Sol LeWitt and the Canon of Conceptual Art

Sep 09, 2023

Filed under: art, conceptual art, inspiration, time

Sol LeWitt and the Canon of Conceptual Art Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136 (2004) Today, September 9, 2023, on what would have been Sol LeWitt’s birthday, I wanted to recognize the perspective shifts initiated by this luminary. In a five hundred...

September 8th: Conditioned Reflexes, Neuroplasticity, and the Art of Time

Sep 08, 2023

Filed under: art, beingpresent, habit, nobel prize, transformation

September 8th: Conditioned Reflexes, Neuroplasticity, and the Art of Time

Pavlov’s Puppies On September 8th, 1904, Ivan Pavlov received the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his groundbreaking work on the digestive system that led to our understanding of “Conditioned Reflexes.” The essence of his research illuminated our understanding of how...

September 7th: Motion as Medium: Kinetic Sculpture

Sep 07, 2023

Filed under: art, gift, inspiration, kinetic sculpture, medium, MoMA, Movement, time

September 7th: Motion as Medium: Kinetic Sculpture

‘Mobile’ Alexander Calder (1932) On September 7th, 1932, artist Alexander Calder captivated audiences at New York’s Museum of Modern Art with a groundbreaking kinetic sculpture titled simply ‘Mobile.’ This large, dangling mobile incorporated an actual crankshaft motor, so abstract pieces...

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Sol LeWitt and the Canon of Conceptual Art

September 8th: Conditioned Reflexes, Neuroplasticity, and the Art of Time

September 7th: Motion as Medium: Kinetic Sculpture