Vortexhibition Polyphonica

Whitney Ford-Terry — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:31:15 +0000

Artist Links.

Whitney Ford-Terry — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Opus II Additions

Chikanobu (Toyohara Chikanobu)
ArtLino | Wikipedia | Wikimedia

William Hogarth (England, 1697‑1764)
National Gallery | William Hogarth Archive

André Butzer (Germany, b. 1973)
One Art World

Hans L. Jorgensen (U.S., 1915‑2003)
Martin Zambito

Norman [Norman Levinson] Norell (U.S., 1900-1972)
Fashion Spot | The New School

Hans‑Christian Schink (Germany, b. 1961)
Saatchi Gallery | Geothe Inst.

Megan Williams (U.S., b. 1956)

Millie Wilson (U.S., b. 1948)
ask art

Merkins (Ellen). 1991

On View From Opus I

Guy Irving Anderson
Henry’s Collection

Dieter Appelt
Online Library |Art & Culture

Clayton Bailey
Artist’s Website

John Baldessari
Artist’s Website | read/write/think/dream
Conversation at The Venice Biennale 2009
Baldessari at the Hirshhorn

Gilles Barbier
Artist’s Website

Vanessa Beecroft
Artist’s Website
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins Film

Ellen Berkenblit
Anton Kern Gallery | Brooklyn Rail

Joseph Beuys
Sound Samples | Plight 1986
Interview with the Artist
Walker Art Center Bio
Filz.TV Video | SFMoMA Artcast
ArtForum Interview

André Butzer
Saatchi Gallery

John Cage
Sound Samples | Four American Composers
A Talk with Richard Kostelanetz
I have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990)
PBS Artist Bio | About Silence Video

Harry Callahan
Brown University | George Eastman House

Robert H. Colescott
Albright-Knox Gallery | Crown Point Press

Clair Colquitt

Imogen Cunningham

E.V. Day

Marcel Dzama

Harold Eugene Edgerton

Janieta Eyre

Tony Feher

Robert Samuel Fried

Nan Goldin

Morris Graves

Ann Hamilton

Gary Hill
SFMOMA’ Video: Gary Hill discusses Wall Piece
Donald Young Gallery: Artist’s Page
Artist’s Website | Hirshhorn Museum Podcast
Viewer (1996) | Mouth Piece | Video Art

William Hogarth

Christian Holstad

Jenny Holzer
Artist’s Website | Art 21: PBS | Whitney Museum Video

Hans L. Jorgensen

Helmi Dagmar Juvonen

André Kertész

Paul Kos

Alix Lambert

Annette Lemieux
NPR Interview

Erik Levine

Axel Lieber

Dan McCarthy

Dave Müller
Artist’s Images | Spraygraphic Interview

Gladys Nilsson

Manuel Ocampo

Trevor Paglen

Ed Paschke

Florence Pierce

Gerhard Richter

Allen Ruppersberg
The New Five Foot Shelf

Hans‑Christian Schink

Collier Schorr
Art 21 Artist Bio | Artist’s Page at 303 Gallery

Richard Serra

Jeffrey Simmons

Sandy Skoglund

Jay Steensma

Barbara Takenaga

Edward Weston

Clarence H. White

Megan Williams

Millie Wilson

David Wojnarowicz

Lend Your Song

Whitney Ford-Terry — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:58:36 +0000

In honor of the Polyphonic Nature of this exhibition we would like to invite you to create a play list of songs inspired by, dedicated to, or written in honor of the works on view here at the Henry. Add a song! Write a Song! Lend your voice! Visit Vortexhibition on Playlist.com and dedicate a song to one of the works on view.

Lend Your Voice

Whitney Ford-Terry — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:48:43 +0000

In music, polyphony (from the Greek πολύς /po΄lis/ many and φωνή /fo΄ni/ voice) is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophonic).
Please feel free to contribute to Vortexhibition Polyphonica here if you are inspired by objects on view. If you have questions about the exhibition, the Henry’s collections, or objects on view, submit them on the Question-phonica page.

Vortexhibition Videos

Whitney Ford-Terry — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:43:32 +0000

These are videos from Henry Art Gallery Staff talking about works from Vortexhibition Polyphinca.
You too can record your own Video and send it to us!

Allison Rabbitt with her favorite piece in Vortexhibition Polyphonica. This work of art could not be photographed, so Allison drew a picture of it! The piece is “Four Geostationary Satellites Above the Sierra Nevada” by Trevor Paglen.

more about “Allison Rabbitt with “Four Geostation…“, posted with vodpod

Sylvia Wolf, Director of Henry Art Gallery talks about “Pepper” by Edward Weston in Vortexhibition Polyphonica.

more about “Sylvia Wolf with “Pepper”“, posted with vodpod

Alexa Anderson with “I Wish I Could Draw Too” by Dave Müller with Matthew Higgs. This is Alexa’s favorite piece in Vortexhibition Polyphonica at Henry Art Gallery.

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Eric Carson of Henry Art Gallery discusses why his favorite piece in Vortexhibition Polyphonica is “We Are the Seeds of Our Ancestors” by Helmi Dagmar Juvonen.

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See Robyn MacIntire talk about this piece by E.V. Day in Vortexhibition Polyphonica at Henry Art Gallery.

more about “Robyn MacIntire with “Cherry Bomb Vor…“, posted with vodpod

Whitney Ford-Terry at Henry Art Gallery talks about why “Lobo” by Dan McCarthy is her favorite piece in Vortexhibition Polyphonica.

more about “Whitney Ford-Terry with “Lobo”“, posted with vodpod

VORTEXHIBITION

Whitney Ford-Terry — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:50:31 +0000

Vortexhibition Polyphonica Opus Two
Curated by Sara Krajewski, VP OII is a part of the Henry’s ongoing exploration of how the permanent collection can support our mission of being an institution devoted to the innovative art and ideas of our time. Opus two is Elizabeth Brown’s curatorial response to Opus one – the second phase in the unfolding and enfolding dialogue that is created between objects. It follows in the tradition of exhibitions like 150 Works of Art, Viewfinder, and the Short Stories series along with the several artist projects centering on the collection including Josiah McElheny, Akio Takamori, and Dawn Cerny.

MIXING MESSAGES
Mixing Messages explores various forms of language and allegory in art with Allen Ruppersberg’s Poster Objects at its core. This irreverent selection takes on politics, morality, and the human condition through works by William Hogarth, John Baldessari, and Gary Hill as well as West Coast Funk ceramics and ukiyo-e prints.

SUSPEND
Suspend focuses on Paul Kos’s Not If, But When, a conceptual art work ruminating on time and belief. The works in this subgroup venture into a more intangible realm and include prayer rugs and tankas; prints, photographs, and paintings; and sculptures that defy gravity.

TRANSFORM
At the center of Transform is E.V. Day’s Cherry Bomb Vortex providing ready connections to pieces in the Henry’s costume and textile collection that speak to the ways we dramatically change the human form through fashion. It also connects to contemporary works by Cindy Sherman, Lucas Samaras, Christian Holstad and several others that depict shape-shifting and metamorphosis.

POLYPHONICA

Whitney Ford-Terry — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:50:01 +0000

In music, polyphony (from the Greek πολύς /po΄lis/ many and φωνή /fo΄ni/ voice) is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophonic).

Please feel free to contribute to Vortexhibition Polyphonica here if you are inspired by objects on view. If you have questions about the exhibition, the Henry’s collections, or objects on view, submit them on the Question-phonica page.