Richter 858 is an album by Bill Frisell of improvised music inspired by the paintings of German artist Gerhard Richter and performed by Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Jenny Scheinman and Hank Roberts. The album was originally released as part of a limited-edition volume of Gerhard Richter’s paintings which also contained poetry and essays by Dave Hickey and Klaus Kertess inspired by the artist’s work. The album was rereleased in 2005 on the Songlines label with a CD-ROM with MP3 music to accompany a slide show of the paintings, which can also be found reproduced in the booklet. Continue reading RICHTER 858, A Slideshow, Bill Frisell,composer/Gerhard Richter, artist
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GERHARD RICHTER: The South Bank Show, ITV, 2006, 51 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLqPp6gIc2Y&t=1396s
A 2006 documentary on the artist Gerhard Richter, who talks about his life growing up in East Germany, attending the Dresden art academy and his escape to the west just before the Berlin Wall was built. Also considers his work and success.
MALICK SIDIBE :: Nuit de Noel, 1963
STEPHEN SHORE, from the book Uncommon Places, 1982
DAVID LYNCH, in conversation with Charlie Rose, 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ICCqk-fH_c
David Lynch talks about his influences, his creative process, and the challenge of comedy with Charlie Rose.
Philip Guston: Anxiety, 1975
Philip Guston: Anxiety 1975, oil on canvas, 57 1/2 x 80 1/4 inches
PHILIP GUSTON: A LIFE LIVED, documentary, directed by Michael Blackwood, 1982, 62 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyy2b8QnV_o
Late in life, the artist looks back over a career that originated in social realism during the ’30s, moved to the center of Abstract Expressionism, and culminated in a return to figuration. Filmed at his retrospective in San Francisco in 1980 and at his Woodstock studio, where Guston is seen painting, the artist speaks candidly about his philosophy of painting and the psychological motivation for his work.
Initial release: 1982
Director: Michael Blackwood
Producer: Michael Blackwood
Editor: Ned Bastille
Cast: Philip Guston
Cinematography: Christian Blackwood, Mead Hunt
PIPILOTTI RIST, in conversation with Christian Lund, Hayward Gallery, London, 2011
Pipilotti Rist argues that videos can have painterly qualities and tells the story of one of her most famous videos, where a woman smashes car windows with a flower.
“There is no rule for when and where I get my ideas – some are survival tactics, some are psychotic tics, some are very well thought over.” The video ‘Ever is Over All’ (1997) was Rist’s response to a chief editor, who wouldn’t let her do the things she wished to do – even though he had given her a carte blanche. She felt like smashing his car, but instead chose to make a video, which challenged and even altered her aggression: “That was my catharsis.” Continue reading PIPILOTTI RIST, in conversation with Christian Lund, Hayward Gallery, London, 2011
Ikenga figure, Nigeria, first half 20th century
Africa | Ikenga figure from the Igbo people of Nigeria | 1st half of the 20th century | Wood
“The Igbo peoples are known for their dedication to individual accomplishment and a system of titles based on earned status: ikenga are the sculptural concentration of this focus on achievement made into a figural shrine. Offerings to ikenga, altars to success, are meant to ensure accomplishment in many ventures: spiritual, economic, political, and military. The large size, complexity, and iconography of the Princeton work, created by a sculptor working in the Nteje area of eastern Nigeria, confirm its position as a communal ikenga as opposed to a personal one. As such, it belonged to a family, village, or age grade, and offerings made to it supported the group’s endeavors rather than the personal deeds of its members. Communal ikenga were ceremonially paraded at the annual ikenga festival in a show of community solidarity when all males born the previous year were brought before them. Continue reading Ikenga figure, Nigeria, first half 20th century
BERND & HILLA BECHER
Blast furnace, Völklingen, Saarland, Germany
Water Tower, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Bernhard “Bernd” Becher ( August 20, 1931 – June 22, 2007), and Hilla Becher, (September 2, 1934 – October 10, 2015), were German conceptual artists and photographers working as a collaborative duo. They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the ‘Becher school’ or the ‘Düsseldorf School’ they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award. Continue reading BERND & HILLA BECHER
The Incubator 