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With reproductive rights under siege in more surreptitious ways than ever before, the new installation—the brainchild of emerging young artist duo Ellie Sachs, 25, and Matt Starr, 29—envisions a particularly chilling scenario. Sachs and Starr, who teamed up nearly a year and a half ago, sought to construct a dystopian art space for their latest collaboration.
Photo area's Elizabeth Claffey talks pet peeves in contemporary photography
“I never want to see another picture of ________.” Industry veterans share their pet peeves on themes in contemporary photography. In this series they present their “rule” along with five photographs that break the rule in an effort to show that great work is the exception to the rule.
IU Bloomington is helping celebrate the centennial of jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald
Indiana University Bloomington is helping celebrate the centennial of legendary jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald with an exhibition, film screening and public lecture.
T. Kelly Wilson talks design and wonderment in feature with The Republic
The architectural awe of Columbus quickly became evident to a first-time visitor about seven years ago.
Indiana University Center for Art + Design Columbus was seeking a founding director, and candidate T. Kelly Wilson couldn’t believe his eyes. Traveling the streets of Columbus, he came upon one example after another of Modern architecture by famous architects.
Looking at the ornate collars artist Jesse Mathes creates, it’s hard to believe they begin with a single copper wire. Mathes introduced her collection of ornate collars to Denver’s fashion community during Denver Fashion Week(end)’s Fall ’17 show, adding a sculptural dimension to the runway looks.
People often ask me where an article of mine came from, and my answer, quite frequently, is “How much time do you have?”
“The Woody Allen Reboot You Won’t See at the Oscars (or Maybe Anywhere),” about a remake of “Annie Hall” with a cast from a Manhattan senior center, began more than 700 miles from New York City, at Indiana University, where Matt Starr took a class about New York’s downtown avant-garde art world.
Synergia of Exhibit Columbus finds a new home on IU's campus
A public architectural pavilion, "Synergia," will come to IU over spring break.
Synergia was designed by students in the IU School of Art, Architecture + Design class, SOAD-D 475: Advanced Interior Architectural Design Studio: Contemporary Issues, during the spring and summer of 2017.
“Do you have sex often?”
Harry Miller, who is 94 and a regular at the senior center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, gave the question some thought. “Hardly ever,” he said. “Maybe three times a week.”
Shula Chernick, 73, had a different view. “Constantly,” she said, sounding aggrieved. “I’d say three times a week.”
Ms. Chernick and Mr. Miller, who are friends and occasional dinner companions, are the stars of an unusual movie that you may never get to see. Mr. Miller plays a character named Alvy Singer. Ms. Chernick, who grew up in the Bronx, is Annie Hall, from Chippewa Falls. The movie, which includes the dialogue above, is “My Annie Hall.”
If spontaneous, self-taught genius in step with the times exists, surely Thornton Dial’s unrelenting art is proof. Dial (1928-2016) came from a region of Alabama where African-Americans, including an uncle of his, frequently made sculpture, screens and fences from metal junk welded together. By 1981, when he could make art full time, he had flattened his assemblages into thick, painting-like rectangles, adding softer materials, especially hooked rugs and clothing, as well as paint.
Glenn Close donated her collection of theatrical costumes to our own Sage Collection
This fall, Close donated her entire collection of 766 pieces to Indiana University, where the costumes will be preserved in an archival facility and “won’t be pulled apart, reconstructed or redesigned,” Close says.
