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Astrup Fearnley Museum Of Modern Art
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned contemporary art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993. The collection's main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is currently developing towards the international contemporary art scene, with artists like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney, Tom Sachs, Doug Aitken, Olafur Eliasson, and Cai Guo-Qiang. The museum gives 6-7 temporary exhibitions each year. Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art collaborates with international institutions and produces exhibitions that travel worldwide. In 2012 the museum moved to two new buildings designed by Renzo Piano in Tjuvholmen. History The museum opened in 1993, and was funded by two philanthropic foundations established by descendants of the Fearnley shipping family, the ''Thomas Fearnley Foundation'' and the ''Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation''. The two foundations merged in 1995 to become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrup Museum
Astrup may refer to: Places in Denmark * Astrup, Hjørring * Astrup, Mariagerfjord * Astrup, Ringkøbing-Skjern Surname * Mette Marit Astrup (1760–1834), Danish actress *Nils Astrup (1778–1835), Norwegian politician * Hans Rasmus Astrup (1831–1898), Norwegian politician; government minister 1885–87 * Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940), Norwegian architect *Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928), Norwegian artist, great-grandson of Nils Astrup * Poul Bjørndahl Astrup (1915–2000), Danish clinical chemist *Heidi Astrup Heidi Astrup (born 31 May 1972) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Nikolai Astrup (politician) (born 1978), Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearnley (Norwegian Family)
Fearnley is a Norwegian family of shipping magnates. The family is of English origin, originating in Heckmondwike in Yorkshire. " '' Store norske leksikon'', ed. , accessed 2 March 2012 The merchant Thomas Fearnley (1729–1798) migrated from Hull in England to Frederikshald in Norway in 1753. His son, merchant Thomas Fearnley (1768–1834), was married to Maren Sophie (1782–1838). They were the parents of romantic p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gober
Robert Gober (born September 12, 1954) is an American sculptor. His work is often related to domestic and familiar objects such as sinks, doors, and legs. Early life and education Gober was born in Wallingford, Connecticut and studied literature and then fine artRobert Gober , New York. at Middlebury College, and the |
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Gardar Eide Einarsson (born January 12, 1976) is a Norwegian-born artist who lives and works in Tokyo and New York City. His work encompasses installation, printmaking, painting and sculpture. Education *Einar Granum School of Fine Art, Oslo, 1994–1996 *National Academy of Fine Art, Bergen, 1996-2000 *Staatliche Hochschule fur Fine Arts - Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, 1999–2000 *Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, Studio Program, New York, 2001–2002 *Cooper Union School of Architecture, Architecture and Urban Studies Program, New York, 2002–2003 *Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, 2002–2003 Public collections *Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway *Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley *Los Angeles County Museum of Art *Malmo Art Museum, Malmo *Moderna Museet, Stockholm *Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles *Museum of Modern Art, New York *Norwegian National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway *Museum für Moderne Kuns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dado (painter)
Miodrag Đurić ( cnr, Миодраг Ђурић; 4 October 1933 – 27 November 2010), known as Dado ( cnr, Дадо), was a Montenegrin-born artist who spent most of his life and creative career in France. He is particularly known as a painter but was also active as an engraver, draftsman, book illustrator and sculptor. Early life and education (1933–1955) Đurić was born on 4 October 1933, in Cetinje, the historic capital of Montenegro, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and grew up in a middle-class family. His mother, Vjera Đurić (née Kujačić), was a biology teacher, and his father, Ranko Đurić, belonged to a family of entrepreneurs. His childhood years were affected by world events and by personal tragedies. During World War II, Yugoslavia endured Italian and German occupation, while the local Partisans initiated a resistance that led to the emergence of Tito's Yugoslavia. At the age of 11, Đurić lost his mother in a country still coping with the woun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Bacon (artist)
Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures. Rejecting various classifications of his work, Bacon said he strove to render "the brutality of fact." He built up a reputation as one of the giants of contemporary art with his unique style. Bacon said that he saw images "in series", and his work, which numbers in the region of 590 extant paintings along with many others he destroyed,Harrison, Martin.Out of the Black Cavern. Christie's. Retrieved 4 November 201Archivedon 11 November 2019 typically focused on a single subject for sustained periods, often in triptych or diptych formats. His output can be broadly described as sequences or variations on single motifs; including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Antoni
Janine Antoni (born January 19, 1964) is a Bahamian–born American artist, who creates contemporary work in performance art, sculpture, and photography. Antoni's work focuses on process and the transitions between the making and finished product, often portraying feminist ideals. She emphasizes the human body in her pieces, such as her mouth, hair, eyelashes, and, through technological scanning, brain, using it as a tool of creation or as the subject of her pieces, exploring intimacy between the spectator and the artist. Her work blurs the distinction between performance art and sculpture. She describes her work by saying "I am interested in extreme acts that pull you in, as unconventional as they may be" She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Early life and education Antoni was born January 19, 1964 in Freeport, Bahamas. In 1977, she moved to Florida for attending her boarding school. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1986 with a B.A.degree. She received a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young British Artists
The Young British Artists, or YBAs—also referred to as Brit artists and Britart—is a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London in 1988. Many of the YBA artists graduated from the BA Fine Art course at Goldsmiths, in the late 1980s, whereas some from the group had trained at Royal College of Art.Blanché, Ulrich (2018). ''Damien Hirst. Gallery Art in a Material World''. Baden-Baden, Tectum Verlag, p. 69. The scene began around a series of artist-led exhibitions held in warehouses and factories, beginning in 1988 with the Damien Hirst-led '' Freeze'' and, in 1990, ''East Country Yard Show'' and ''Modern Medicine''. They are noted for "shock tactics", use of throwaway materials, wild living, and an attitude "both oppositional and entrepreneurial". They achieved considerable media coverage and dominated British art during the 1990s; internationally reviewed shows in the mid-1990s included ''Brilliant!'' and ''Sensation''. Many of the artists we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abstract Expressionism
Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the Western art world, a role formerly filled by Art in Paris, Paris. Although the term "abstract expressionism" was first applied to American art in 1946 by the art critic Robert Coates (critic), Robert Coates, it had been first used in Germany in 1919 in the magazine ''Der Sturm'', regarding German Expressionism. In the United States, Alfred Barr was the first to use this term in 1929 in relation to works by Wassily Kandinsky. Style Technically, an important predecessor is surrealism, with its emphasis on spontaneous, Surrealist automatism, automatic, or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of André Masson, Max Ernst, and David Alfaro Siqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes''), also known as simply the chimp, is a species of Hominidae, great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed subspecies. When its close relative the bonobo was more commonly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, this species was often called the common chimpanzee or the robust chimpanzee. The chimpanzee and the bonobo are the only species in the genus Pan (genus), ''Pan''. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing shows that ''Pan'' is a sister taxon to the Human evolution, human lineage and is humans' closest living relative. The chimpanzee is covered in coarse black hair, but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. It is larger and more Robustness (morphology), robust than the bonobo, weighing for males and for females and standing . The chimpanzee lives in groups that range in size from 15 to 150 members, although individuals travel and forag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jackson And Bubbles
''Michael Jackson and Bubbles'' is a porcelain sculpture (42 x 70.5 x 32.5 in) by the American artist Jeff Koons. It was created in 1988 within the framework of his ''Banality'' series. Description The life-size porcelain sculpture depicts the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson leaning back on a flower bed. On his lap reclines his domesticated chimpanzee Bubbles who clasps a white cloth. Jackson and his pet form an optical unit. They wear similar clothing, are colored homogeneously and parts of their bodies are paralleled with each other, such as Jackson's right hand and Bubbles' paw. The sculpture has been arranged in a triangular and multi-perspective composition. Sculpture Bubbles was Jackson's domestic animal who was bought by the artist from a Texas research facility in 1983. It has been claimed by the media that he was Jackson's best and faithful friend who even joined the singer on his world tours and helped in the household. Jeff Koons used a press photo of Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
