Art of Place

Who wears vermilion wigs, has lived in a mental institution for the majority of her life, and is today's highest-selling living artist by both sales and volume? THE one and only Yayoi Kusama - that's who! Resources: “10 Things to Know About Yayoi Kusama”; Christies; www.christies.com “How Yayoi Kusama, the ‘Infinity Mirrors’ Visionary, Channels Mental Illness Into Art”; Anna Fifield; The Washington Post; (2017). MoMA : https://www.moma.org/collection/works/163826 Tate Modern Exhibition: Yayoi Kusama; www.tate.org.uk “The Inexhaustible Creations of Yayoi Kusama | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 53”; Bloomberg Markets and Finance; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVBAbo5VU8 “Why Yayoi Kusama Matters Now More Than Ever”; ARTiculations; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT360Glhb9o “Yayoi Kusama Artworks”; The Art Story; www.theartstory.org “Yayoi Kusama’s Extraordinary Survival Story”; Cath Pound; www.bbc.com (92018) “Yayoi Kusama – Obsessed with Polka Dots”; Tate Museum; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZR3nsiIeA

Explore the work of Käthe Kollwitz, an artist who broke the German Expressionism barriers, lived through both World Wars, was stripped of honors by both the Kaiser and the Führer and yet spent the majority of her life work dedicated to the poor and working class.   Resources: Käthe Kollwitz Museum; https://www.kollwitz.de/en/default “The Gift of Käthe Kollwitz”; The Agenda with Steve Paikin; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Mk0AcKqBU (2018)

Albrecht Dürer is the first artist to mass produce his own work and known as the Father of the Northern Renaissance.  Join us in learning more about his sensual and skillful art. Resources: BBC Northern Renaissance 02 The Birth of the Artist – Documentary Series, 2015 “Sex in the Nuremberg Bathhouse” by Dr. Elizabeth A. Garner, 2012 “Depictions of STDs in Art History”; from www.howtotalkaboutarthistory.com , June 2016 “7 Images of Durer’s Animals That Are Better Than A Trip To The Zoo” by Zuzanna Stanska, posted in www.dailyartmagazine.com; July 2016

Georgia O'Keeffe was a modernist woman before her time. Her art was both controversial and personal. Join us in learning about the Mother of American Modernism. #feminism #o'keeffemuseum #stieglitz #NewMexico #theartinstituteofchicago #vaginaflowers #georgia #presidentialmedaloffreedom #modernism #fiskuniversity #jimsonweed RESOURCES: ArtFund UK The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum of New Mexico Georgia O’Keeffe short film by Lisa Vreeland “360 Journey Inside the World of Georgia O’Keeffe” by Happy Finish “Georgia O’Keeffe” by Randall Griffin, published by Phaidon “Studies in the Psychology of Sex”; Havelock Ellis www.georgiaokeeffe.net

Art of Place will officially launch on June 1st, 2020