#LaraSchnitger

[moma-prints]

Bunny, Lara Schnitger, 2001, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift Size: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8" (40 x 30.2 cm) Medium: Cut-and-pasted printed paper and cut-and-pasted colored paper on printed paper

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/97319

[hein-eberson]

Maandag @de_volkskrant 25102021 1 - #MarcoStoker #Ajax #LaraSchnitger #Xibelanirok 2 - #ZuyderlandMC #ReneL #NairobiNationalPark #ActivistBootcamp https://www.instagram.com/p/CVjC_jcI2yj/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Collaborative Studio Project: An Object for a Particular Use

The first studio project of the semester invites you to continue to build meaningful relationships with other folks that are in our fiber sculpture community by working together create a project for our first critique.

You will be divided into 5 groups of 3-4 artists. Each group will work collaboratively to create an object for a particular use.

This project is intended to provide a space for you to investigate:

collaboration / continue to explore the crochet process / consider how an artwork might exist well in multiple contexts (”white cube” AND _______) / explore how art functions and how fiber might contribute or add to this function in meaningful ways /  explore ideas of site specificity, performance and participation

The Rules:

1.) Use crochet (can also incorporate other materials, and processes as the artwork dictates)

2.) Work together in a group to design, construct and present a meaningful art experience (everyone gets the same grade, everyone participates)

3.) The work is presented at the critique, but also exists in another context (for a particular person, place, thing, event….) beyond the assignment and conversation we will have

4.) Documentation and presentation matter and contribute to how viewers understand the work in the critical space of a gallery context. Both of these components of the work should be considered as thoughtfully as the art object/s.

Completed projects will be due and critiqued during class on Monday, March 5th.

Portfolio quality documentation of your projects should be posted to your blogs no later than Wednesday March 7th. This is an important component of the studio project grade. Use the hashtag #critiquedocumentation to make your post easy to find.

Images above:

Here are a few examples of some “objects” created for a particular use as we discussed in greater detail during class....

AIDS quilt

participant in Tanya Aguiniga’s Move In Kits project as Artist in Residence at Dwell

two views of Lara Schnitgers Suffragette city project: on the street and in the gallery as shown in “Too Nice Too Long” an exhibition in 2017.

two views of Ellen Lesperance’s Congratulations and Celebrations Project: one being performed and one in the gallery

image of Yarn-o-polis project  by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles in 2015

[ladyginseng]

After the @monument_lab Think Tank at the High Line: "Sister of the Road", by Lara Schnitger (@laraschnitger) . . . #highline #laraschnitger #publicart #EnPleinAir #newyorkcity #newyork (at High Line Elevated Park - Meatpacking) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Qg4rgArrP/?igshid=18kqhxdt8ceci

[penguinssuitup]

New York. Sister of the road @laraschnitger .• • • • • #sisteroftheroad #jj_urbex #urbanjungle #greenoasis #lundi #igersberlin #publicart #highlinenyc #visitnewyork #newyork_ig #streetartnyc #architecturelovers #lunes #monday #chelsea #dancing #nycstreetart #laraschnitger #1_unlimited #icu_architecture #highlineart #wow_newyork #ig_nycity #icapture_nyc #thisisnewyork #enpleinair #arkiromantix #thehighline #newyorkcityart #gf_architecture (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzGGoS9oaNi/?igshid=r1anzu89c9zk

[higpix]

More from our Story “BURDEN” for @roidxmag Artist designs: @laraschnitger Dancer: @raymondejiofor Choreo: @kittymcnamee . . . . #michaelhigginsphoto #dancer #maledancer #art #danceart #dancesayswhatwordscannot #immigration #burden #thestruggleisreal (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeR2RmePOqi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A few highlights from the past three days— A wonderful visit to #herenothere by Shimon Attie @cclarkgallery from the inimitable @candicebreitz A visit to see the two channel video work by Candice Breitz on fandom and mortality created with Leonard Cohen fans (fans for more than 50 years) who perform #iamyourman by @leonardcohen in the video @jewseum A visit with members of @nmwasf to learn about #urbanfilm in residence and their exhibit “Echo Location”@ybca Studio visit with @anateresafernandez to preview works for her exhibit @cclarkgallery in 2022 Encountering the light box announcement for #nightwatch by @shimon_attie being screened @bampfa And, an inspiring visit to see #newtime #feminism curated by @apsaradq with @amyclairet #jeffmiller #karenfiss and #canducebreirz where I learned about many artist’s work, including @laraschnitger at #berkeleyartmuseum Grateful for the experiences a life in the arts provides. #feedingmyheartandmind #artchangesminds #artchangeslives #contemporaryart #videoart #newfriends (at Art is Everywhere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFJvICrLm-/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kayrockscreenprinting]

@laraschnitger's interactive sequin tapestry @hudsonyards invites viewers to positively express and communicate messages. Swipe to see our #kayrockedition by Lara Schnitger and shop at the link in our profile! (at Hudson Yards New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JPTIAnHWv/?igshid=1blewsr2hm40u

[we-designs]

《#NYC 》from @adrienbrody private studio #brodyworkshop experience @artmiamifairs #artfairnewyork, to Titanium barking along to @laraschnitger #sufragettecity #feminism procession, to catching someone getting into trouble @thegreensoul @gagosian installation, that's a wrap for my private viewing highlight @friezeartfair #friezeNY // #friezeweek #art #contemporaryart #installationart (at Frieze Art Fair)

[amandayatesgarcia]

#Channeling the #Spirit of #Jouissance @hammer_museum in collaboration with #LaraSchnitger for the #InRealLife program. #yesmeansyes #artwitches #magicworks #beinitiated #witchesofinstagram #oracleofla (at Hammer Museum)

[waxtraxbfriend]

My Barbarian with Lara Schnitger, The Butterfly's Evil Spell, 2013.

[moma-prints]

Untitled (3), Lara Schnitger, 1999, MoMA: Drawings and Prints

The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift Size: 12 3/8 x 19 1/4" (31.4 x 48.9 cm) Medium: Paint pen on colored paper

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/97316

[textileztextile]

Studio Project in 3 parts

Our studio project for the semester is inspired by the layered concept of a puppet show. Like with a puppet show, I want you to consider how multiple built components (such as the way a puppet and a stage set up) can work together to create a meaningful space for an performative event or activation to occur. Taking advantage of some of the new skills, materials, processes and techniques we are learning in class, I want you to apply fiber sculpture to your art practice and create an experience that is performative or activated in some way.

I’ve found fiber structures and concepts, materials, and processes to be uniquely positioned to offer meaningful advantages to making multifaceted and thoughtful experiences for contemporary artists and consider this studio project a chance to explore what this might look like in your own work.

We will discuss your cumulative fiber sculpture studio projects 3 times, with each critique building on the last, culminating in a final critique at the end of the semester with your multifaceted projects activated or performed.

The objectives for the studio project are:

1.) To create a structure for you to continue to pursue your own art practice and individual voice through the creation of a sophisticated thoughtful artwork.

2.) To apply fiber processes, techniques and ideas in an authentic way to your art making.

3.) To understand better what fiber sculpture is and what it has to offer contemporary art.

4.) To provide the means for you to have the time necessary to create a layered artwork with multiple elements that work together to offer a meaningful experience to a viewer.

5.) To explore how an artwork can be activated through art methodologies of performance, time based strategies, mixed media approaches, installation strategies, collaboration or participation.

6.) To continue to cultivate your abilities and point of view in all aspects of an artist’s studio production: from concept to design, sourcing materials, from production to presentation, artwork documentation and further description in supplement written materials like titles and statements...etc.

Critique dates….

Part 1: October 16, October 18 Part 2: November 8, November 13 Part 3: December 4, December 6, December 11

Images from top:

First image is of the Superclogger Project by Los Angeles based artist Joel Kyack. Watch a video of a panel discussion with the artist and curators of the project here.

The next two images are of a multifacted project by Los Angeles based artist Katie Grinnan called Rubble Division (watch artist video of the project here and read more specifically about the project.) The first image is of the costumes the artist made for her musicians to wear performing in the project and the second is an image of the project in its final form, as exhibited in Interstate: The American Road Trip, curated by Alyson Baker and Andrea Zittel.

The next two images are of work by artist Franz Erhard Walther. These show two views of his work, the first as displayed in the gallery, and the second activated through performance periodically scheduled throughout  the run of the gallery exhibition the work is on view. Watch his work being performed in this linked video. The next two images show different iterations of the Suffragette City project by artist Lara Schnitger. The first image shows the work as displayed in a gallery context. The second image shows the work activated in a performance on the street. Here is a video of one such performance. The final two images of Puerto Rico collaborative artist duo known as Poncili Creacion. The first image is a storyboard style sketch detailing typically how they prepare a narrative structure for one of their performances. The second image is from a 2016 performance in New York City. Here is an article about the work and a link to a video of part of a performance.

[higpix]

“BURDEN”. I am so lucky to have the opportunity to work with world class artist @laraschnitger on our immigration story. Big shout out to choreo dir @kittymcnamee ! Dancer: @jessicagadzinski Out now in @roidxmag . . . . #michaelhigginsphoto #dancers #art #danceart #dancesayswhatwordscannot #immigration #burden #thestruggleisreal (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRRCTlpDUZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[textileztextile]

Fiber Sculpture Artist Research Presentations, Day Two

Learn more about the artists that were presented during class on Wednesday with the links for further study that you created in conjunction with the presentations, reposted below…

Images from top:

work by Lara Schnitger presented by Asia

work by Francoise Grossen presented by Casey

work by Janine Antoni presented by Gail

work by Yinka Shonibare presented by Sam

work by Elizabeth Higgins O’Conner presented by Vanessa

work by Lee Bontecou presented by Mai

work by Sarah Lucas presented by Walter

work by Ernesto Neto presented by Dang

[textileztextile]

Studio Project #1: Contemporary Samplers

As we spend the next several weeks during class time learning a series of new fiber sculpture processes, you will be responsible to continue your research into these new techniques and apply them in the making of your own studio project, your own contemporary sampler. A traditional sampler is a piece of needlework (often embroidery) produced as a demonstration or test of skill. They have often included the alphabet, figures, motifs, decorative borders etc and the name and date of the person who created them, often children. Samplers functioned as spaces that collected, organized, and evaluated information, often thought of as a way to preserve this information, passing it down to posterity, a place to put forward ideas or sentiments important to the maker of the work. What would these traditional ideas of samplers look like if applied to your own personal contemporary, networked, world? What is important to you? What values do you hold? What do you know how to do? How do you learn? How does what and how you learn connect to your identity? What role does making play in your learning? What do you want to unlearn? What collection of disparate ideas best articulates your present moment? Some ideas that might relate to this project for you to consider as you plan your approach: assemblage making strategies, appropriation, materiality, using text in art, skill & deskilling, tension between surface and form, abstraction & representation, unity (remember 2d design?), tension between order and chaos. Project Guidelines:

1.) Use 4 different conceptual sources for this project and 4 different techniques. Employ your choices of conceptual sources and techniques to create your own contemporary sampler artwork.

Your inspiration and concept sources can come from anywhere that is of genuine interest to you. These could be images or artworks, words (poems, books, essays, etc), ideas, things you research, music….the sky is the limit. The important part is that these sources are things you are actually interested in right now and want to spend time thinking about deeply. Each source should be significantly different from the next. I want to see a diverse group of sources.

2.) 3 of the 4 techniques you use in your project must be from this class. One can come from anywhere else. It could be something you already know how to do, or something you are learning elsewhere. It could come out of other art disciplines, or outside of art.

3.)  The completed artwork can be presented on the wall, floor or hanging (can be 2d, 3d, or 4d), but you are responsible to find a presentation strategy that will best showcase your work for the critique. You are responsible for devising and creating whatever presentation strategies you decide to use for the project.

4.) Create a title for your artwork and have this information available to your classmates at the critique.

Completed projects will be critiqued during class on March 20th.

images from top:

Elaine Reicheck “Sampler (Optic White)”, 1999.

Barbara Bendal, “Sampler”.

Rachel Harrison, “I’m with Stupid”, 2007.

Lara Schnitger, “I Want Kids”, 2005

Isa Genzken, “Elephant”.

Haim Steinbach, “Western Hills” 2011.

Jeffrey Gibson, “American History” 2015.