Andre Kertesz, Artist

Zen Gardens

"It should be noted that, until this century, such gardens were seldom, if ever opened to the public. They were built by the ruling elite to meet their personal requirements or as temples to create in their surroundings a mood appropriate to worship and contemplation. Shugaku-in, one of the largest gardens in Kyoto, was built for a retired emperor so that he might spend his remaining years in tranquility. The garden of the Silver Pavilion or Ginkakuji was created for the Shogun Ashihaga Yashimasa in order that he might escape the maddening conflicts and violence taking place in the capital nearby. Japan's greatest general hoped to earn merit by initiating the building of the famous garden on the Ratsuna Detached Palace for the son of the reigning emperor." source is thejapanesegarden.com   Link here to read more history and learn about symbolism and design. 

On Line, Drawing Through The Twentieth Century

Performance 13: On Line/Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Performance 12: On Line/Marie Cool and Fabio Balducci

Performance 11: On Line/Trisha Brown Dance Company

Monika Grzymala, Unttitled (Skeleton of a drawing)

Ranjani Shettar, Just A Bit More

Behind the Scenes: On Line: Zilvinas Kempinas

"Drawing conventionally has been associated with pen, pencil, and paper, but artists have drawn lines on walls, earth, ceramics, fabric, film, and computer screens, with tools ranging from sticks to scrapers to pixels. Looking beyond institutional definitions of the medium, On Line (on view from November 21, 2010 to February 7, 2011) argues for an expanded history of drawing that moves off the page into space and time. Comprising the work of more than one hundred artists, the exhibition charts the radical transformation of the medium between 1910 and 2010, as artists broke down drawing to its core elements, making line the subject of intense exploration: as the path of a moving point or a human body in motion (the dancer tracing dynamic lines across the stage, the wandering artist tracing lines across the land), as an element in a network, and as a boundary—political, cultural, or social.

On Line is organized chronologically in three sections: Surface Tension, featuring the artistic drive to construct and represent movement through line within the flat picture plane; Line Extension, composed of works in which lines extend beyond flatness into real space—that is, into social space; and Confluence, presenting works in which line and background are fused, giving greater significance to the space between lines. In following the development of the meaning of line over the last one hundred years, the exhibition traces it in movement, across disciplines, and as it has been drawn out and rewoven in time and space—inevitably reflecting the interconnection and interdependency that are increasingly both shaping and emerging from a globalized society. Line, like thought, once understood as linear and progressive, has evolved into a kind of network: fluid, simultaneous, indefinite, and open." - source is MOMA.  Link here for more images and video.  

Francis Alys, Artist

Sometime Making Something Leads To Nothing

Francis Alÿs is a Belgian contemporary artist living in Mexico City. Above are stills from the short movie Paradox of Praxis 1, where Alÿs pushes a block of ice through the streets of Mexico City until it melts; serving as a way to mark time and measure existence.

Zapatos Magneticos

Walking, shoes with magnets

Cuentos Patrioticos


Artist's website.  Link here. 

Michael Heizer, Artist

Circular Planar Displacement Drawing,
made with a motorcycle and to be erased by first rain. c.1970

Ruben Brulat, Artist

Ruben Brulat, Au temps disparu, Bromo, Indonesia, 2012

Janine Antoni, Artist

See and learn more about Antoni's work on ART 21.  Link here.

Anne Bevan, Artist

"The shining silver shape of Moon Poolon the forest floor looks quite out of place. It stands out because of its colour and its materials, which contrast with the forest’s natural tones and textures. The artist has tried to achieve a cold and silvery appearance in the work with the ripples on the surface. As the title suggests, the sculpture sparkles like a water pool reflected by the moon. The idea of a moonlit pool in the middle of a forest brings to mind ideas of ancient myths, magic and folklore associated with the woods.  This artwork has been developed in response to its chosen site. The artist knows that the pool will respond to and change with nature and particularly the natural light as it changes from morning through day until night, which may be pitch black or even moonlit.  Anne also likes to questions the role of public sculpture within such a context.  She thinks about how people will respond to it. It's as though it tells its own ancient folk tale and people can become a part of the story by walking on it and around it.The artist has also considered the site of the artwork and its proximity to the sea and the nearby offshore oil industry. From the forest floor you can regularly see and hear helicopters fly overhead on their way to the oilrigs. Another interesting association is that 'moon pool' is the name used to describe the space in an oil platform where divers are lowered into the sea."

Image and text source is Education Scotland.  Link here to see more work by this artist and others. 

Donald Urquhart, Artist

An Enlightened Stand is a site-specific work (ie made for that exact place), appearing amongst the trees like a painting of the shadows cast in the striking sunlight.  The lighter, square shape on the ground is similar to the canvas support of a painting.  It is as if Urquhart has captured a moment in time almost like a photograph.  There is also a seemingly simple underlying geometry suggested in the work.

Donald Urquhart’s work is usually conceptual, meaning that the ideas behind the work are more important than the materials. In this case the shadows run south of each tree, as if the sun was in the north – the opposite of reality.  Urquhart is interested in fusing political ideas with a passion for the environment and the use of natural materials that grow and change with the seasons. 

In this case, natural light, the strong colour of the trees and the marble-white layer that Urquhart introduces all intermingle. The sensation varies depending on the time of day and the weather conditions.

Donald Urquhart’s artistic practice involves working with the environmental space to create permanent outdoor installations using natural materials to define colours, shapes and forms. 

 The artist has ‘painted’ an effective visual image of trees casting long shadows. To create the square on the ground he removed 42 tons of earth and replaced it with 30 tons of white Dolomite marble chips.

Image and text source from Education Scotland.  Link here to see more images and other artists. 

Richard Long, Artist

RIVER PO LINE

ITALY  2001

DUSTY BOOTS LINE

THE SAHARA  1988

BRUSHED PATH  A LINE IN NEPAL

A 21 DAY FOOTPATH WALK 1983

A LINE MADE BY WALKING

ENGLAND 1967

MAHALAKSHMI HILL LINE

WARLI TRIBAL LAND  MAHARASHTRA

INDIA 2003

More to see on artist's website.  Link here. 

Richard Long, Artist

In the nature of things:
Art about mobility, lightness and freedom.
Simple creative acts of walking and marking
about place, locality, time, distance and measurement.
Works using raw materials and my human scale
in the reality of landscapes. - Richard Long.  Link here.

Link here to read article entitled 

Walk The Line

guardian.co.uk, 23 May 2009

Everton Wright, Artist

"London based artist Everton Wright works in all types of media from design, sculpture, and drawing, to film and public installations. Over the course of eight years, Wright has developed this project, Walking Drawings, as a series of live, interactive, large-scale drawings that take place in public spaces.  Covering at least one quarter of a mile, he creates patterned line drawings in the sand, using a combination of freehand and mechanical tools. Once the drawing is in place, Wright invites people of all ages, genders, and cultures to come and freely walk along the detailed design that he created. By inviting the public to interact with the still images on the sand, Wright brings life to an otherwise static drawing. Wright says, “Walking Drawings combines the elements—sand, sea, air—to create a new way of making, seeing and experiencing drawing, swapping traditional media such as paint, charcoal and paper with landscapes, digital video pixels and people.” If you are interested in this interactive artwork, you can see a video of the live interactions." -source is Feel Desain.  Link here. to seem more and a video.