And considering the long history of fraught presuppositions built into these categorical distinctions – such as gendered divisions between craft as a feminine domain and art as a male sphere, or between bourgeois “high art” and objects made by “outsiders” to the class privilege of an education – it’s high time. For her, moving past a binary relation to art and design, as well as the various criteria established to oppose the two, not only opens up new economies for artists, it also seeds beautifully-imagined objects into everyday life. not only opens up new economies for artists, it also seeds beautifully-imagined objects into everyday life openly selling its wares (unlike a gallery) while also emphasizing the aesthetic and auratic appeal of the objects (unlike stores – or at least, most stores).Įven the “handmade” criteria falls victim to Fisher’s blur tool, as she’s happy to include objects produced with the latest technologies. As the cheeky name implies, it’s both a store and a gallery, muddling the distinction between “fine art” and “low design”, moving past a binary relation to art and design. Started three years ago, HJGS showcases “functional” objects, such as furniture, that were handmade by artists and designers. Image courtesy of Hand Job Gallery Store. For Zoe Fisher, founder and curator of the Brooklyn design shop-cum-gallery Hand Job Gallery Store (HJGS), bridging the gap between these two spheres opens up an expansive and productive field of new possibilities.Īnother installation shot from "the Lamp Show". Larry Shiner who argues that art, as we know it, is a modern construction. ![]() For the vast majority of human history there was no perceived difference between craft and fine art, designed objects and art works – at least according to historians like Dr. Beneath one reads the caption, “a chair: design”, while beneath the second, “a tree: conceptual art”.īut, in truth, the hyphen of the art-design dyad is less stable than it appears, speaking more to the presuppositions of our age than any essential truth. My favorite includes two identical images of a chair. Or, similarly, “good art is interpreted”, whereas “good design is understood”. “Good art is a talent”, stipulates one, while “good design is a skill”. Preview or purchase the book at: More.Google “art vs design” and you’ll find a slew of fairly common sense diagrams and articles. The book also includes a foreword by LACMA CEO and Director Michael Govan, a preface by Charlotte Cotton, and an excerpt from a conversation between Chris Burden and Michael Govan. A commemorative feast for the eyes, "Celebrating Urban Light" features 150 photos, poems, and video stills chosen by Charlotte Cotton, LACMA’s curator and head of photography department, from over 1,000 submissions. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, in January 2009, LACMA launched an open call for online submissions of "Urban Light"-inspired photographs, videos, and writing – the result of which is colorfully presented in the book "Celebrating Urban Light". Since it was installed along LACMA’s Wilshire Boulevard entrance in February 2008, artist Chris Burden’s "Urban Light" has become "an instant landmark". At night, Burden says his sculpture becomes transformed into “a building with a roof of light.” They are switched on every night at dusk, and are lit until 10pm. The lights all still work, and they are now powered by solar energy. Burden says that street lamps like these were symbols of a civilized and sophisticated city-safe after dark and beautiful to behold. He painted them all the same neutral gray, in order to draw the eye to all the different varieties of cast iron decoration. Burden bought the first one at the Rose Bowl flea market, and soon collecting and restoring street lights became an obsession. The 202 cast iron lamps once lit the streets of Los Angeles. Depending on where the viewer stands, the lamps arrange themselves in different angles and arrays. ![]() Despite initial appearances, the arrangement is not a perfect grid. This forest of city street lights, called Urban Light was created by artist Chris Burden.
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