Art Salon | Art and Politics | The Arab Spring and Its Impact on Artists

Art and Politics | The Arab Spring and Its Impact on ArtistsMohamed Afkhami, Collector, DubaiShadi Habib Allah, Artist, New YorkTill Fellrath, Executive Director and Curator, Art Reoriented, New York/MunichModerator | Princess Alia Al-Senussi, Patron, London

The ABC's of Architecture

Constructed Truths: The History of Photographs as Legal Evidence (by metmuseum)

Jennifer L. Mnookin, Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, outlines the history of photography in the courtroom and the inherent problems in regarding photographs as true. This lecture is presented as part of the Truth, Lies, and Photographs symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop.

670/671 (13 minute version) by Eames Demetrios (by EamesOffice)

The making and design of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. From the DVD: How We Make the Eames Lounge Chair: Six New Films About the Classic. By Eames Demetrios

The Concept of Time and Space (by metmuseum)

Ayse Pinar Gokpinar  PhD Candidate Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Produced around the time of the Islamic millennium (1000AH/1561-62AD) a  group of illustrations in the Falnama auguries focuses on eschatological themes, such as signs of the Apocalypse and the Judgment Day. It is likely that the artists portrayed a  contemporary perception of what the future would hold and what was expected to happen. Among the copies of the Falnama, the Topkapı Persian Falnama (TSM H.1702) is unique for its explicit relationship between the Qur'an and the manuscript's images.

Richard Artschwager BLPS the High Line (by WhitneyFocus)

Watch the installation of Richard Artschwager's blps on and along the High Line, near the future home of the Whitney, as well as on the Museum's current building uptown. Video produced by The Standard, New York

SFU ItaliaDesign: Vitra Design Museum (by Italia Design)

Documentary - BBC How Art Made The World 1 - More Human Than Human. (by amigravedat)

Social Documentary and Pictorial Manipulation (by metmuseum)

Miles D. Orvell, Professor of English and American Studies, Temple University, discusses parallels between H. P. Robinson, a pictorial photographer, and W. Eugene Smith, a social documentary photographer. Both photographers, despite working in different genres of photography, manipulated the images while photographing them, sometimes asking participants to pose or repeat activities over and over again. This lecture is presented as part of the Truth, Lies, and Photographs symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop.

Pininfarina | Legendary Italian Design (by CraneTVVideoMagazine)

Launched in 1930 by Battista "Pinin" Farina, the Italian car design firm Pininfarina is now run by the founder's grandson Paolo Pininfarina. The company has partnered with all the big hitters over the years including Ferrari and Rolls-Royce and since 1986 Pininfarina Extra, headed up by Paolo Trevisan, has widened the Group's design scope to reach anything from the Eurostar to Lavazza coffee machines. Often collaborating with other heritage brands such as Scotch whisky label Chivas, much importance is placed on striking a balance between history and innovation. Visiting the HQ in Cambiano, Italy, we interview Pininfarina and Trevisan to discover why they see problems as opportunities and how this ethos has spurred their success despite Europe's current economic climate. www.pininfarinaextra.com

George Nelson Studio - Countdown

Forensic Architecture: The Place of Law in War - Eyal Weizman (by TheHarvardGSD)

Eyal Weizman is Professor of Spatial & Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London and a founding member of the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour/Palestine. His writings include Mengele's Skull (with Thomas Keenan at Sterenberg Press, 2012), Forensic Architecture (dOCUMENTA13 notebook, 2012), The Least of all Possible Evils (Nottetempo 2009, Verso 2011), Hollow Land (Verso, 2007), and and other books and articles. He is on the advisory board of the Human Rights Project at Bard College in New York, and other institutions, and (with DAAR) received the 2010 Prince Claus Prize for Architecture.

Crumb (1994) (by ybuu6ttii44)

R. Crumb documentary by David Lynch

Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms at the Guggenheim - "Sandstars" (by guggenheim)

Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms at the Guggenheim, November 9, 2012—January 13, 2013. Guggenheim curator Joan Young and artist Gabriel Orozco discuss "Sandstars," a sculptural carpet of nearly 1,200 objects that were encountered and gathered from Isla Arena, Mexico, a wildlife reserve, which is simultaneously a whale mating ground, whale cemetery, and industrial wasteland.  The Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms, is a two-part sculptural and photographic installation comprising thousands of items of detritus the artist has gathered at two sites—a playing field near his home in New York and a protected coastal biosphere in Baja California Sur, Mexico, that is also the repository for flows of industrial and commercial waste from across the Pacific Ocean. 

Pharrell Williams Interviews David Salle & KAWS | ARTST TLK Ep. 2 Full | Reserve Channel (by reservechannel)

ARTST TLK w/ Pharrell Williams A new take on the talk show format hosted by award winning producer, artist, designer, and businessman Pharrell Williams. Each episode will feature two special guests at different career stages to discuss their work, motivations, inspirations, and philosophies. 

Kaws & David Salle

Between Art and Architecture: Oscar Tuazon (by Vera List Center)

The built environment has long been a source of inspiration to contemporary artists. From Gordon Matta-Clark’s abandoned building “cuts” to Doris Salcedo’s site-specific interventions and Dan Graham’s Pavilions, artists have utilized architecture as a means to engage the public. This fall, Public Art Fund presents a series of talks by a new generation of artists whose work engages the built environment as both a point of departure and source of inspiration. Drawing on elements of architectural and design history—including Modernism, Brutalism, and even DIY construction—these artists address the psychological, social, and cultural significance of the urban landscape.

Oscar Tuazon’s large-scale sculptures and architectural interventions address architecture, minimalism, and utilitarian constructions of outsider communities. Comprised of a combination of natural and industrial elements, his structures deal with the structural limits of materials, creating tension with the spaces they inhabit. His new Public Art Fund exhibition, People, is on view at Brooklyn Bridge Park from July 18, 2012 to April 2013. The exhibition features three sculptures that respond to the park’s physical landscape and incorporate concrete and tree trunks.

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Oscar Tuazon was born in 1975 in Seattle and currently lives and works in Paris. He studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and attended the Whitney Museum of America Art Independent Study Program, New York. In 2011, he presented his work at the 54th Venice Biennale, and most recently, his work was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Recent solo exhibitions include The Power Station, Dallas (2011); Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2010); Künsthalle Bern (2010); Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2010); Seattle Art Museum (2008); and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2007).

Chuck Close on his physical challenges (by sfmoma)

Artist Chuck Close describes the accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. The painter discusses the ways he has adapted his art practice to cope with these physical challenges, and how little his art has changed since his paralysis.