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“Sr Edwādo Pâlotsi z cnsidrd t b wn v ɖ fwrunrz v Britiš pop āt. An xibišn v hiz vîbṛnt n xentric prints hz ôpnd at ɖ Fitswiłm Myziym, Cembrij, ẇč wz an ŕli ṣpwtr v hiz wrc.
Ɖ printd c̣lāž wz an integṛl pāt v ɖ practis v Sr Edwādo Pâlotsi (1924-2005). Ẇn h wz growñ p in Līʈ, Edinbra, cutñ p n leyrñ imijz fṛm maġzīnz wz wn v hiz ŕli amyzmnts. H cntinyd t dveḷp ɖ mīdı̣m at Snt Mātin’z Scūl v Āt n ɖ Slêd in Lundn n ɖen lêtr muvd on t wrc wɖ printstydioz, crietñ scrīnprints n liʈgrafs. Ẇl wrcñ wɖ ɖz technīcs, h wz olso crietñ sculpčr. Hiz public sculpčrz cn b fând in Edinbra n Lundn, nôtbli hiz čunci bronzôd t Sr Îzac Nytn at ɖ Britiš Lîbrri (1995) n ɖ dnamic mzeic at Totnm Cwt Rôd undrgrând stêšn (1982), ẇč hz md našnl nyz hedlînz rīsntli, bcz it hz cm undr ʈret jrñ modnîzešn v ɖ stêšn.
Ɖ brît, olmst ilctrifayñ, culrclašz ɖt fīčr in ɖ Totnm Cwt Rôd mzeic r ivoc̣tv v ɖ prints dspled in ɖ xibišn. Leyrñ-p imijz fṛm maġzīnz, h juxṭpozd hiz intrest in tecnoḷji, sayns n histri wɖ rcŕñ popculčr ʈīmz v ṣlbṛti, fast fūd n advtîzñ. Ɖ printd c̣lāžz dspled in ɖ xibišn r têcn mnli fṛm ɖ tu siriz, Mūnstrips Empîr Nyz (1967) n Jenṛl Dnamic F.U.N. (1970), wɖ adišnl wrcs fṛm Clâd Atomic Lboṛtri (1971) n Bunc (1947-52).
Bunc, a siriz v 45 printd c̣lāžz, wz xibitd at ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āts in 1952. Īvn at a fwd-ʈncñ gaḷri, ɖ mīdı̣m v printd c̣lāž wz cnsidrd uncnvnšnl n uṇxptbl az āt bcz v ɖ fôtgrafic prôsesz involvd. Pâlotsi c̣laḅretd wɖ printstydioz fr ɖ wrcs, nôtbli Idišnz Alecto n Celpra Stydio. Ɖt sem yir, Pâlotsi côfândd ɖ Indipndnt Grūp, a grūp v ātists n ʈncrz hu bgan t dbet ɖ c̣ližn v hî n lo culčr in āt n ssayti. Pâlotsi’z stêṭs az a revlušnri ātist v mdrṇti wz ɖen smntd ẇn, in 1956, h tc pāt in ɖ seminl Ẇîtčapl Gaḷri xibišn tîtld Ɖs z Tmro, ẇč z creditd wɖ ušrñ in ɖ Britiš popāt muvmnt.
Ɖ tîtl Bunc z têcn fṛm a qôt fṛm Henri Fōd, hu wns sd: Histri z mr or ls bunc. Fōd wz a pṛgresv hu std fr maspṛduẋn n cnsymrizm, culčrz ɖt wr dominetñ America n ẇč fasinetd Pâlotsi. H intṛdyst ɖs Fōdist consept t āt: hiz c̣lāžsiriz wr printd in a standd išu v 100 n īvn pacijd in a nīt box. Ɖ box fr Bunc dspled in ɖ xibišn z md v trnzlūsnt nion-pnc plastc, rflctñ ɖ plêfl atityd v ɖ prints insd. Ɖ frst print fṛm ɖ box v faxiṃlīprints šoz ɖ priti pṛpwšnz v ɖ fês v Holīwŭd actṛs Lūsīl Bwl oṗzit a Mini Mâs pâdrñ hr nôz, a tin v Ẇît Star tyna, a frūtplêt n a glas v jūs.
Pâlotsi’z intrest in Americn culčr cntinyd in ɖ siriz Jenṛl Dnamic F.U.N, a pwtfolio v 50 fôtoliʈgrafs n scrīnprints crietd btwn 1965 n 1970. Ɖ prints r a plegrând fr Dizni caṛctrz n dînr-stîl fūd n drnc. Čildṛn, Americn landmācs n Holīwŭd starz ol congṛget, selbretñ ɖ entṛns v mīdia t ɖ modn êj.
Pâlotsi hd bcm obsest wɖ YS popculčr at an ŕli êj. Hiz Itałn pẹrnts, frst-jeṇrešn imigṛnts, ônd an îscrīm šop in Albtstrīt, Līʈ, ɖt sold cnfẋnri, ciġrets n siṇṃticits. Pâlotsi inʈyziastcli c̣lctd ciġretcādz v popylr spwtștarz n Holīwŭd actrz, n fṛm ɖ êj v for h went t ɖ lôcl siṇma, ẇr h abzwbd ɖ glits n drama v ɖ scrīnstarz. Holīwŭd starz pop p acrs Jenṛl Dnamic F.U.N; rocstar Rici Nelsn in a pnc šrt n a clasic-lcñ Iliẓbʈ Têlr wɖ prpl lips n grīn îz apir sîd bî sîd in a print tîtld An Empîr v Sili Sttistcs … A Fêc Wor fr Public Rlešnz.
It wz’nt jst ɖ subjctmatr v ɖ mūviz ɖt inspîrd ɖ yuñ Pâlotsi; ɖ šāp cutñ n clipñ tecnīcs fṛm filmsìnz wr olso an inflụns. H stātd t cut ât hiz fevrit imijz fṛm maġzīnz n, ẇl h wz nt ebl t pin ɖm p on hiz bedrūm wōlz – ɖ onli imij alaud wz a fremd Mdona wɖ a crūsifix – ɖ insîd v hiz cubḑorz wz ɖ sīcṛt ynivrs v hiz imajinešn. A fy pêjz fṛm wn v hiz nymṛs scečbcs r dspled in ɖ xibišn, šowñ hiz hymṛs leyrñ stîl juxṭpozñ ppl, objcts n txt.
Ẇl Americn popculčr wz a vižl obsešn, Pâlotsi réd n rsrčt wîdli on histri, sayns n filoṣfi, ẇč wz ẇ h prifŕd t cwl hmslf a sriylist, rɖr ɖn a popātist. Ɖ siriz Mūnstrips Empîr Nyz, crietd btwn 1965 n 1972, šoz hiz intrest in histri v āt n āṭfact. Mici Mâs z juxṭpozd wɖ Mîc̣lanjlo’z Dêvid in Ɖ Silcn Wrld v Mîc̣lanjlo (1967). A blac on gold prôfîl v Dêvid lcs īst t Yṛp, ẇl Mici Mâs fêsz west twdz America, n a cātūniš grūp v Ijipšn figrz prizîdz ovr ɖm bʈ. In a print tîtld Donld Duc Mīts Mondrian (1967), Donld z simplifîd intu pix̣letd blocs n Mondrian’z sqr culrz pop in brît pnc n yelo.
Az wel az āt, txt wz an impwtnt cmponnt v Pâlotsi’s wrc. Prints fṛm Jenṛl Dnamic F.U.N, Hâ t spend tîm in Holīwŭd n Temprri Vẹriešnz in Xpirı̣nst Tîp cnsist mostli v paṛgrafs v sml-print txt fṛm ɖ pêjz v a maġzīn. Pâlotsi olso dzînd a cuvr fr ɖ litrri jrnl Ambit, ẇr hiz frend JG Balād wz prôzeditr. Ɖ 1967 cuvr dspled in ɖ xibišn šoz ɖ c̣lāžd imij v a fuzi blac ġrila claspñ a wmn in a wedñdres, cut ât v a 1950z idišn v Vôg. H cntinyd t contribyt t ɖ jrnl wɖ imijz taclñ ṗlitcl subjcts sč az advtîzñ, ɖ Vietnam wor n Jaṗnīz tecnoḷji.
Pâlotsi’z printd c̣lāžz spīc ɖ lanĝj v tecnoḷji, caṛctrz r pix̣letd n patnz lc lîc flašñ srcitbwdz. Ɖ prints Hî Lîf n Memri Corynits (bʈ 1967) r pyr jı̣mtric dzîn. Uɖr wrcs fīčr fast cars, hî-spīd trênlînz, rôbots, astṛnwts n spêsšips, šowñ Pâlotsi’z fasinešn wɖ man n mšīn.
Ɖ Ʈiyri v Reḷtivti, dspled at ɖ entṛns t ɖ xibišn, z an xampl v wn v Pâlotsi’z ilctrifayñ jı̣mtric dzînz wɖ multipl grafic strips v pnc, yelo n orinj. Ɖs print wz prčist bî ɖ Fitswiłm Myziym in 1967 fr £34 fṛm ɖ printstydio Idišnz Alecto. Ɖ histri v ɖ myziym’z aqizišnz v Pâlotsi’z wrc z an ingejñ adišn t ɖ xibišn. Ɖ folowñ yir, ɖ myziym aqîrd ɖ siriz Mūnstrips Empîr Nyz n lêtr, in ɖ 90z, Pâlotsi dnetd hiz drwn dzînz fr ɖ Totnm Cwt Rôd undrgrândstêšn mzeic.
At a tîm ẇn Pâlotsi’z public āt hz cm undr ɖ našnl spotlît, ɖs xibišn priznts a bold vižl têst v hiz leġsi az a sriylist popātist, n šoz hiz impwtns t ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš āt. Ẇl hiz printd c̣lāžz wr an uncnvnšnl mīdı̣m at ɖ tîm v ɖer pṛduẋn, ɖe repriznt a prsnl pāt v hiz practis, ingrend sns čîldhd n dveḷpt frɖr bî hiz fasinešn wɖ tecnoḷji.”
Harı̣t Ʈwp, STYDIO INṬNAŠNL, 6 Māč 2015
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“Victoria Miro z dlîtd t priznt Upwd Muvmnt, N.S. Hāša’z secnd sôlo xibišn wɖ Victoria Miro n hiz frst in ɖ Mêfer gaḷri. Wn v ɖ most significnt Indı̣n ātists v hiz jeṇrešn, Hāša drwz on a brwd spectṛm v Indı̣n ātistc n fiğṛtv pêntñ tṛdišnz n popylr āts, az wel az ɖ westn ātcann. H hz wrct acrs a renj v mīdia, includñ pêntñ, sculpčr, insṭlešn n pfwmns.
Fr hiz xibišn at Victoria Miro Mêfer, Hāša hz pṛdyst a siriz v pêntñz ɖt xplor nošnz v asent. Č canvs fīčrz vẹriešnz on ɖ mtif v a ptklr hymn, animl or hîbrid figr ingejd in a snğlr activti, ẇč me involv fizicl eḷvešn, tecṇlojicl iṇvešn or spiričl trnsndns. Ɖz figrz r strîvñ t rīč smʈñ abv or bynd, acnoḷjñ n atmtñ t cnct wɖ uņon rījnz.
Indivijl pêntñz fôc̣s on myzišnz n dansrz n on langurmunciz n câz, bʈ v ẇč r veṇretd in Hindu culčr. Ɖ figrz r dpictd in a flat, šalo spês on bacgrândz fīčrñ a sngl stroñ culr. Ɖr z a myzicl coṇtešn t ɖ comṗzišnz; ɖ figrz, in ōdrli roz, sjst nôts on myzicl stevz, n ɖer rcuṛns n vrayti cn b sīn az a vižl anaḷji fr čantñ n uɖr rpettv or siclicl myzicl strucčrz.
Hāša hz sd v ɖs siriz, Slôli I fīl mî ʈts r muvñ twdz a cnd v abstraẋn, ẇl cīpñ ɖ absrd naṛtv az its sentṛl ingejmnt. H hz sáitd Samyl Becit’s Wêtñ fr Godo az a pýnt v refṛns, n ɖ pêntñz emfsîz hâ a qest fr hîr mīnñ sits alñsd ɖ absrḍti v evrīde xistns.
Raha Dikhanaywalay Thay Hai Rahengay (Paʈšârz Wr/R/Wl B Ɖr) fīčrz langurz arnd n atp scripčṛl stônfmešnz inspîrd bî ɖ arenjmnts v rocs in Jaṗnīz landscep̓êntñ. Ɖ munciz r pýntñ upwdz, sjstñ ɖ dzîr t trnsnd ŕʈ-bând cnsrnz. Ɖs wrc folod on fṛm Hāša’z lj 2013 insṭlešn Tamaša, md jrñ ɖ ātist’s rezidnsi at ɖ DAAD, ẇč fīčrd lîfsîz langursculpčrz scêlñ ɖ fsād v a bildñ in Brlin-Mita. Az in ɖ insṭlešn, in ɖ pêntñ ɖ munciz’ loñ teilz r intwînd; ɖs posčr z drwn fṛm Jrmn miʈoḷji rletd t ratcñz, grūps v ɖ rôdnts cnjýnd bî ɖer tangld teilz.
Muwñ Hir n Nâ n Onli We z ʈru Milcñ We wr inspîrd bî Hāša’z vizits t dẹrīfāmz nir hiz hom in Mîsor in suɖn India n in Jrṃni. Vywñ ɖ rapid adaptešn v tecnoḷji bî ɖ fāmñinḍstri n ɖ inṭraẋnz btwn catl n hymnz, h cnsivd ɖ absrd dẹrīscep v Muwñ Hir n Nâ, ẇč jentli satirîzz ɖ incrisñli rmot sạntific rlešnšp btwn ppl n câz on industrı̣l fāmz. Cnvrsli, Onli We z ʈru Milcñ We picčrz a mr ṗetc, bycolic vižn v dẹrīfāmñ, šowñ ɖ simpl act v ppl milcñ câz bî hand.
Hāša rdysz ɖs ênčnt tṛdišn t its pyrist fwm, rmuvñ īvn ɖ cntenrz in ẇč ɖ milc wd b c̣lctd. In bʈ pêntñz ɖ aẋn z inṭruptd bî a čājñ eḷfnt. Ɖs sriyl inṭvnšn wz drwn fṛm an insidnt in Mîsor in 2011 in ẇč tu wîld eḷfnts went on a rampej cilñ a man n svṛl câz.
Črp pīp črp pīp… xmplifîz ɖ ambiğwti v cntmprri sạntific n industrı̣l dveḷpmnt. A ranc v paṛthedd figrz crâd arnd teḷscops n mîcṛscops, simblz v ɖ insesnt hymn dzîr t xplor ɖ macrocozmic n ɖ mîcrocozmic. Lîc wrcrz on an asmblīlîn v yrīc̣mmnts ɖe sīm fêtd t cntiny ɖer srč indefinitli. Ɖz absrdist figrz r puncčuetd bî myzišnz, hu sjst an oltrṇtv meʈd v dscuvri, n ɖ indyrñ nīd fr ātists t pṛvîd a contxt n comntri arnd sạntific jrniz.
Ɖz myzišnz, sṗsficli vīṇpleyrz, rcŕ in Čembrconṣt. Č pleyr z îṣletd fṛm ɖ uɖrz, sīmñli pleyñ alon yt phps loññ fr a cnẋn wɖ uɖr myzišnz n lisnrz. Aftr mni yirz v travlñ, Hāša spent ol v 2014 in Mîsor, ẇr h spent tîm at conṣts wɖ lôcl myzišnz. Blac on blac ftprints on ɖ strips v îɖr sîd v ɖ canvs sjst hâ intrnl jrniz in dācṇs pṛvîd a cndysv atṃsfir t fôc̣s on ɖ fînist dītelz v cmynicešn fṛm elsẇr.
In Tîm n Agn Upwd Muvmnt Bytifl Bytifl, Hāša xplorz ɖ hymn figr in an xtrim posčr, wɖ ɖ leg xtndd abv ɖ hed. Ɖs pzišn, fmiłr fṛm clasicl Indı̣n dans n sculpčr, hz bn yzd historicli t dnot upwd muvmnt n a qest t rīč ât intu ɖ uņon. Ɖ pêntñ fīčrz a ṗred v figrz in ɖs posčr, emfsîzñ ɖ byti v cntiňli rīčñ ât intu ɖ uņon. Hāša includz a nod t dpiẋnz v a similr spiričl n fiḷsoficl qest in westn Rnesnsāt in ɖ top rît cwnr v ɖ comṗzišn, replicetñ ɖ figrz v Plêto n Aristotl fṛm Rafel’z Vaticn fresco Ɖ Scūl v Aʈnz. Brāma, a Hindu îcon fr criešn v ɖ wrld, olso apirz az an obzrvr v ɖs bale.
Bạgraficl dītelz:
Born in 1969, NS Hāša livz n wrcs in Mîsor, India. H wz a rsipı̣nt v ɖ prestijs DAAD Scolršp in 2012. H wz olso awōdd ɖ Artes Mundi Prîz in 2008. Hāša hz têcn pāt in a vrayti v c̣labṛtv projcts n xibišnz inṭnašnli. H hz hd sôlo prezntešnz at INIVA, Lundn (2009), n at Maison Hermes Tôcio (2008), n hz bn includd in verı̣s grūpxibišnz, includñ ɖ Mosco Bîeňl v Cntmprri Āt (2013); Dojima Bîeňl, Osaca (2013); Aḍled Inṭnašnl Festivl (2012); Ežn Āt Myziym, San Fṛnsisco (2012); ɖ Yôcohama Trîeňl (2011) n ɖ Bienal di Sâ Pâlu (2010). H wz olso a ptisipnt in ɖ mêjr turñ xibišn Indı̣n Hîwe, ẇč wz stêjd at ɖ Srpntîn Gaḷri, Lundn (2008); Astrŭp Frnli Myziym v Modn Āt, Oslo (2009); Hernñ Āt Myziym, Denmāc (2010); Musée d’Art Contemporain, Liõ (2011); MAXXI, Rôm (2011-12) n Ŭḷnz Sentr fr Cntmprri Āt, Bêžñ (2012).”
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“Mālbra Fîn Āt z dlîtd t anâns an xibišn v pêntñz, drōñz n grafics bî Britiš ātist Cen Cif, RA (1935–2001).
Ɖ xibišn, ɖ frst in Lundn sns 2008, wl cmprîz sm 40 wrcs, wɖ mêjr pêntñz n acrilics, includñ ɖ Našnl Gaḷri Triptic, a lj-scêl pêntñ md jrñ hiz rezidnsi at ɖ Našnl Gaḷri btwn Nvmbr 1991 n Octobr 1993. It wl olso includ sm prīvı̣sli unsin pêntñz fṛm ɖ Istet, demnstretñ ɖ ātist’s xtrōdnri renj n vrṣtiḷti, tgɖr wɖ a nmbr v wrcs fṛm Ɖ Sīqns siriz, a projct stātd in 1971 n ivnčli nmbrñ sm 200 wrcs in ol.
Ɖs xibišn wl pṛvîd vywrz wɖ ɖ oṗtyṇti t riivalyet ɖ wrc v ɖ ātist, hu pṛdyst an abîdñ n mč admîrd bodi v wrc, invocñ fanṭsi n miʈ in xplorñ ɖ riaḷtiz v hymaṇti.
Fṛm ɖ 1980z, printmêcñ bcem incrisñli impwtnt t Cif. Ɖ vrayti v tecnīcs alaud hm t xplor hiz ôn vižl lanĝj ʈru ɖ dfṛnt mīdia. Cif relišt ɖ c̣laḅrešn wɖ tecnišnz n masṭrprintrz, pṛdysñ a rič are v wŭdcuts, liʈ̇grafs, ečñ, moṇtîps n incwstcs. A ṣlẋn v aproxiṃtli 15 wrcs wl b includd in ɖ šo, a modist grūp bt a tesṭmnt t hiz scil n orijinaḷti az an ātist n az a printmêcr.
Ɖ xibišn wl b acumṗnid bî a fŭli iḷstretd caṭlog, wɖ a ny ese bî Andru Lambʈ, oʈr v a mêjr Temz n Hudsn moṇgraf on ɖ ātist. H raits:
It z nâ 14 yirz sns Cen Cif dîd at ɖ cmpaṛtvli ŕli êj v 65. Az mr tîm pasz n w lc afreš at hiz wrc, it bcmz incrisñli clir ɖt h wz wn v ɖ most orijinl pêntrz v ɖ jýz n tṛvelz v ɖ hymn cndišn. H čoz t cnduct hiz invstigešnz ʈru a pôtnt n hîli prsnl combinešn v fiğṛtv n abstract eḷmnts, dployñ a renj v mīdia fṛm drōñ t pêntñ n printmêcñ. Cif wz in psyt v an ilusv hol – phps az ilusv az ɖ pfcṭbiḷti v ɖ spīšīz itslf. Bt ɖ fact ɖt h psyd sč holṇs, dspt ɖ odz agnst ačivñ it, wz hrôic. N ɖ qoḷti v ɖ imijz h md jrñ hiz qest wz rmāc̣bl.”
Janit MCenzi, STYDIO INṬNAŠNL, 14 Māč 2015
“Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz z ɖ frst mêjr gaḷriexibišn v ɖ wrc v ɖs xpšnl ātist, hu dîd in 2006 at ɖ êj v 41. Roudz livd n wrct in Los Anjlīz.
Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz okpîz BALTC’s tu ljst florz, wɖ for insṭlešnz t b navigetd bî for intrpṛtv paɖz or rôdz: Jêsn Roudz, Americn Ātist; Jêsn ɖ Mêsn, (a bạgraficl ʈred nemd fr a čîldhd nicnem); Sistmz (lanĝj, scêl, indxñ, icoṇmiz), n PīRôFôm. Bî fwgrândñ ɖz ʈīmz, ɖ xibišn emz t ôpn p fr invstigešn Roudz’z spectaklr, ovrlodd insṭlešnz. Imījtli axeṣbl n î-cačñ, ɖz wrcs r at ɖ sem tîm dīpli sisṭmatc, dīteld, n rwōdñ v cerfl ingejmnt. Yzñ nion, plastc bucits, pârtūlz, snêcñ wîrz, fiğrīnz, sând, n a vast renj v uɖr mtirı̣lz, includñ a V8 enjin, Roudz’z wrc brñz ɖ vywr in wɖ hymr, vîbṛnsi, n ɖ pṛvoc̣tv ōdaṣti v hiz vižn. Ɖ šo wl b ancrd bî for mêjr insṭlešnz.
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Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz z ōġnîzd bî ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Ynivrṣti v Penṣlveňa n kretd bî ICA Čīf Kretr, Ñgrid Šefnr. Ɖs xibišn z md psbl bî Ɖ Py Sentr fr Āts n Heritij n z a cooṗrešn btwn ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Ynivrṣti v Penṣlveňa, BWLTC Sentr fr Cntmprri Āt n Kunsthalle Brêmn”
“Hr retṛspctv at ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld z a revlešn. **** – Êdrı̣n Srl, Ɖ Gādı̣n
Nʈñ z evr riyli az it sīmz: fand metl sīmz weitls n frajîl: inwms bilowñ pîlz v led sīm cinetc; n ɖ ātist hrslf sīmz t b constntli čalinjñ s t criet âr ôn mīnñz rgādñ abstract fwmz. – It’s Nîs Ɖt
XIBIŠN
Ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld priznts ɖ YC’s frst myziymsrve v wrc bî Grīc-Americn ātist n feminist îcon Linda Benglis. Ɖs hîli antisipetd xibišn wl b ɖ ljst prezntešn v Benglis’ wrc in ɖ YC, fīčrñ aproxiṃtli 50 wrcs ɖt wl span ɖ intîṛti v hr pṛlific c̣rir t dêt.
Êjd 73, Benglis z wn v America’z most significnt livñ ātists. Born in 1941 in Luīziana, YSA, š wz heṛldd az ɖ ér t Poḷc bî Lîf maġzīn in 1970, n imrjd az pāt v a jeṇrešn v ātists fwjñ ny apročz t sculpčr n pêntñ in ɖ wêc v Abstract Xprešnizm, Miniṃlizm n Popāt.
Cântñ Andi Wōhol, Sol LeWit n Bānit Nymn amñ hr frendz n pirz, Benglis istablišt hr c̣rir wɖn a mêl-dominetd āt wrld n bcem fems nt onli fr hr radicl riinvižnñ v sculpčr n pêntñ ʈru hr ŕli wrcs yzñ wax n pord lêtx, bt olso fr hr wrcs dīlñ wɖ feminist poḷtcs n slfimij.
BÎOGṚFI
Born in Lêc Čālz, Luīziana in 1941, Linda Benglis muvd t Ny Ywc Siti in ɖ lêt 1960z. Š nâ rzîdz in Ny Ywc n Santa Fe, Mexico, n z ɖ rsipı̣nt v a Ggnhîm Felôšp n tu Našnl Indâmnt fr ɖ Āts grants, amñ uɖr comndešnz. Hr wrc z held in impwtnt public c̣lẋnz n hz bn xibitd at Têt Modn, Ɖ Myziym v Modn Āt n ɖ Ẇitni Myziym.
Benglis wz ɖ subjct v a 2010–11 inṭnašnl retṛspctv ɖt travld t Ɖ Îriš Myziym v Modn Āt, Dublin; Ɖ Von Aḅmŭzeum, Indôvn; L’Conswsium, Dīžõ; Ny Myziym, Ny Ywc; n ɖ Myziym v Cntmprri Āt, Los Anjlīz. Most rīsntli, in ŕli 2014, Benglis šôcêst a siriz v ny sramic wrcs in a sôlo xibišn at Čîm n Rīd, Ny Ywc, n Toms Dên Gaḷri, Lundn.”
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“Ovr ɖ ōtumnl munʈs, Camdn Ātșentr priznts Glen Lîgon: Cwl n Rspons, ɖ frst xibišn in a YC public gaḷri fr ɖ seḷbretd Americn ātist.
Wn v America’z most dstnĝšt cntmprri ātists, Lîgon (b.1960) hz bn dīpli ingejd wɖ ɖ riten wrd ʈrt hiz c̣rir. Drōñ atnšn t ɖ probḷmz v lanĝj n repṛzentešn, h adresz presñ n čaḷnjñ topics v rês, lanĝj n seẋuaḷti. Hiz wrcs rīcnsidr n rīpriznt Americn histri, ispešli naṛtvz v slevri n sivl rîts, wɖn a cntmprri contxt. Bst nôn fr hiz stenṣld txtbêst pêntñz, h wīvz tgɖr wîdrenjñ inflụnsz fṛm litṛčr, vižl āts n popylr culčr. Ovr ɖ past 10 yirz, Lîgon hz olso bn dedicetd t inteṛgetñ ɖz ʈīmz ʈru hiz pṛlific n astyt raitñ n inṭvyz.
Fr hiz xibišn at Camdn Ātșentr, Lîgon priznts a ny siriz v lj pêntñz bêst on ɖ 1966 seminl têpt-spīč wrc, Cm Ât, bî Miniṃlist cmpozr Stīv Rîš. Cm Ât z drwn fṛm ɖ testiṃni v six blac yɖz arstd fr cmitñ a mrdr jrñ ɖ Hāḷm Rêsrayt v 1964. Nôn az ɖ Hāḷm Six, ɖ cês galṿnîzd sivlrîts activists fr a jeṇrešn, brññ t atnšn ṗlīsbrūtaḷti agnst blac sitiznz. Ecowñ Rîš’z ovrlapñ reṗtišn v wrdz n frezz, Lîgon’z silcscrīn pêntñz ovrle ɖ wrdz t criet slôli šiftñ n riɖmic ifects.
Lîgon z crietñ a ny nionwrc, ẇč drwz on ɖ wrdz v Daňl Ham, wn v ɖ Hāḷm Six, dscrîbñ ɖ ṗlīsbītñz. Nionletrz, sspndd fr vizitrz t wōc amñst, blnc on n of in a sîcl rflctñ Rîš’z wrc. Lîgon’z nionwrcs cntiny hiz intrest in pšñ txt n spīč t ɖ pýnt v abstraẋn. Az wɖ hiz pêntñz, ɖe incurij ɖ vywr t oṣlet btwn rīdñ n lcñ.
A ny multīscrīn vidio wrc yzz fŭtij v cmīdịn Ričd Prayr’z 1982 stand-p pfwmns, Lîv on Sunset Strip. Lîgon hz riōġnîzd n rīfilmd ɖ rcwdd mtirı̣l t emf̣sîz Prayr’z imfatc bodīlanĝj, muvmnt n xprešnz, rmuvñ ātikletd wrdz t fôc̣s on bodīlanĝj n ɖ pfwṃtv dlivri v spīč.”
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“Ɖs spešl dsple ofrz an intṛduẋn t ɖ ljst bt lst nôn pāt v ɖ Gaḷri’z âtstandñ c̣lẋn – its holdñ v prints.
Ɖ Cwtold Gaḷri hâzz wn v ɖ most significnt c̣lẋnz v wrcs on pêpr in Britn, wɖ aproxiṃtli 7,000 drōñz n wōtrculrz n 20,000 prints renjñ fṛm ɖ Rnesns t ɖ 21st senčri.
Ɖs dsple v sm ʈrti ptklrli rmācbl n intrīgñ xamplz spanz mr ɖn 500 yirz n incumṗsz a vrayti v print-mcñ tecnīcs.
Ɖ ṣlẋn includz wrcs bî Mantegna, Brýgl, Caṇleto, Picaso, Mtīs n Frýd.”
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“Dscuvr ɖ intrīgñ wrc v Indı̣n ātist Nazrīn Mhaṃdi (1937–1990). Born in C̣rāči n rêzd in Mmbî, Mhaṃdi z nâ cnsidrd t b wn v ɖ most significnt ātists wɖn ɖ moḍnist tṛdišn, wɖ hr wrc rsivñ grt critcl aclem inṭnašnli in rīsnt yirz. Nazrīn Mhaṃdi z ɖ ljst sôlo šo v hr wrc in ɖ YC t dêt, gvñ mni vizitrz ɖer frst incântr wɖ hr vẹrid practis, ẇč includz pêntñ, drōñ n ftogṛfi.
Fīčrñ mr ɖn 50 v hr wrcs, Nazrīn Mhaṃdi runz in paṛlel wɖ Mondrian n hiz Stydioz, n čāts ɖ ivlušn v Mhaṃdi’z wrc, xplorñ hâ š, lîc Mondrian, muvd awe fṛm a fiğṛtv stîl n dveḷpt hr ôn ynīc aproč t abstraẋn.
Ɖs xibišn hîlîts significnt fezz in ɖ ātist’s practis; fṛm semiabstract liricl pêntñz v ɖ 1960z, t hr intric̣t ingejmnt n sbvršn v ɖ moḍnist grid ʈrt ɖ 1970z, n dīteld drōñz v sspndd dîaġnl lînz, trîanglz n sfirz in ɖ 1980z. Ɖ latr rcwl ɖ ytopı̣n dzînz v cnstructivist ātists sč az Cazimir Małevič, hu š grtli admîrd. A frɖr hîlît wl b Mhaṃdi’z prsnl fôtgrafic practis ʈru ẇč š mntend a vižl recwd v hr xpirı̣nsz, capčrñ imijz v deẓt landsceps, sìsceps, modn strucčrz, n ɖ Izlamic ācitecčr v Fatepur Sicri.
Aftr studiyñ āt at Sentṛl Snt Mātin’z in Lundn (1954–7) Mhaṃdi wrct in Yṛp bfr rtrnñ t India in ɖ ŕli 1970z, t bcm a tīčr in ɖ Faclti v Fîn Āts, MS Ynivrṣti, Ḅroda. It wz hir ɖt š wrct alñsd mni nôtbl ātists n bgan t dveḷp hr abstraẋn, pṛdysñ sml-scêl, jı̣mtric drōñz, pênztecñli cmpozd on an ācitect’s tebl, yzñ pensl n pen. Vrčli alon amñst hr pirz, Mhaṃdi brôc awe fṛm ɖ mênstrīm practis v fiğṛtv pêntñ in pôstindipndns India. Hr emf̣sis on miniml linı̣r jesčrz t criet infiṇt imajinri landsceps n strucčrz xmplifîz hr dzîr t, az š rôt in hr dayriz, obten ɖ maximm v ɖ minimm.
Dspt cmparisnz t Americn ātists sč az Agnis Mātin n Cāl Andre, Mhaṃdi’s wrc dfîz īzi catġrîzešn n wz ɖ prodct v hr dstnctv prṣnaḷti, prôses, n isʈetc valyz. Nazrīn Mhaṃdi rvilz ɖ ātist’s significnt contribyšn t moḍnizm ɖt xpandz ɖ bândriz v Westn āthistri n ofrz an oṗtyṇti t rīcnsidr ɖ mīnñ v abstract āt.”
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