Art History

/arthistory473

Exploring the bizarre and beautiful legacy of Art.

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just found out about 책거리 ('chaekgeori', 'books and things') paintings from the late Joseon period (18th-20th c. Korea) and now i'm gonna think about them all day.
Have you visited the temple anon?

888 1st editions Yearn Comics NFTs are being offered to the divine yFu.

https://temple.yearn.fi/
i think about Andy Warhol's relationship with Amiga computers often lol.

here, a collection of his Amiga equipment and his rendition of Boticelli's Venus.
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Thomas Struth
Audience 4, Florence, 2004

Struth is most known for his series of Museum Photographs that are meticulously staged to look completely organic. Could this be a commentary on the artifice of the museum? The commoditization of creativity? Or something else - what do you think?
Thomas Struth
Schaltwerk 1, Berlin, 2016

Struth is known for investigating urban environments, architecture, and the human condition at an intersection of truth and fiction. Born in 1954, Struth is a key figure in contemporary photography and part of the "Düsseldorf School" of photography.
Dawoud Bey, Martina and Rhonda, Chicago, IL, 1993. Six dye diffusion transfer prints (Polaroid),

More info here: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/dawoud-bey?section=4#exhibition-feature
One of his best films! A self mocking commentary on the "genius" of the male painter that was romanticized at the time. Revealing childlike tantrums, altercations with gallerists, and just generally creating some hilarious paintings. A must watch for any /arthistory enjoyer.
Link to a video interview with Marcel Duchamp (of urinal fame) from 1963.
https://www.ubu.com/film/duchamp_drot.html

Did you know Duchamp also made video art? If you go up a level in that ubu link you can watch a few of his films.
/arthistory Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (billboard of an empty bed)

A photo of the artist's own empty bed, once occupied by himself and his partner, now empty as hiv/AIDS had claimed the life of his beloved. After the Regan admin disregarded the disease, artists took it upon themselves to raise awareness.
ok so it looks like I need to iron out best practices for threading on here - quote casts don't seem nice (gets too repetitive visually) but typical threads seem kind of broken. Will work on it!
Leonorra and Max Ernst had a v passionate / messy relationship — Max and Leonora influenced each other greatly. Together during WWII, Max was arrested in France due to his German nationality, but then he ESCAPED prison with the help of Peggy Guggenheim(!) who he later married.
Leonorra Carrington (1917-2021) considered one of the most important surrealist painters of the 20th cent. A feminist pioneer, combining mythology, folk tales, and personal narrative to advance Surrealism to new heights. A women who refused to be silenced, even when committed against her will to an asylum. More below
I wasn't seeing a lot of art on here so I decided to make a channel exploring the history of the medium itself. In the last cycle, many folks became art critics overnight with little context for what came before - hopefully this channel can become a place to celebrate Art's enduring legacy and explore its many forms.