Saturday, January 28, 3:00pm Lubar Auditorium, Milwaukee Art Museum
in conjunction with Helen Levitt: In the Street | James Nares: In the City
January 27 through April 16, 2017
by Ashley Doelger
in conjunction with Helen Levitt: In the Street | James Nares: In the City
January 27 through April 16, 2017
by Ashley Doelger
Seeing James Nares speak about his art at the Milwaukee Art Museum brought me to tears. I saw him as He is smart, funny, and way ahead of the times. He was born in London and moved to New York City in 1974, where he continues to live and work. He investigates movements and gesture through his paintings and films. He showed us a video from the 1970s titled Block which I couldn't find online. In the video, shot at five frames per second, he records his arm moving against a New York City block wall. I really liked that video because it was I enjoyed the simplicity, but I noticed the richness of the changing of the bricks, colors, cracks, lines, and shadows. I would have to say I love each and every one of his art pieces, from his videos to his paintings to his and photographs. He doesn't have as many photographs, as he does videos and paintings but he showed us some of his "Chronophotographs" which he made in a dark room using a 4x5 camera. He caught a swinging pendulum in action by using a flash and keeping the shutter open.
His video "Street" is one of my favorite works by him:
In Pendulum, made in 1976, he hung a concrete ball and recorded it swinging back and forth. He attached a microphone to the middle length of the cable to get the natural sounds.
The video High Speed Drawings was made by his oldest daughter of his paintings. He creates these paintings by taping paper around a moving barrel. He creates his own paint brushes that let out a continuous amount of paint. He holds his brush up to the paper while the barrel is moving and gets these beautiful lines, each one different than the next. They are so simple, yet very so satisfying.
He made his Road Paint paintings using highway road paint which he describes explains as, "Brutal and elegant at the same time."
Make correx. If you were moved to tears, you need to elaborate on this complex reaction!
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