Weekly Selfie #5 - Nicole Corvi
Lovely Mud
Every vessel that is made out of clay tells a story. There is a beginning that is so far away from each ending to piece of pottery. Sourcing material, production, moisture control, firing, glazing, more firing; there is so much that goes into a ceramic object. Clay is a natural soil material; therefore, the first stage of clay is literally mud. From there, the medium is manipulated by hand in order to create beautiful sculptures and functional vessels. For my performance series, I wanted to demonstrate the end result of a pot that starts from merely nothing, as well as the endless possibilities clay holds.
Yoko Ono - A Groundbreaking Artist, Activist and Fighter Behind the Myth of her Name - Bob Lansroth
1. "Her name may have become a synonym for breaking-up and discord, due to her relationship with John Lennon and connection with the Beatles’ break-up, but what cannot be overshadowed even by that infamous status is the fact that Yoko Ono is a ground-breaking figure, fierce activist and an original creator."
Lansroth is correct; like many, I grew up learning about Yoko Ono with a negative connotation surrounding her name. I come from a family of Beatles fans. Therefore, inevitably Ono was always painted as evil. Although I have used an open mind in the past to explore her work, even going as far to see her work at the MoMA about a decade ago, I personally never resinated well with her as an artist. However, I think it is a shame how misunderstood she is because of her affiliations with massive fame, and how often it is that people ignorantly slander her name without giving her artwork a chance.
2. "Ono truly believes that despite the rising terroristic activities, we are finally on our way to world peace, and she predicted that we will have heaven on Earth in 2050."
I do feel that it is unfortunate that Ono gets such a bad rep. However, it is difficult to take her seriously; especially after reading claims such as this. In fact, as an artist myself, I find it extremely hard to resinate with many successful artists. Sometimes, I feel like they speak as if they are not in the same societal realm as myself. To me, this statement by Ono that Lansroth included in the article gives insight on how detached from reality she might be; making it difficult to empathize with her work.
Performance, Pedagogy, and Philosophy - Edra Soto
1. "'And so art wasn’t really within my vision as a child: I never quite know what inspired me, other than the moments where I did see and take in art. I don’t know what drove me to identify as an artist because it wasn’t within my familial background—not that I know of anyway—and my only exposure to art, growing up in Queens, were the moments here and there where we visited the Queens Museum and the Metropolitan Museum. '"
I found this quote by from Shaun Leonardo extremely relatable. Personally, there was never any true inspiration when it came to blossoming into a young artist. Since I was 10 years old I have been creating art, yet both my parents worked corporate jobs. The most exposure I got to art was from museum trips as well. True artists have the mind of an artist; it is not a choice. Our true inspiration derives from life experience and empathy.
2. "'That project is entitled “You Walk”: as guests pass through this hallway, they encounter different text prompts that invite them to slow down. In the poetics of the text, I’m asking an individual to not only create their own associations with their lived experience but also imagine that same movement embodied by a very different person.'"
This project has such a thoughtful concept behind it. We are all living a shared experience together as humans, yet we all have our own unique experience and interpretations of life events. It is so interesting that someone could look at a piece of art and feel one thing, while someone else can look at the same piece and feel something completely different.
Being Marina Abramović, Even When No One’s Looking - Thessaly La Force
1. I’m embarrassed to say I signed them all with a very big “Marina,” like Picasso. I thought they would just disappear. But my mother got sentimental in her old age; she didn’t like that I was doing performances instead of paintings, so she bought back all my paintings from my relatives. She died and now I have maybe 50 of them. Maybe I’ll burn them one day.
Abramović is essentially stating how humiliating it can be to look back on work that family members or people in her life claimed were "good" when first starting out. As an artist, cringing at old pieces is a feeling that comes with growth. If we are not excelling forward in our crafts, we would have no reason to feel embarrassed by sub-par creations we have made.
2. With artists, you can cross paths and so many things happen while you’re together. Then years can pass where you don’t see them anymore.
Artists are constantly exploring and experimenting with styles and mediums. During certain stages within an art career, it is likely to work with an various different artists. I think it is interesting that as time goes on, artists who once meshed with each other no longer do. Music is a good example for this. One song features a certain artist, but a song that came out a few years prior featured an artist with an opposite style.
Khan Academy Performance Art An Introduction webpages
2. Shiraga Kazuo, Challenging Mud
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