Josiah McElheny: History & Originality | Art21 "Exclusive"
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Uploaded by art21org on Oct 9, 2009
Episode #077: Artist Josiah McElheny discusses the relationship between artworks and the context in which they were created, highlighting the distinctions between history and the personal and interpretive reinvention of historical facts.
Josiah McElheny creates finely crafted, handmade glass objects that he combines with photographs, text, and museological displays to evoke notions of meaning and memory. McElheny's work takes as its subject the object, idea, and social nexus of glass. Influenced by the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, McElheny's work often takes the form of historical fictions. Part of McElheny's fascination with storytelling is that glassmaking is part of an oral tradition handed down generation to generation, artisan to artisan. Sculptural models of Modernist ideals, these totally reflective environments are both elegant seductions as well as parables of the vices of utopian aspirations.
Learn more about Josiah McElheny: http://www.art21.org/artists/josiah-mcelheny
VIDEO | Producer: Wesley Miller and Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera & Sound: Kurt Branstetter, Joel Shapiro, and Tom Bergin. Editor: Jenny Chiurco. Artwork Courtesy: Josiah McElheny. Special Thanks: Donald Young Gallery, Chicago and MoMA QNS, Long Island City.
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He cannot speak without spewing art mumbo jumbo horse shit.
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He seems to just know a lot about history but what he says tells me nothing about his work. I have listened to what he says but like everyone else who wants to listen to someone who has a bad speaking voice!
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wow. if u watched this and the only thing you had to comment about was his voice then you shouldnt even bother yourself to watch something of intelligent value.youre ignorant.
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it's great that you bitched so you could feel better about yourself.
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i fucking hate his voice
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jack jump over a candle stick
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jack be nimble jack be quick...
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hey you morons, the point of watching this is to listen to his ideas and thoughts, not to make fun of his voice...youre all a bunch of unappreciative immature fuckheads.
rosebud3991 2 years ago 3