I had an immediate and yes, visceral reaction to this sculpture. I love it and hate it at the same time.
@dwindlebunny4 жыл бұрын
Really interesting! I love the spirit of embracing the unusual and abstract. So many people make a distinction between "high art" and "conceptual art", but it's nice to hear you treat so many types of art with the same care.
@user-bj2lu9qt3o4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this series and those two speakers. And I love challenging and slightly repelling art like this. And, oh my, what a heavy life she had...but this piece tells me she must've been strong.
@evamarie26284 жыл бұрын
this definitely feels gross to look at, i almost feel disgusted- that's crazy that a sculpture can make me feel like that
@andiemorgan9614 жыл бұрын
Art is meant to evoke emotion or communicate a message. And the experience shouldn't always be a pleasant one.
@gtabro13374 жыл бұрын
Did you add the background crowd noise on purpose? Because it makes the video feel as if the viewer is in a museum and you are describing and interpreting the piece privately, which effect I quite enjoy
@smarthistory-art-history4 жыл бұрын
We are really in the museum - we are where we say we are!
@gtabro13374 жыл бұрын
@@smarthistory-art-history Oh wow, even more "immersive" if I could say so :)
@YZOBEL50004 жыл бұрын
@@gtabro1337 I love that
@user-bj2lu9qt3o4 жыл бұрын
@@smarthistory-art-history and yet, not seeing the speakers is a very good decision. Focus entirely on the piece of art - and the admiration for it!👌
@lucky1adrastus4 жыл бұрын
Wow are you visiting in light of COVID restrictions? I'd love to be going to museums right now, but have been avoiding them. I'd love to hear how COVID is affecting your work!
@guest_informant4 жыл бұрын
Worms. The colouring reminds me of animal fat tissue. Are they moving towards each other, or are they on their knees either moving away from each other, or stationary and guarding what they surround. Broken limbs. Natural/Unnatural.
@jestfuldemigod4 жыл бұрын
I love you guys and this Channel, but no amount of context is going to help me understand this
@BrianHutzellMusic4 жыл бұрын
We have a similar piece of Hesse’s, also completed near the end of her life, here at the Des Moines Art Center: Untitled (1970). But in the work here, the “tentacles” dangle out from the wall, rather than hanging from invisible wires, appearing to rise from the floor as in the piece at the Pompidou.
@tmeColfer3 жыл бұрын
I would love to see her work some day, and this one sounds particularly interesting
@levoy4ge4 жыл бұрын
thank you for making some contemporary art videos!
@dansmith49844 жыл бұрын
Just gorgeous. The surface is incredible. Hesse was really special. I can’t help but think about them being growths and relating that to the cancer that took her so early.
@dwindlebunny4 жыл бұрын
All art was once contemporary. All of the "great" artists were wildly contraversial at some point.
@user-bj2lu9qt3o4 жыл бұрын
Why those thumbs down? Because it's not beautiful?🙄
@iooog14 жыл бұрын
1:51 lol
@krazier154 жыл бұрын
You guys should come to Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA and speak on the Sol Lewitt wall art. It's an amazing accomplishment and I'd love to hear you speak on it
@1ngrid53 жыл бұрын
anyone knows if this can ble called process art? i know eva hesse made process artworks but im unsure about this one
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
Terms such as Process art, Minimalism, etc. can be handy to distinguish between bodies of works, styles, and general intentions with broad strokes, and to help organize and identify but are often less useful when applied to specific works. That said, this work could certainly be understood as an example of Process art.
Yes, fill the blanks in this field of art, and enough of Jesus and Mary (Please).
@ocean10694 жыл бұрын
i love these videos ♥️
@luizmauricio37453 жыл бұрын
beautiful
@uzulim9234 Жыл бұрын
I feel left wanting more detailed and fleshed out form than the spindly worm-like construction. Maybe I am missing out ons omething.
@daniel96011 Жыл бұрын
potent even through the screen *shivers* love hearing it talked about but ooph it's discomforting to say the least
@jameshero57554 жыл бұрын
artists - let me make trash, call it art and sell it for millions, that drip? yeah it was an accident i was supposed to clean it but it dried fast... curators - lets put meaning into this because it costs millions. That drip represent the immortal existence of man and its connection to the universe blah blah blah
@mariafeodorovna44874 жыл бұрын
You’re being obtuse. Art in the 21st century is personal expression of ideas. Supposing that this piece might reference the Holocaust is completely possible because of the artists life experiences Just say you’re a philistine and go
@mariafeodorovna44874 жыл бұрын
@@williechops that doesn’t even make sense. Art has constantly pushed boundaries and made people question what art is. Is Manet suddenly degenerate because he scandalized people
@dwindlebunny4 жыл бұрын
Art's value is in the way it's enjoyed by the viewer. If you don't care about this specific artwork, it's not valuable to you. But if other people enjoy it, then it's valuable to them. Art, like love, is in the act of paying attention. And so anything can be art if it is valued. (not in terms of money, but in terms of emotional connection, and being a kind of sacred object)
@happydemon30384 жыл бұрын
@@mariafeodorovna4487 How about knowing the art of expression? Where someone can tell they intend only one idea to be seen, not another. Imagine if melancholic music was called cheerful. Is that successful in the art of expression? The philistine is the one who tear down technically impressive pieces of art so their unimpressive pieces get more attention and praise.
@jakobvanklinken4 жыл бұрын
@@happydemon3038 excuse me sir, you are in the Art section, where exciting things are explored about how we experience life - if you want to look at things that are pleasing to the eye all day, the Kitsch section is down the corridor, and you might also be interested in the Netflix section around the corner....
@jackier31794 жыл бұрын
curious
@Sasha0927 Жыл бұрын
😬 This is something you see in a horror flick, lol. I'd feel less surprised seeing this in the basement of a serial killer than in a museum. You can come up with the plot: "weight-obsessed serial killer flays their victims and adds their putrefied fat to tubes suspended in a secret room." Yucky, lol. Her story is heartbreaking, though. I can appreciate why she'd want to display something so raw and damaged.
@smarthistory-art-history Жыл бұрын
Interesting how different the Hesse and the Wyeth are brought together by your comments. One of the great treats of the 20th century is the multitude of styles, often very effective in their own ways.
@Sasha0927 Жыл бұрын
[Urkel voice] Did I do thaaat? 🥸 lol. I'm glad there was something in my comments worth reading beyond Dan-related drooling. That's the only theme I've noticed. Thank you. 😂❤@@smarthistory-art-history
@onion6foot2 жыл бұрын
Casts (broken legs) and castings....(worms....death)
@ourhammy12794 жыл бұрын
Yoko Ono where are you when we need you!?
@mackenziemckayla97154 жыл бұрын
Woow woow 😍💋 💝💖❤️
@wendyrowell49404 жыл бұрын
@2:00 lol 👍 I realize art does not have to be beautiful but this is disgusting... it looks like the artist is attempting to bring order from the bowels chaos... And Yes, I agree like the grasping, control and torture of the naturally (agreeably) offensive... Courageous of you guys to choose this piece to make a video out of... And yes, a bold suggestion and idea for all in the artists terms ...now I ask you pleases to look at something pretty, 😝 lol 😆
@SKF3584 жыл бұрын
And the Emperor's New Clothes strikes again!
@jakobvanklinken4 жыл бұрын
excuse me sir, you are in the Art section, where exciting things are explored about how we experience life - if you want to look at things that are pleasing to the eye all day, the Kitsch section is down the corridor, and you might also be interested in the Netflix section around the corner....
@Raphael30324 жыл бұрын
But this time is you that is naked. Your preconceptions, your limitations as a human being, you faulty ideology. The void that is your capitalist brainwashed mind
@mikecabral15794 жыл бұрын
Sorry hard life breaks my heart but I don’t value any of that stuff. I paint watercolor line and wash urban sketch. I enjoy art but not that stuff. If making me feel uncomfortable is great art then it must but great art.
@irishrepub844 жыл бұрын
lol jayzoos
@fabrizio4834 жыл бұрын
Low art. Horrible.
@jakobvanklinken4 жыл бұрын
excuse me sir, you are in the Art section, where exciting things are explored about how we experience life - if you want to look at things that are pleasing to the eye all day, the Kitsch section is down the corridor, and you might also be interested in the Netflix section around the corner....
@rey-jc6iz4 жыл бұрын
@@jakobvanklinken i am loving your comments
@lukaskirchhoff79014 жыл бұрын
This kind of reaction is exactly what this piece wants to provoke. The fact that you're so upset by it's gross and unpleasant nature proves how effective it is.
@fabrizio4834 жыл бұрын
@@jakobvanklinken There's nothing exciting about that thing.
@jakobvanklinken4 жыл бұрын
@@rey-jc6iz thank you!
@starlessstephtx4 жыл бұрын
First
@smarthistory-art-history4 жыл бұрын
yes, but now go watch the video!
@allertonoff44 жыл бұрын
almost incomprehensibly ugly like trains of shitty wire, but she meant it to be so .. there is another statue in the Italian square where micheaelangelo's david stands that is infinitely superior in artistic credibility, (michealangelo was crap, he couldn't even paint women, it's all about quality NOT quantity) .. a bronze by Bernini maybe ? .. Great post BTW happy 2021 guys.
@1marcelo4 жыл бұрын
Credibility was never the goal 🙄
@allertonoff44 жыл бұрын
Erectile like a reptile .. my comment stands up to scrutiny
@1marcelo4 жыл бұрын
@@allertonoff4 No, it doesn't.
@allertonoff44 жыл бұрын
i will show u a vastly more sophistimacated sculpture .. Bernini, 'the dying Gaul' .. Bernini 'David' .. Bernini supersedes michealangelo on every conceptual level !
@1marcelo4 жыл бұрын
@@allertonoff4 If you think that Bernini made the dying gaul, it proves that you have no idea about sculpture.