The Phaidon Folio
7 Video Art Masterpieces You Need to Know Now
Jan. 8, 2016
Still from Ryan Trecartin's 2013 video work CENTER JENNY.
Video art has been with us for nearly half a century, a fertile ground for artists to experiment with new modes of aesthetic experience. As media culture expanded to nearly every corner of our society over the course of the 20th century, artists in turn refined and emboldened their approaches to the medium. The following works, each excerpted from Phaidon’s Body of Art, represent just a few of the high points of recent video art.
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Rebecca Horn’s (b.1944) early sculptures and performances are about sensing the world in a new way. Around 1970, during a long convalescence from a serious illness, Horn began making objects that extended the body physically in space. Her experiences of being confined to bed and suffering isolation, pain, and physical vulnerability inspired a series of prosthetic body sculptures made from materials reminiscent of bandages and medical devices such as splints. These masks, horned headpieces, antenna-like projections and artificial extensions to fingers and arms featured in performances that...
http://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/book_report/boa-video-art-masterpieces-53408
Click here to learn more about Phaidon's Body of Art and buy the book.
TOUCHING THE WALLS WITH BOTH HANDS SIMULTANEOUSLYRebecca Horn1974–1975
Rebecca Horn’s (b.1944) early sculptures and performances are about sensing the world in a new way. Around 1970, during a long convalescence from a serious illness, Horn began making objects that extended the body physically in space. Her experiences of being confined to bed and suffering isolation, pain, and physical vulnerability inspired a series of prosthetic body sculptures made from materials reminiscent of bandages and medical devices such as splints. These masks, horned headpieces, antenna-like projections and artificial extensions to fingers and arms featured in performances that...
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http://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/book_report/boa-video-art-masterpieces-53408
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