THE ARTIST PROJECT: Jeff Koons On Roman Sculpture
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"I want my life as vast as their perception of what life could be.” American sculptor, Jeff Koons, gazes and loops around ancient Roman sculptures as he feels every artistic and intentional detail allowing his senses to develop ideas about the rich biology and pure thoughts used to chisel at each stone.
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Annabeth Rosen on Ceramic Deer Figurines
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Alexander Melamid on Ernest Meissonier's "1807, Friedland"
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: An-My Lê on Eugène Atget's "Cuisine"
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"There's a sense of care that goes into the preparation of a meal.” Photographer An-My Lê did not choose Eugène Atget's Cuisine because it is one of Atget’s masterpieces, but because the photograph speaks deeply to her own formative experience.
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Ann Hamilton on a Bamana Marionette
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Though artist Ann Hamilton enjoys to aimlessly discovering new works in a museum, she finds herself returning to the Bamana marionette again and again. Hamilton describes the power this small and simple figure holds, and imagines the animation and mo
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Ali Banisadr On Hieronymus Bosch's The Adoration Of The Magi
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Among the ruins and contained figures, Ali Banisadr hears sounds travelling through walls, channeling an unknown psyche in Hieronymus Bosch's painting. The composition brings him into the painting through vision and sound, allowing him to be a part o
