Collaborative Presentation

New East Asia
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
Xu Bing
Kim Sooja
All artist are Asian have different culture with Asian influences.Although they each have their own style, their style is conceptual which gives them similarities. They use methods that are rather unique, like Ju Nguyen takes pictures underwater, Xu-Bing has developed his own language and Kim Sooja does from installations, videos...
You can see these artist at the following Web sites...

http://www.lehmannmaupin.com/artists/junnguyenhatsushiba/

http://www.experimenta.org/mesh/mesh17/jun.htm

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_work_md_227_1.html

http://www.wcma.org/press/04/04Hatsushiba.shtml

http://www.xubing.com/

http://www.bookfromtheground.com/

http://www.kimsooja.com/

Career pictogram & Word Visulization

Dia:Beacon

Imi Knoebel, Raum 19, 1968. © Imi Knoebel/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo: Bill Jacobson

Biography
Imi Knoebel was born in Dessau, Germany, in 1940. He was a student of Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1964 to 1971. His first exhibition, "IMI + IMI," with Imi Giese, a fellow student of Beuys's, was held in Copenhagen, in 1968. Knoebel has since exhibited his works in Documentas 5 (1972), 6 (1977), 7 (1982), and 8 (1987), and at Sonsbeek '71. In 1987 Knoebel oversaw an installation of his own work, as well as those of Beuys and Blinky Palermo for the inaugural exhibitions at Dia's galleries on West Twenty-second Street in New York City. A retrospective of his work traveled, in 1996–97, throughout Europe, including such venues as Haus der Kunst, Munich; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Centre Julio González, Valencia. He lives and works in Düsseldorf.

Of all the interesting installations that I saw at Dia Beacon. Imi Knoebel's Raum 19 was my favorite. This installation stood more than 7feet tall. It looked like something that you will find at a playground but the finished varnish has a delicate quality that you can only look, but not touch. The structure of this installation is almost spiritual, at first glace I thought I was in a church and then in a courthouse room. There was pieces in the room that gave it a feeling that the room was not finished or can be arranged in a diffrent way.

Another artist that captured an installation that seemed playful to me is Sol LeWitt...

Sol LeWitt:1,2,3: All three Part Variations on 3 diffrent size of cubes.
This steel sculpture, on view when Dia:Beacon opened in May 2003, is re-installed in the museum’s galleries, complementing the installation of several wall drawings by LeWitt.
Looking at this installation I didn't think it was made out of steel, but of wood. I found the structure to be very sturdy, yet this too had the look but don't touch.

Biography

Sol LeWitt was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1928, and attended Syracuse University. After serving in the Korean War as a graphic artist, he moved, in 1953, to New York, where he worked as a draftsman for the architect I. M. Pei. LeWitt had his first solo exhibition at the Daniels Gallery, New York, in 1965, and the following year Dwan Gallery, New York, mounted the first in a series of solo exhibitions. He participated, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, in several significant group exhibitions of Minimalist and Conceptual art, including "Primary Structures," at the Jewish Museum, New York, in 1966, and "When Attitude Becomes Form," at the Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, in 1969. His renowned text "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art" was published in 1967. LeWitt's work was included in Documentas 6 (1977) and 7 (1982) in Kassel, as well as the 1987 Skulptur Projekte in Münster and the 1989 Istanbul Biennial. Major retrospectives of his works were organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1978, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, in 2000. "Drawing Series..." a presentation of LeWitt's early wall drawings was installed at Dia:Beacon in 2006. Sol LeWitt died on April 8, 2007 in New York City.
In comparison, one artist used natural material and the other used man-made material, both created an installation that captures the eye of the viewer and allows the viewer to be drawn in. These two installations are prime examples of Conceptual Art. Even thought the artist have their own interpetation of their art, the viewers can imagine what they will like it to be. But with all the art, " you may look but don't touch!"

Pink Bear Alterations

Pink Bear is taking a nap, beginning to dream

Pink Bear is dreamin' BIG

Pink bear

Parables of the Garden

Alexander Ugay
Digital print on canvas potrays a image of paridise. I consider myself a 'lazy' artist. Depending on what mood I'm in, determines how or what I feel to do creativly. This artist not ony captured several images, but he placed them in not so ordinary places on the canvas. Far away, this looked like an painting, but when you get up close you can see the images are digital. This was very fun for me to look at. It reminded me of my self-portrait that I did in my painting class, I took a piece of wood and painted sky, mountains...then I printed an image of myself and glued it onto the painted wood. This is why I really enjoyed this work of art.