scholarly journals If I knew they were the expression of creativity in people with blindness, I would rate them higher - Bias in Evaluating the Work of People with Blindness

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-197
Author(s):  
Magdalena Szubielska ◽  
Agnieszka Fudali-Czyż
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Aesthetic Appreciation ◽  
Art Galleries ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
People With Disability ◽  
Informed Group

AbstractObjective: In our pilot study, we tested to what extent subjective understanding and aesthetic appreciation of em-bossed drawings were dependent on the information that their creators were people with disability. Method: Our research was carried out in a gallery of contemporary art with 30 adults who were non-experts in the field of visual arts. Subjects were asked to view the current exhibition and then evaluate their subjective understanding and aesthetic appreciation (liking and interest) of 12 embossed drawings on seven-point scales. Results: Participants who were aware that persons with blindness had created the drawings (the informed group) in contrast to those who remained unaware (the uninformed group) declared – both – greater subjective understanding and higher appreciation of the exhibited works. In the informed group (N = 15), in comparison to the uninformed group (N = 15), the correlation between appreciation and subjective understanding of artwork was stronger. Conclusions: We discuss our pattern of results considering the attributional approach to creativity (Kasof, 1995) and the model of a cognitive mastering process of aesthetic experiences (Leder, Belke, Oeberst, & Augustin, 2004). Our results can be used, among others, by educators working in art galleries and museums.

Axis: broadening the constituency and extending the sphere of influence of visual art

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Doug Sandle
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Widening Access ◽  
Visual Text ◽  
Sphere Of Influence ◽  
National Information

The Axis database is the only national information resource on British artists and craftmakers. It contains visual-text data on over 2,500 contemporary British practitioners and is a rapidly growing source of data for researchers, students, curators, commissioning agents, architects, planners and patrons and purchasers of visual arts. Axis also has an important national role in promoting contemporary art and artists and widening access to visual culture.

scholarly journals «The Great Neurosis» of Jacques Loysel and Alfred Kubin

2020 ◽  
pp. 144-149
Author(s):  
D. O. Martynova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Visual Image ◽  
Lost Generation ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Graphic Artist ◽  
Art Practices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pathological Image

On the example of the work «The Great Neurosis» by the French sculptor Jacques Loysel and «Europe» by the Austrian graphic artist Alfred Kubin, it is described and analyzed how artists gave characteristics of changes in their eras, using the same visual image associated with a mental illness. It is proved that while Loysel’s artwork was associated with the latest discoveries in medicine, then Kubin’s artwork was reinterpreted in a new way, reflecting the problems and experiences of the «lost generation». From this it follows that the example of the works «The Great Neurosis» and «Europe» by Loysel and Kubin can be traced not only to evolution, but also to the introduction of the pathological image of the “hysterical body” both in the art of the XXth century and in contemporary art practices. Such a study demonstrates the relevance and signifi cance of studying the links between, as well as the analysis of the impact of mechanisms of institutions of disciplinary power on the visual arts of various eras.

scholarly journals Changes in the themes, aesthetics and functions of public images in Kyiv due to the influence of socio-cultural processes in the society of 1990-2010

2021 ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Mariia Ospishcheva-Pavlyshyn
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Developments

On the back of the rapid development in public art in recent decades, and in particular graffiti and muralism, interest in them has grown significantly among cultural studies scholars, art critics, architects, sociologists, and urban planners. Numerous works that have appeared in the West and in Ukraine are devoted to various aspects of the visual public art existence. This theme continues to be one of the most relevant for contemporary visual art. This article complements the bunch of acquired knowledge with a detailed study of the impact of socio-cultural processes in society on the changes that took place in monumental painting, graffiti and muralism in Kyiv during 1990–2010, i.e. during the most important changes in politics and society in recent decades. The peculiarities of each historical stage of this influence are analysed and outlined in the study, and the theoretical analysis is displayed by the description of the most characteristic works. Most of them are researched in detail. In addition, the process of decline of monumental painting in the late 1980s and early 1990s is analysed, the factors of graffiti flourishing in the 1990s are identified and highlighted, and the origins of the rapid development of muralism after 2004 and especially after 2014 are explored. At each stage, changes in the themes, aesthetics and functions of public images are traced. The definitions, such as muralism and graffiti, are updated in this paper, taking into account changes in art and the latest achievements in its analysis. The manifestations of the national-patriotic themes in the contemporary art of muralism are considered in detail, the classification of art work on this subject is given, the corresponding examples are given. Such concepts as public art, synthesis of arts, monumental painting, graffiti, muralism are attentively aligned. The study of the nature of the socio-cultural processes and visual arts correlations is promising for further scientific and theoretical developments and the practical aspect for better understanding of the specific works

Representing, Performing and Mitigating Climate Change in Contemporary Art Practice

Leonardo ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Giannachi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Media ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Art Practice ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Public

Over the last quarter-century, an increasing number of artists have been variously engaging the public in artworks addressing the anthropogenic phenomenon known as climate change. Focusing specifically on works developed in the fields of visual arts, performance and new media, and on a body of theory attempting to distinguish between terms such as nature, landscape, weather, climate and environment, this article aims to offer an exploration of how these works, by adopting, often concurrently, three strategies—representation, performance and mitigation—affect our understanding of our changing relationship to nature and climate.

The Phenomenon of Metamodernism in Contemporary Russian Art (On the Example of Paintings by V. Pushnitsky)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 425-441
Author(s):  
Denis Podlednov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Da Vinci ◽  
Leonardo Da Vinci ◽  
Francis Bacon ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Russian Art ◽  
Color Features ◽  
Research Interview ◽  
Claude Monet

The article is devoted to the analysis of the functioning of metamodernism in the field of Russian contemporary art. Researchers of metamodernism talk about the revival of historicity, depth and affect that were lost with the era of postmodernism. Metamodernism is characterized by oscillation, metaxis, new sincerity, neo-romantic sensuality, reconstruction, etc. In this paper, the author attempts to analyze markers of metamodernism in the visual arts using the example of the artist Vitaly Pushnitsky (St. Petersburg). The material for the study was a research interview with the artist V. Pushnitsky, as well as a semiotic and formal-stylistic analysis of his works (2015-2020). The author comes to the conclusion that through such markers of metamodernism as oscillation, reconstruction and appeal to new sincerity, the artist V. Pushnitsky seeks to show the reality in which the artist is at the stage of searching for new artistic means of expression. Along with this, through certain compositional and color features, V. Pushnitsky pays tribute to such artists as Pierre-August Renoir, Claude Monet, Leonardo da Vinci, Francis Bacon, as well as the Japanese poet I. Kosugi.

scholarly journals Sustainable Management of Contemporary Art Galleries: A Delphi Survey for the Spanish Art Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Mateos-Ronco ◽  
Nieves Peiró Torralba
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Art Market ◽  
Art Galleries ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Economic Markets ◽  
Spanish Art

The art market operates in a very different way from conventional economic markets, ranging from its behaviors of supply and demand, the trading of goods, and the economic agents intervening in it. In addition, it is a highly unregulated market, with very little standardized information in economic terms. This paper focuses on art galleries, which are the most influential intermediaries in the Spanish primary contemporary fine-art market and perform a role that goes beyond the mere distribution of works of art. This study develops and applies a prospective methodology based on the subjective information compiled by experts, known as the Delphi method, to identify and evaluate the factors that determine the current situation and future outlook for Spanish contemporary art galleries. The results show, on one hand, that the method employed constitutes a valid option to provide reliable information. In addition, they show that the survival of these organizations will depend on their ability to adapt to the changing conditions of the economic environment, reactivating and internationalizing demand, and redirecting their business model towards sustainable management by implementing appropriate business management models and techniques.

Artists participating in the 15th Istanbul biennial in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
Ayse Cakir Ilhan
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
Screening Model ◽  
Diverse Cultures ◽  
Art Critics

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts has been organising the Istanbul Biennial since 1987. The biennial aims to create a meeting point in İstanbul in the field of visual arts between artists from diverse cultures and the audience. The 14 biennials that İKSV has organised up to now have enabled the formation of an international cultural network between local and international art circles, artists, curators and art critics by bringing together new trends in contemporary art every 2 years. Curated by the artist duo Elmgreen and Dragset, the Istanbul Biennial exhibited works by 56 artists from 32 countries which discuss the concepts of house, neighborhood and belonging under the title ‘a good neighbour’. The works of the nine Turkish artists participated in the 15th Istanbul Biennial are included in this review. A descriptive study in the screening model, the data of the report, was obtained by scanning the source.Keywords: 15th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey artists.

A move towards curating in the field of contemporary visual and performing arts: The Nagib platform

Maska ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (196) ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
Kaja Kraner
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Performing Arts ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Visual And Performing Arts ◽  
Long Operation

In the first phase, the article strives to outline the context of the expansion of curation in the field of visual arts in relation to certain specifics of contemporary art in Slovenia since the 1990s. I point out a few similarities within the field of contemporary performing arts, moving onto the concrete case of the fifteen-year-long operation of the Nagib platform, formalised since 2013 as Nagib, Association for the Cultural Production and Affirmation of Artistic Processes. I constantly try to think of the focus shifts and approaches to the functioning of the Nagib platform along the basic lines of wider production changes in the cultural and artistic field in Slovenia that have taken place since this period, while referring to certain specifics of the Maribor cultural and artistic context.

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