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Olafur Eliasson at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2009-10) (press release)
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Olafur Eliasson at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2009-10) (press release) ADP staff; Text by Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney artdesigncafé | café library | Published 15 January 2010 Olafur Eliasson. 360° room for all colours, (2002). Stainless steel, projection foil,...
[Jackson] Pollock (2000) film review
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[Jackson] Pollock (2000) film review A review by John A. Walker (2009), the author of Art & Artists on screen. After World War II, New York replaced Paris as the Western world’s art capital and paintings by the American abstract expressionists received national and international...
All the Vermeers in New York (1991) film review
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All the Vermeers in New York (1991) film review A review by John A. Walker (2009), the author of Art & Artists on screen. Jon Jost (b. 1943, Chicago) the director of All the Vermeers in New York (Complex Corporation / American Playhouse Theatrical Films)— of which, incidentally, there...
Thomas Demand at Irish Museum of Modern Art (2007) (press release)
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...Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2005. He has exhibited widely and recent solo shows include the Serpentine Gallery, London, 2006, and the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2006. The exhibition is curated by Rachael Thomas, Senior Curator: Head of Exhibitions, IMMA. The...
Jeff Koons: Art and Celebrity excerpts (2003)
→ Art Design Publicity magazineJohn A. Walker - 15 Jun 03
Jeff Koons: Art and Celebrity excerpts (2003) Here we turn our attention to Art Star Jeff Koons. Jeff Koons was born in 1995 and raised in the town of York, Pennsylvania. Because of his business acumen and enthusiasm for popular culture, Koons is widely regarded as Warhol’s heir. He knows all...
Patti Smith at MASS MoCA, North Adams (2000) (press release)
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Patti Smith at MASS MoCA, North Adams (2000) (press release) ADP staff; Text by MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts artdesigncafé | music + art room | 17 May 2000 Press Release 5 May 2000 Patti Smith to Open MASS MoCA Summer Season Hot on the release of her most important album in...
Charles and Ray Eames at Design Museum
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Charles and Ray Eames at Design Museum Review of exhibition in London, England (1998). The work of influential Americans Charles and Ray Eames (1907-1978 and 1912-1988 respectively) was featured in an exhibition of over 500 objects. The show included video footage, films, an architectural...
Rock Video / Music Video (1992)
→ music + art roomJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 16 Jun 92
Rock Video / Music Video (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Rock Video / Music Video These are short films or videos designed to promote the sales of records of rock and pop music singers and bands. Filmed adverts have been...
PULSA (1992)
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PULSA (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. PULSA PULSA was an American art, research and technology group formed in 1967 by ten artists but by 1970 consisting of seven: Michael Cain, Patrick Clancy, William Crosby, William Duesing,...
Op Art (1992)
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Op Art (1992) (Short for Optical Art. Also Art Cinétique, Art Visuel, Perceptual Abstraction, Retinal Art.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Op Art Op Art was first used by Time magazine in 1964 and popularized by [John Canaday], art...
Olivetti (1992)
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Olivetti (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Olivetti Olivetti is an Italian manufacturing company founded in the town of Ivrea, Piedmont, by the engineer Camillo Olivetti (1868-1943) in 1908. Camillo was succeeded by his son...
New York Five (1992)
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New York Five (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. New York Five New York Five is a label applied to five American architects—Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier— who constituted a loosely...
New International Style (1992)
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New International Style (1992) (Also Neo-Modern Design.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. New International Style In 1981 at the Milan furniture fair, the Italian design group Memphis issued a catalogue in which the claim was made,...
Modernism (1992)
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Modernism (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Modernism Modernism is a doctrine, ideology or system of ideas, principles and values subscribed to all those who consider themselves modem artists, architects, designers, musicians and...
Hyper-Graphics / Hyper-Media (1992)
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Hyper-Graphics / Hyper-Media (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Hyper-Graphics / Hyper-Media The term “Hyper-text” was coined by Ted Nelson (based on a 1945 article by Vanavar Bush) to describe an environment where information can...
Guerrilla Art Action Group (GAAG) (1992)
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Guerrilla Art Action Group (GAAG) (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Guerrilla Art Action Group The Guerrilla Art Action Group were a New York art and politics group (or concept— anyone could use its name or ideas) active in the...
Good Design (1992)
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Good Design (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Good Design In the 1940s and ’50s well-intentioned designers and officials attached to such institutions as the Design Council in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York...
Fantastic Art (1992)
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Fantastic Art (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Fantastic Art Fantastic art is a very broad category encompassing any art or illustration depicting dreams, visions of the future, or imaginary, grotesque, irrational, fanciful,...
Deconstruction (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 04 Jun 92
Deconstruction (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Deconstruction Deconstruction is a philosophical and literary term associated with the post-structuralist writings of the French scholars Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard and...
Animation (1992)
→ café libraryJohn A. Walker (glossary) - 30 May 92
Animation (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed Animation Today several different kinds of animated films and videos exist: short cartoons and personal statements, full-length features made for cinema-goers, educational and training...
