Gridlock

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Using a grid, collect various textures from a magazine or newspaper and play them off of each other.

Research: How the Grid Conquered Modern Art

“He didn’t teach you how to “do art”.  The focus was always on your personal sense of looking.” 

-Robert Rauschenberg talking about Joseph Albers

Ingorgo

 

Usando una griglia, raccogli varie texture da una rivista o da un giornale e mettile l’una accanto all’altra.

 

Ricerca: Come la griglia ha conquistato l’arte moderna

 

“Non ti insegnava a ‘fare arte’.  L’attenzione era sempre rivolta al tuo personale modo di guardare”.

-Robert Rauschenberg parlando di Joseph Albers

Italian translation by/Traduzione italiana di Monica Guerra

Quadrillage

Rassemble différentes textures récupérées dans un magazine ou un journal et place-les les unes à côté des autres en formant un quadrillage et en testant les possibilités. 

Recherche : How the Grid Conquered Modern Art

« Il ne vous apprenait pas à "faire" de l’art. Il s’intéressait à votre manière de regarder. »

- Robert Rauschenberg à propos de Josef Albers

French translation by/Traduction française d’Oriana Weyer

Rasterfahndung

Ordne eine Sammlung verschiedener Oberflächen aus einem Magazin oder einer Zeitung rasterförmig an, setze sie in Kontrast zueinander. 

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How the Grid Conquered Modern Art

„Er brachte einem nicht bei, wie man ‚Kunst macht‘. Der Focus lag immer auf deiner persönlichen Auffassung vom Sehen.“

Robert Rauschenberg über Josef Albers 

German translation by  Heike Bräutigam

Keri Smith

Keri Smith is a Canadian conceptual artist and author of several bestselling books and apps about creativity including Wreck This Journal (Penguin), This is Not a Book (Penguin), and How to be an Explorer of the World -the Portable Life/Art Museum.

Keri conducts workshops based on her books and formerly taught a class in conceptual illustration at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver Canada. The main focus of her work/research is on creating what the writer Umberto Eco called “Open works”, pieces that are completed by the reader/user.

https://kerismith.com
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