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Piero Manzoni

Piero Manzoni was born on 13 July 1933 in Soncino, (a village in the Po Valley of Cremona).
Growing up in Milan, he spent most of his summer days at Albisola Capo (a seaside resort on the Liguria Riviera), where he and his parents would meet up with Lucio Fontana, the founder of the Spatialism avant-garde movement.

Making his debut in 1956 at the “Fiera Mercato” in the Castello Sforzesco of Soncino. The next year he went on to take part in the exposition “Movimento Arte Nucleare” at the Galleria San Fedele, Milan. in this point in time his works were…

anthropomorphic silhouettes

and canvases bearing imprints of ordinary everyday objects.

In 1958 Piero Manzoni exposed with Lucio Fontana, and Enrico Baj, the founder of the Nuclear Art. All in the same year he had begun the collaboration with two young artists, Enrico Castellani and Agostino Bonalumi. In 1959 they edited the first issue of “Azimuth”, an avant-garde magazine, and founded the art gallery Azimut, Which was run by Castellani and Piero

As time past Manzoni’s way of working became more radical. His mature works explored the possibilities and limitations of the painted surface.

Lines: single line drawings done on paper, sealed in a cardboard tube, and then signed by Manzoni

Bodies of Air: Balloon holds Manzoni’s breath

Sculpture Eggs: a simple egg signed by Manzoni’s fingerprint

Magic Bases: Pedestals people would stand on and become part of the art

But his most shocking gesture was still to come, he put up ninety cans of “Artist’s Shit” for sale for their weight in gold. Each with the net weight of thirty grams

Piero Manzoni passed away due to a fatal infection on February 6th 1963, in Milan.

Source : http://www.pieromanzoni.org/EN/biography.htm

Article by Brady Myers

Albert Bierstadt

Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany in 1830. When he was two years old his family moved to Massachusetts. In 1853 he moved back to Germany where he refined his technical skills by painting the Alpine landscapes. When he returned to America four years later he joined surveyors headed west. During his travels he sketched and took pictures of the mountains and landscapes. He was always fascinated by the majestic mountains. Because of his experience traveling he painted giant canvases which he put in his New York studio. The Portico of Octavia Rome was the first painting bought which really started his career.

He exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum for five years starting in 1859, Brooklyn Art Association in 1861-1879, and other exhibits all the while keeping his studio open. Then in 1867 he married a woman of poor health named Rosalie. After they got married they went to London where Albert met with Queen Victoria. Because of his wife’s bad health they moved to a warmer climate where he started to paint tropical scenes.

Albert Bierstadt – Tropical Landscape With Fishing Boats In Bay – Landscape, oil paintings on canvas.

After suddenly dying in 1902 the people forgot about him until the 1960’s when people became interested in preserving the land. It is known that he has completed over 500 works and could have possibly done as many as 5000, most of which have survived.

The Morteratsch Glacier Upper Engadine Valley – Pontresina: 1895

Staubbach Falls Near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland: ca 1856

Niagra falls

The mediums he used include canvas, oil paint, lead paint, he use photography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW3AMSqWouA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zB6tgAb4wBM

“Ms. Conception” Opening

“Ms. Conception”
Opening Reception, Thursday 4-6pm
Art exhibition area of the Johnson Cultural Heritage Building
Cleveland State Community College
Facebook Event

Student artist Kate Leko has spent the past semester recreating historical works of art that depict mothers and their children. The original paintings illustrate the idealistic nature of motherhood, while Leko’s recreations examine the difficult balance of being both a mother and an artist. After the paintings were finished, after her art life was done, her home life, in the form of her daughter Caroline, took over.

From the artist statement:

“I am interested in issues that deal with domesticity in an era of feminism and sexual equality. My work explores how motherhood fits into the feminist perspective and where these two ideas overlap and contradict each other in my personal experiences. The work explores gender roles imposed by society while maintaining self-identity and dispelling ideals of what makes a good woman, mother, and partner.

This series of works illustrates a traditional view of motherhood that does not necessarily exist in today’s society. Just being a mother and a wife is not enough. Traditionally, these labels have such expectations that are not realistic to who I am. They seem to define me, rather than letting me define them. By having my daughter draw on the paintings, it makes a more realistic statement of motherhood than the actual paintings themselves. The idealistic images portrayed in these painting do not necessarily define the values of myself as a mother. My daughter’s chaotic scribbles more accurately describe the truths of our reality.”

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

Entries will be accepted in the Exhibition area of the Johnson Cultural Heritage Center on Wednesday and Thursday, April 11-12 from 4-5.

All work must be ready for display and an exhibition entry form must be filled out.

Unaccepted work should be picked up on Friday, April 13 from 2-5.

Download an entry form here.

Student Art League 2011-2012

The first meeting for Cleveland State’s student art league will be Thursday, September 8th 2011, at 11:30am. Meetings will be held in the Art Dept. studio below the gymnasium. We will be discussing upcoming events, including Accessibility ’11-’12, our fourth trip to New York City during Spring Break 2012, as well as future plans for art league and art trips/events. Feel free to email with any questions.