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: Barbara Bloom On Vilhelm Hammershøi's Moonlight, Strandgade 30
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Alexis Rockman on Martin Johnson Heade's Hummingbird and Passionflowers
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"This picture is a time capsule and almost a heartbreaking artifact…" The son of an archaeologist, American painter Alexis Rockman is deeply aware of fragility of civilisation. Watch as he considers Martin Johnson Heade's romantic painting of Brazil.
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Arlene Shechet on a Bronze Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dancer
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"When an artist is in love with the piece that communicates very well over time. So thousands of years later, we’re still feeling it." For the past two decades, sculptor Arlene Shechet has returned to a small bronze statuette of a dancer.
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Ann Agee on the Villeroy "Harlequin Family"
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Although sculptor and visual artist Ann Agee did not always admire ceramics aesthetically, she was attracted to the medium’s tension between fine art and decorative object. As Agee explores The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection at the Metropolitan Mus
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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: Alexander Melamid on Ernest Meissonier's "1807, Friedland"
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The visual impact and political connotations of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier’s 1807, Friedland resonate with Russian-born artist Alexander Melamid, who has long been fascinated with the higher power in art.
