Appendix A: Artists • Projects
Here are web links to sampled well-recognized artists whose work involves expanded practice/new media in ways that exemplify the new emphasis.
Matthew Barney - digital image, video, technology, installation
Elliot Earls- digital imaging, performance, video, sound, web, interactive technology, programming
Ólafur Elíasson- interactive technology/light, digital image
Ann Hamilton - technology in installation, video installation
Ken Fandell-digital image video/ installation
Barbara Kruger-digital image/text installation
John Maeda- writes/programs moving and still image artworks
Julie Mehretu-digital image/installation
Mariko Mori- digital image, video, installation w/technology and video
Takashi Murakami-public image installation
n55-situated public practice addressing function and need
Paul Pfeiffer - video, installation w/technology
Casey Reas - invented
Processing (open source art programming tool)
Matthew Ritchie-digital image installation/interactive
Jason Salavon digital image, programming
Bill Viola - digital image, video installation
Kara Walker-installed image
Krzysztof Wodiczkopublic, interactive, video
young-hae-chang-web texts/audio
Also
The 2004 Whitney Biennial exhibit is available online with links to artist's works and assigned "mediums". Of the 108 artists selected for the exhibition 66 of them have designated mediums that would be addressed in the proposed new emphasis. To review these artists go to the
2004 Whitney Biennial site. Once the site has loaded click on "Explore Biennial Art and Artists", then click on "organize artists by medium". From here you can select various media or themes and view the artists projects. Areas addressed in the new emphasis include: installation, video, performance, digital art, conceptual ideas, net art, and sound.
Creative Capital is an organization that regularly gives grants to contemporary American artists. Creative Capital was started in response to the ending of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships to Individual Artists. Follow this link to an index of
Creative Capital Grantees.Of the 158 projects that Creative Capital has supported in its 6 years of giving grants to american artists, 42 of the projects are in areas that would be addressed in the proposed new emphasis.
Online Projects
Many Museums and Cultural organizations are extending their curatorial and organizational projects to include the web as a context of presentation. These include:
The new
ARTPORT at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Artist Web Projects is curated by the DIA Center.
Rhizome is the online project of
The New Museum of Contemporary Art. The site includes
Artbase an uncurated online archive of new media art containing more than 1500 works. They also present
Rhizome exhibitions which are shows comprised of works from the ArtBase selected by invited net artists, curators, and writers.
AdaWeb is a project of the Walker Art Center.
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