Neukom Vivarium caught my attention because it incorporates a fallen hemlock tree that is now placed in a gallery. In the interview linked below, Mark Dion calls this installation an abomination in how it moves the tree from its natural habitat to another site. It is important though Read more…
While we were learning about using code to make art in our various readings, I wanted to look into artists that are using AI to make art and artist Refik Anadol really stood out to me. A Ted interview with him from around a year ago is shown above and Read more…
Attached below is a great article discussing how artist Kristen Visbal hopes to sell her ‘Fearless Girl’ sculpture as an NFT in order to cover the fees from a lawsuit regarding the installation of her ‘Fearless Girl’ piece. The NFT market presents an amazing opportunity for artists to have complete Read more…
In my post on Ruby Silvious [https://addc.blog/?p=3545], I mentioned that I hope to find more artists who incorporate tea into their works, and lo and behold, meet Austin Kleon! Austin Kleon is actually a writer but received attention for his tea bag drawings. He explained that when he drinks tea, Read more…
The self-portrait of Frida Kahlo was sold at auction for an astronomical price of $34.9 million, which is three times the price of her previous work “Diego y yo”. Frida Kahlo was an iconic Mexican artist who explores the style of naive folk art on the subject of feminity, colonialism, Read more…
As an ardent Swiftie, I was beyond excited earlier this month when my favorite artist, Taylor Swift, re-released Red, one of her classic albums from 2012. The beauty of her album lies in her ability to tell a story (usually about love) through music, and the topics she sings about Read more…
Students at the University of Pennsylvania have designed playing cards for popular restaurants across New York City. The design choices behind each card are deliberate and look very clean. The cards were inspired by popular dishes at each of these restaurants, and have since been featured in the New York Read more…